Cartoon controversy

Salvelinus

Will there be riots I wonder?
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2009/09/ridiculous_cartoon_prosecution.php#comments

Morlar

Whoever said this in the comments hit the nail on the head;

No one has a right not to be insulted. Period.

I would make the point that a cartoon about 2 jews discussing the numbers of jewish dead from ww2 should not be covered under religious/blasphemy legislation.

They happen to be jewish, the cartoon is not mocking judaism in general or as a religion in any way shape or form.

Dades

Is Holocaust denial an offense in Holland?

Zillah

Although the cartoon had been taken off the AEL's website three years ago, the league decided to republish it to highlight the double standards operating in society. 'The AEL does not think any of the cartoons should be subject to prosecution,' the organisation said in a statement.

Oh hey look guys, I strongly agree with what the Arab European League said. Oddly enough.

Salvelinus

Morlar wrote: »

Whoever said this in the comments hit the nail on the head;

No one has a right not to be insulted. Period.

I would make the point that a cartoon about 2 jews discussing the numbers of jewish dead from ww2 should not be covered under religious/blasphemy legislation.

They happen to be jewish, the cartoon is not mocking judaism in general or as a religion in any way shape or form.

I agree witht hat comment. My point is that if a Jewish organisation done the same about say the crusades then what do you think would happen?

robindch

Dades wrote: »

Is Holocaust denial an offense in Holland?

Nope:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial#Laws_against_Holocaust_denial

Galvasean

You mean to tell me that we have made it through five posts and no one has said 'Pics or GTFO' yet?

Dades

robindch wrote: »

Nope:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial#Laws_against_Holocaust_denial

That makes it even more of a farce.

Galvasean wrote: »

You mean to tell me that we have made it through five posts and no one has said 'Pics or GTFO' yet?

From the descriptions I've read this would appear to be it:

kiffer

I saw a few more... They were pretty crapy, as most political cartoons usually are... I assumed that they were the cartoons in question... But now I can't find them in my browser history...
:-(

I should have saved them