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Archive for February 13th, 2006
I’ll only be brief.
The difference between holocaust cartoons and images of Mohammed is that there is something tangibly offensive about holocaust cartoons. To be offended by images of Mohammed requires that you have signed-up to the culture and conventions of the Islamic world. To be offended by cartoons mocking the holocaust requires you to have any idea of what happened in the 30s and 40s in Europe.
The fact that the Iranian newspaper has chosen the holocaust betrays the Islamic world’s delight that the Jewish people were victimised previously.
That said, I would not wish to see holocaust cartoons censored as in Germany. The holocaust, like many other black subjects, is a subject which can in the right circumstances, create shocked, guilty and genuine laughter.
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