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Posted by starsearcher on Aug-15-2006 03:05:

WTF - Holocaust cartoon fair opens in Iran

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Holocaust cartoon fair opens in Iran

Mon Aug 14, 3:56 PM ET

TEHRAN (AFP) - An international contest of cartoons on the Holocaust opened in Tehran in response to the publication in Western papers last September of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

"We staged this fair to explore the limits of freedom Westerners believe in," Masoud Shojai, head of the country's "Iran Cartoon" association and the fair organizer, said.

"They can freely write anything they like about our prophet, but if one raises doubts about the Holocaust he is either fined or sent to prison," he added.

"Though we do not deny that fact that Jews were killed in the (second world) war, why should the Palestinians pay for it?" Shojai told the opening ceremony of the month-long fair in Tehran's Palestine Contemporary Art Museum.

He added that around 1,100 cartoons were submitted by participants from more than 60 countries and that more than 200 are on show.

He said the top three cartoons will be announced on September 2, with the winners being awarded prizes of 12,000, 8,000 and 5,000 dollars respectively.

Shojai did not elaborate on the source of the prize money, but emphasized that it did not come from any governmental body.

The fair is being staged by
Iran Cartoon and the country's largest selling newspaper Hamshahri newspaper, which is published by Tehran's conservative municipality.

The contest was announced in February in a tit-for-tat move after caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed were first printed in Denmark and then picked up and published worldwide, enraging Muslims.

Iran's fiercely anti-Israeli regime is supportive of so-called Holocaust revisionists, who maintain that the systematic slaughter by the Nazis of mainland Europe's Jews and other groups during World War II was either invented or exaggerated.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has also prompted international anger by dismissing the Holocaust as a "myth" used to justify the creation of
Israel.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2006081...nmediaholocaust

Posted by Jem_hadar on Aug-15-2006 03:36:

Cool, interesting post man.

Posted by Jayx1 on Aug-15-2006 03:39:

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"They can freely write anything they like about our prophet, but if one raises doubts about the Holocaust he is either fined or sent to prison," he added.

hes got us on that one...

Posted by Jem_hadar on Aug-15-2006 03:43:

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Originally posted by Jayx1
hes got us on that one...

Posted by Vivid Boy on Aug-15-2006 03:45:

all i got to say is one thing abt the holocaust. the native indians got it worse and we dont hear them bitching

Posted by Ry Diggs on Aug-15-2006 03:48:

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy
all i got to say is one thing abt the holocaust. the native indians got it worse and we dont hear them bitching

cause jews make people laugh and help put other people's children through college with their uncanny systematic approach to finance

Posted by Jayx1 on Aug-15-2006 03:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Vivid Boy
all i got to say is one thing abt the holocaust. the native indians got it worse and we dont hear them bitching

yeah we do...

Posted by drgoodvibe on Aug-15-2006 03:52:

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Originally posted by Jayx1
hes got us on that one...

Posted by TRANCEEEE on Aug-15-2006 04:03:

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Posted by Misanthrope on Aug-15-2006 04:04:

hmmmmm

Posted by neuromancer on Aug-15-2006 04:36:

LOL .. kool reaction, i can anticipate some good cartoons ...

Posted by DigitalMP on Aug-15-2006 04:52:

hi, im tonto weinstein.

holla

Posted by MarkT on Aug-15-2006 05:34:

"Greeks are just Jews without money"

so can we see the cartoons or what?

Posted by starsearcher on Aug-15-2006 12:46:

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Originally posted by MarkT
so can we see the cartoons or what?

The cartoons have nothing to do with Holocaust it seems, but propaganda against Israel and Jews (and the US while we're at it)...if that's not absolute insanity, I don't know what is - Dutch newspaper prints a cartoon about the prophet Mohammed - Yes it's Israel's and the Jews' fault, as a result we'll start a cartoon fair (not one cartoon but a fair) about the holocaust... And that's from a leader that adamantly denies the holocaust.

What scares me is that this guy is actually quite smart and people start following his insanity...

Here are some of the cartoons according to Yahoo news:

^ The statue of liberty with David's star on it's head

^ Something against the US obviously...

^ OH so THAT'S what the holocaust was about...damn I was confused...

