Newspapers "censor words for fear of offense" every day. Whenever they decide not to run a column with racist epithets, or cartoons of Jesus that they think would offend their Christian readers (as the very same Jyllands-Posten had done, before they decided that in the case of Mohammed, they did not care about offending readers); whenever they don't publish a letter to the editor that is too hateful.
The truth is that there is always more news than column space, and the job of editors is a continuous process of selection. Questions of taste and decency, considerations of whether or not it is worth it to offend sections of the readership, play a role every day in the decision whether or not to run a contribution, or which one to run.
Jyllands-Posten decided matters of taste were irrelevant in this case, even when it made the opposite decision in the Jesus case. I'm fine with deciding that the urgency of an issue overrides the 'good taste' consideration of not needlessly offending readers; it's just I'm totally unclear what overriding urgency the matter of depicting or not depicting the Prophet can reasonably be said to have had.
Eyal Zusman (30, back from anonymity) and Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix Publishing, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, have followed the unfolding of the “Muhammad cartoon-gate” events in amazement, until finally they came up with the right answer to all this insanity - and so they announced today the launch of a new anti-Semitic cartoons contest - this time drawn by Jews themselves!
“We’ll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!” said Sandy “No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!”
The contest has been announced today on the www.boomka.org website, and the initiators accept submissions of cartoons, caricatures and short comic strips from people all over the world. The deadline is Sunday March 5, and the best works will be displayed in an Exhibition in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Sandy is now in the process of arranging sponsorships of large organizations, and promises lucrative prizes for the winners, including of course the famous Matzo-bread baked with the blood of Christian children.
For more info contact:
Amitai at [email protected] or 972-54-316-4117
The sweet snacks will now be known as "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad
Attempt to Ban Cartoon, Jail Artist
News/Comment; Posted on: 2003-11-29 10:36:05 by Jeff Hook
A cartoon of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon eating the head of a Palestinian baby against the backdrop of a burning Palestinian city has won first prize in the British Political Cartoon Society's annual competition.
Winning artist Dave Brown depicts Ariel Sharon as saying: "What's wrong? Have you never seen a politician kissing a baby?" In the background are U.S.-supplied Apache attack helicopters sending missiles from the cockpit with the message "Vote Likud" - the prime minister's party.
In his acceptance speech, Brown thanked the Israeli Embassy for its angry reaction to the cartoon, which he said had contributed greatly to its publicity.
The Israeli embassy had instantly denounced the caricature as "anti-Semitic" and tried to get it banned. They also demanded that Mr. Brown be arrested for violating "hate speech" laws. The resulting publicity was enormous.
The resulting publicity was enormous.
stevewonder wrote:Attempt to Ban Cartoon, Jail Artist
News/Comment; Posted on: 2003-11-29 10:36:05 by Jeff Hook
A cartoon of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon eating the head of a Palestinian baby against the backdrop of a burning Palestinian city has won first prize in the British Political Cartoon Society's annual competition.
Winning artist Dave Brown depicts Ariel Sharon as saying: "What's wrong? Have you never seen a politician kissing a baby?" In the background are U.S.-supplied Apache attack helicopters sending missiles from the cockpit with the message "Vote Likud" - the prime minister's party.
In his acceptance speech, Brown thanked the Israeli Embassy for its angry reaction to the cartoon, which he said had contributed greatly to its publicity.
The Israeli embassy had instantly denounced the caricature as "anti-Semitic" and tried to get it banned. They also demanded that Mr. Brown be arrested for violating "hate speech" laws. The resulting publicity was enormous.
No, no, of course it's fascism.
Surely when Jews all over the world started murdering Britains and burning down their embassies, this was clearly fascism.
Surely when the Jews rammed through the laws making Sharon cartoons against the law in Europe and the UN, this was fascism.
Surely when United States papers refused to print the offensive cartoon, this was fascism.
Surely, when the protests and riots, in every country in the world where there are Jews, went on for months in an orgy of destruction and violence, this was fascism.
The world has had to re-evaluate its entire attitude towards cartoons mocking Sharon ever since that horrific time when all of World Jewry rose up in a fascist enclave to force Great Britain and its cartoonists to change their ways.
Those fascist Jews have made sure that Sharon was never, and never will be, mocked again...
