Iran launches Holocaust cartoon exhibit

[ECH1969]

An exhibition of more than 200 cartoons about the Holocaust opened Monday as Iran's response to last year's Muslim outrage over a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.

The display, showing 204 entries from Iran and abroad, was strongly influenced by the views of Iran's hard-line president, Mahoud Ahmadinejad, who drew widespread condemnation last year for calling the Holocaust a "myth" and saying Israel should be destroyed.

Masoud Shojai, director of the host Caricature House, said a jury looked through 1,200 entries received after the contest was announced in February by the co-sponsor, the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525872457&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. The coming together of proof

That religion is and always has been a positive force on human society. :sarcasm:

[IntiRaymi]

2. Biggest fallacy:

You need a belief in god to a be moral being.

[Ohio Joe]

12. I don't think I agree with that

I consider myself to be a very moral person. Yet, I do not believe in God.

[chelsea0011]

4. Nothing in the history of mankind has divided humans as much

as religion.

[HongKonger]

3. Well at least he blogs

http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/

If you want to know what Ahmadinejad is thinking in English click on the appropos flag.

Rather than Jpost propaganda or MEMRI drivel.

They have distorted the translation more than a few times in the past.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Too bad other Iranians aren't allowed to blog freely

See http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/iran-blogging/

[HongKonger]

17. Too bad other Americans aren't allowed to read freely

OH MY GOD... no DU at public libraries or schools in the US?

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed, by a margin of 410-15, the Delete Online Predators Act (DOPA). DOPA will require that social networking sites and chat rooms be inaccessible to minors from computers in public libraries and schools. Adults can ask for permission to use these sites.

One troubling aspect of DOPA is its broad definition of a social networking site. Steve Yelvington notes that any site "offered by a commercial entity," "permits registered users to create an online profile that includes detailed personal information;" "permits registered users to create an online journal and share such a journal with other users;" "elicits highly personalized information from users;" and "enables communication among users" could be banned in accordance with DOPA as directed by the Federal Communications Commission.


http://media.corante.com/editorial/archives/2006/08/legislation_moves_social_netwo.php

Not to mention... Too bad Americans can't travel to Cuba.

It is legal for Americans to go to Cuba.
It is illegal for American to have transactions (spend money or receive gifts) in Cuba under most circumstances.
It is legal for American to have transactions (spend money or receive gifts) in Cuba if they have a "license", but the government is arbitrary about how it interprets its rule and who it issues licenses to.

America is not the land of the FREE.

http://www.ibike.org/cuba/ofac/cuba-travelto.htm

[Hav]

5. .

It's always nice to see that the adults are in charge.
Damn these Danish Jews who were responsible for these pictures!

[Kailassa]

7. So? They outrage Jews with silly pictures

instead of bombing them.

After Israel's excursions into Lebanon, obviously trying to
bait the Arab world, we should be applauding Iran for
responding with cartoons instead of bombs.

It's not as if anyone in their right mind is going to believe
the holocaust didn't happen.

Cartoons don't kill kids.

[951-Riverside]

9. Jews will not give a shit

They're not going to burn down embassies, hold large protests, burn flags, threaten people, etc and BTW their aggressive actions in Lebanon has nothing to do with cartoons.

[cali]

11. Actually,

after the competition was announced a few months ago, Jews decided to hold their own anti-semitic cartoon contest. In other words, they responded to the whole thing with a kind of bent sense of humor.

[zbdent]

8. Must really chafe the chaps of some of those far-right Repukes

who are realizing they're agreeing with


IRANIANS ...

[Posteritatis]

10. Ha! I'll give them credit for following through with that, anyway. (n/t)

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. Don't they have anything better to do than this?

We really don't seem to be dealing here with people who are operating with a full deck. The first cartoons were stupid, and this isn't any better.

[jahyarain]

14. ok. i've figured it out.

the world is run by a bunch of fucking children.

[unschooler]

15. My deepest sympathies to the intelligent Iranians out there who

must be represented by such a buffoon. Guess they know how it feels to be an American these days.

[Jacobin]

16. The holy war escalates

I wish all religious freaks in this circus a large boil on their ass.

[Tellurian]

18. You mean ETHNIC CLEANSING!!

And the concerted elimination of the Middle Class...

This is a two for one deal..
Republicans are waging war on anyone that falls into either of these 2 catagorys, both fronts simultaneously!