Posted by Moral Hazard on Aug-15-2006 13:02:

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Originally posted by starsearcher
I don't know what is - Dutch newspaper prints a cartoon about the prophet Mohammed - Yes it's Israel's and the Jews' fault

Dude, haven't you learned by now.... EVERYTHING IS THE JEWS' FAULT! From the great depression to loseing your car keys or stubbing your toe. They are the great scapegoat of history.

Posted by starsearcher on Aug-15-2006 13:05:

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Dude, haven't you learned by now.... EVERYTHING IS THE JEWS' FAULT! From the great depression to loseing your car keys or stubbing your toe. They are the great scapegoat of history.

Fuck I lost my keys the other day...must be those bastards!!!! Thanks man, and there I thought it was a random act

Posted by Moral Hazard on Aug-15-2006 13:09:

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Originally posted by starsearcher
Fuck I lost my keys the other day...must be those bastards!!!! Thanks man, and there I thought it was a random act

Nothing is random.... I suggest you head down to the nearest diamond wholesaler and just start beating the guy behind the counter until he tells you who has the keys..... they all know each other and are all in cohoots so any jew is fair game.

Posted by starsearcher on Aug-15-2006 13:14:

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Nothing is random.... I suggest you head down to the nearest diamond wholesaler and just start beating the guy behind the counter until he tells you who has the keys..... they all know each other and are all in cohoots so any jew is fair game.

I will start with the Cash Man Russell Oliver - he must be a jew! OOHH YEEEAHHH!

Posted by Jayx1 on Aug-15-2006 13:22:

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Originally posted by neuromancer
LOL .. kool reaction, i can anticipate some good cartoons ...

but you do realize that it would be illegal to post them in canada under hate crime laws.

Thats the problem with laws that restrict freedom of speech in whats supposed to be a free country and thats exactly why this guy is holding this contest. Inevitably people in the west will display them and then end up going to jail exposing the hypocrisy that we live under.

i say we allow people to display both cartoons and then let the public decide whether or not its in good taste. Not some bureaucrat.

Posted by starsearcher on Aug-15-2006 13:27:

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Originally posted by Jayx1
but you do realize that it would be illegal to post them in canada under hate crime laws.

Thats the problem with laws that restrict freedom of speech in whats supposed to be a free country and thats exactly why this guy is holding this contest. Inevitably people in the west will display them and then end up going to jail exposing the hypocrisy that we live under.

i say we allow people to display both cartoons and then let the public decide whether or not its in good taste. Not some bureaucrat.

Jay have a look at the 3 cartoons published by Yahoo News above, they clearly have nothing to do with the Holocaust, while I'm sure that other's do.

I think the difference is that nobody will start a worldwide uprisizing, flipping cars, and riots...

The cartoon fair really doesn't have anything to do with freedom of speech - out of all places I highly doubt that Iran has any freedoms of speech - last time I remember they murdered a Canadian woman in jail, and only a few weeks ago shut down the organization for female rights in Iran - led by a Noble Prize winner

*EDIT*

I actually agree that some of our laws are not perfect I just don't think that this should be used as an example as to why they need to be changed...

Posted by Jayx1 on Aug-15-2006 13:40:

this obviously isnt being used to promote our freedom of speech. He is doing this to try to demonstrate hypocrisy in western society. I think his point is that both cartoons should be banned. Whereas i would use the same arguements to demonstrate why they SHOULD NOT be banned at all.

Posted by Cuzo on Aug-15-2006 14:17:

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Originally posted by starsearcher
The cartoon fair really doesn't have anything to do with freedom of speech - out of all places I highly doubt that Iran has any freedoms of speech

Not only that, why didnt he make it a Jesus cartoon fair? He'd have offended WAY more people than with the Holocaust cartoon fair. But you see, his point is to just single out the Jews, period.

Posted by tatgirl on Aug-15-2006 14:19:

Posted by tatgirl on Aug-15-2006 14:21:

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Originally posted by Cuzo
Not only that, why didnt he make it a Jesus cartoon fair? He'd have offended WAY more people than with the Holocaust cartoon fair. But you see, his point is to just single out the Jews, period.

Sorry bout that- Frank was still logged in here, & I thought I deleted him b4 re-posting, but I guess not...

Posted by adi26 on Aug-15-2006 14:25:

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He said the top three cartoons will be announced on September 2, with the winners being awarded prizes of 12,000, 8,000 and 5,000 dollars respectively.

It'll be funny if Jews punish/kill the winners of these prizes. Muslims definitely did.....lol

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