Moishe3rd wrote:stevewonder wrote:Attempt to Ban Cartoon, Jail Artist
News/Comment; Posted on: 2003-11-29 10:36:05 by Jeff Hook
A cartoon of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon eating the head of a Palestinian baby against the backdrop of a burning Palestinian city has won first prize in the British Political Cartoon Society's annual competition.
Winning artist Dave Brown depicts Ariel Sharon as saying: "What's wrong? Have you never seen a politician kissing a baby?" In the background are U.S.-supplied Apache attack helicopters sending missiles from the cockpit with the message "Vote Likud" - the prime minister's party.
In his acceptance speech, Brown thanked the Israeli Embassy for its angry reaction to the cartoon, which he said had contributed greatly to its publicity.
The Israeli embassy had instantly denounced the caricature as "anti-Semitic" and tried to get it banned. They also demanded that Mr. Brown be arrested for violating "hate speech" laws. The resulting publicity was enormous.
No, no, of course it's fascism.
Surely when Jews all over the world started murdering Britains and burning down their embassies, this was clearly fascism.
Surely when the Jews rammed through the laws making Sharon cartoons against the law in Europe and the UN, this was fascism.
Surely when United States papers refused to print the offensive cartoon, this was fascism.
Surely, when the protests and riots, in every country in the world where there are Jews, went on for months in an orgy of destruction and violence, this was fascism.
The world has had to re-evaluate its entire attitude towards cartoons mocking Sharon ever since that horrific time when all of World Jewry rose up in a fascist enclave to force Great Britain and its cartoonists to change their ways.
Those fascist Jews have made sure that Sharon was never, and never will be, mocked again...
I thin you wll find that fascism is ideological before it manifests itself into a collective.
case in point being zionism, which is ideologically fascist and then exhibted that fascism in the form of a system.
Governmental fascism is far more dangerous than mob mahem, i thin history will bear witness to that point.
Your points are absurd because they stem form self denial.
It is abusrd that you choose to selectivley determine what and who is a fascist., as though ethinicty makes on immune to fascism.
stevewonder wrote:Moishe3rd wrote:stevewonder wrote:Attempt to Ban Cartoon, Jail Artist
News/Comment; Posted on: 2003-11-29 10:36:05 by Jeff Hook
A cartoon of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon eating the head of a Palestinian baby against the backdrop of a burning Palestinian city has won first prize in the British Political Cartoon Society's annual competition.
Winning artist Dave Brown depicts Ariel Sharon as saying: "What's wrong? Have you never seen a politician kissing a baby?" In the background are U.S.-supplied Apache attack helicopters sending missiles from the cockpit with the message "Vote Likud" - the prime minister's party.
In his acceptance speech, Brown thanked the Israeli Embassy for its angry reaction to the cartoon, which he said had contributed greatly to its publicity.
The Israeli embassy had instantly denounced the caricature as "anti-Semitic" and tried to get it banned. They also demanded that Mr. Brown be arrested for violating "hate speech" laws. The resulting publicity was enormous.
No, no, of course it's fascism.
Surely when Jews all over the world started murdering Britains and burning down their embassies, this was clearly fascism.
Surely when the Jews rammed through the laws making Sharon cartoons against the law in Europe and the UN, this was fascism.
Surely when United States papers refused to print the offensive cartoon, this was fascism.
Surely, when the protests and riots, in every country in the world where there are Jews, went on for months in an orgy of destruction and violence, this was fascism.
The world has had to re-evaluate its entire attitude towards cartoons mocking Sharon ever since that horrific time when all of World Jewry rose up in a fascist enclave to force Great Britain and its cartoonists to change their ways.
Those fascist Jews have made sure that Sharon was never, and never will be, mocked again...
I thin you wll find that fascism is ideological before it manifests itself into a collective.
case in point being zionism, which is ideologically fascist and then exhibted that fascism in the form of a system.
Governmental fascism is far more dangerous than mob mahem, i thin history will bear witness to that point.
Your points are absurd because they stem form self denial.
It is abusrd that you choose to selectivley determine what and who is a fascist., as though ethinicty makes on immune to fascism.
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Fascism:
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
Oppressive, dictatorial control.
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ETYMOLOGY:
Italian fascismo, from fascio, group, from Late Latin fascium, from Latin fascis, bundle
Yes, Steviewonder, I see your point.... not.