Tuesday, February 07, 2006
THOSE CARTOONS
All this bavardage about those blasphemous September doodlings - blimey!. But it's a devil of a job tracking down what exactly we're indignant about. Doff of the cap to Andrew Sullivan's excellent Daily Dishings with its thoughtful inclusion of cartoons about cartoons. I particularly wanted to see the one - presumably of The Prophet himself - alerting everyone that stocks are low on those prize virgins. Come to think about it, didn't some linguist decide that it was a mistranslation and that what the kamikaze lads are actually in line for is a bunch juicy olives? I definitely recall something along those lines, but thinking what a smart move to tweak it to the slightly more tempting prospect of the Fair Sex. Feb 8 update: I don't know if Reuters and I are talking about the same ballyhoo, or if a new bunch have got in on the act, but it seems that French publishers Charlie-Hebdo have now reproduced the blasphemies that Jyllands-Posten are getting all the stick for - and very vigorous stick it seems, too, if the milling and mobbing on TV are anything to go by. They *say* a picture is worth a bunch of words, but it's a dickens of a job tracking down the culprit graphics - such as this latest gaffe by Hebdo which is said to have depicted Mohammed burying his face in his hands with an, 'It's hard to be loved by fools' " (which I'm not sure I actually *get*.) Mustafa Shag: Meanwhile, good old Ann Summers seems to be treading a far more dangerous path with her sex doll than any sketching Dane. Channeling the Anger: What with London getting in on the act, Ms Summers may care to reconsider her cheeky move - or transfer stocks to her Egypt branch where protests seem more muted. Anyway, 'tout sert', as the dictionnaire has it for "all grist to the mill"
Addendum: Et voila! Rooting around in the Seattle Times, I came across what looks to be the whole contentious list
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Since I first posted this, back in feb '06, most of the links are defunct so ... sorry. they were rather good and hard-sought.
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