Iran to take revenge on Denmark with Holocaust cartoons

[im10ashus]

This won't have any repercussions at all. :sarcasm:

Iran has reacted to Denmark’s publishing of the cartoons in turn. The largest state newspaper Hamshahiri which holds conservative views has announced that it will hold a competition to find the most amusing cartoon based on the theme of the Holocaust.



The rules of the competition will be published in a number of newspapers which are printed on Tuesday. The twelve people that send in the best cartoons will each receive gold rings from unnamed private individuals. It was decided that twelve prizes would be awarded since this is the number of cartoons portraying the Prophet Mohammed which were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

The graphic editor of the Iranian newspaper Farid Mortazawi said, “Western newspapers which printed these sacrilegious cartoons defend themselves by speaking of freedom of speech and self-expression. Therefore we shall see if they really follow these principles and will print the cartoons about the Holocaust.”

Yesterday a wave of protests by Muslims swept through Iran in connection with the publication of the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Protestors tried to storm the building of the Danish Embassy in Tehran. Demonstrators threw petrol bombs and stones, broke windows and set fire to flags, chanted slogans against European countries, the USA and Israel. In the end the Iranian police managed to dispel the disturbances with tear gas. The mass demonstrations became more peaceful and had stopped by Tuesday morning. Police got the situation under control and eventually the protestors all dispersed. Interfax has said that according to official data given by the Iranians the embassy suffered only minor damage.

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http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/07-02-2006/75535-holocaust-0

[spanone]

1. 'the cartoon wars'

[im10ashus]

2. Will that be anything like the "opium wars"?

:sarcasm:

[genie_weenie]

14. Your Overconfidence is Your Weakness!

So, does the Emperor's March from the SW trilogy play in the background as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walks into the Chambers of Ballistic Cartoon Production?

Or is it the Theme from Spaceballs?

How ludicrous...

[meegbear]

3. Could someone explian to me how Holocaust cartoons will hurt Denmark?

:shrug:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

9. They won't.

But that's not the point. The point is...

Look, I'll get back to you on this one.

[meegbear]

12. LOL!!!

[rockymountaindem]

4. This is doubly stupid because Denmark didn't participate in the Holocaust

The Danish population and government helped it's Jewish population escape to Sweden on the eve of their scheduled deportation, and king Christian X wore a yellow Star of David badge in sympathy with the Jews of Denmark.

I know the current Iranian regime is fixated on the Holocaust for some bizarre reason, but aside from the fact that people are getting upset over a frikkin' CARTOON, this "hit back at the Danes with Holocaust 'jokes'" is really misguided.

[im10ashus]

6. I agree.

It IS misguided and the Danes will not be offended. This is nothing more than a blatant slap at Jews everywhere. Not just in Denmark.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Meanwhile, Moderate Muslims

have issued statements defending freedom of speech and condemning the violence. Since Denmark assisted the Jews of their nation to escape the Nazis (good film about this called "Miracle At Midnight"), perhaps the Iranians think Holocost cartoons will inflame the Danes, but I don't see that happening.

[PsychoDad]

11. Indeed.

There is plenty of room for freedom of speech and protest of overtly provocative and offensive imagery without violence.

Meanwhile, I think Iran's point is to show that there will be as much outrage, if not more, over what will be seen as anti-semitic cartoons as there has been from muslims over these cartoons.... They will probably be proved right :(

As if the Ummah as a whole didn't have other things to concern itself over.

Peace

[tritsofme]

13. You think there will be more outrage over these Holocaust cartoons?

This sort of anti-Semitic crap is standard operating procedure from Iran.

I doubt the Israelis will be fire-bombing embassies over cartoons...

[applegrove]

7. Welcome to Bully Planet! Thanks Bush. Thanks for leading Soft Power

down the drain.

[Coastie for Truth]

8. Oh Today We'll Merry Merry Be, and Noch Some Hamentashin

And roll the Gregors when the names of the evil Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are mentioned.


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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are going down

[tritsofme]

10. I'm sure that Jews and Danes will be rioting in the streets

And burning down embassies...

:sarcasm:

[breakfastofchampions]

15. More proof

These people are nuts

[WildEyedLiberal]

16. What the fuck?

The thing is, anti-Semitism in the Middle East is far from new, so this shouldn't shock anyone.

This kind of crap is one of the chief reasons I couldn't muster up much sympathy over the alleged "hate speech" of the Danish cartoons. Muslim papers have been dishing out bigoted anti-Jewish and anti-Christian shit for years, but apparently can't take what they so eagerly deal out.