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Anger in Iran over German football cartoon
2006-02-14
The general secretary of the Iranian press association called Sunday for action over a football cartoon printed in a German newspaper showing the Iranian national team standing in a World Cup stadium with bomb belts strapped to their jerseys.

Manuchehr Sandi called the cartoon, which was printed in the Friday edition of Berlin's Tagesspiegel, a "dirty joke" and in an interview with the ISNA news agency demanded the German Embassy in Tehran give an "appropriate reaction" to it.

The cartoon also depicts German soldiers standing in the stadium with a caption saying "Why at the World Cup of all places does the German army have to be on duty?"

The newspaper said it regretted the reactions from Iran.

Earlier Sunday, the Iranian newspaper 90 published the cartoon, calling it "shameless" and demanded the Iranian football federation to lodge an official protest.

"It is now clear that the Germans are under the influence of the Zionists (Israel) and have lowered themselves to become their scarecrows," wrote 90.

Iran's most famous sports journalist, Ardeschir Larudi, accused the Tagesspiegel of becoming the first newspaper in Germany to demand Iran's exclusion from this summer's World Cup in Germany, which runs June 9 to July 9.

"Iran was the second country (after Japan) to qualify for the World Cup and it is totally unfair to present the players in this way," he told ISNA.

"We have to protest against this cartoon but we Iranians should remain civilised and not trade insults for insults."

Posted by:tipper

#21  Actual cartoon
Posted by: Snuns Thromp1484   2006-02-14 21:32  

#20  
Posted by: doc   2006-02-14 16:27  

#19  It is a bad cartoon. The simple fact that the two sets of folks are nearly identical in height makes it look as if they are intended to be the same folks. Yeah it probably is clear in German but from a basic cartoon standpoint it doesn't work well when you wonder about that sort of thing.

On the other hand it pissed off Iran and that is one of my new standards for a great cartoon so I'll let it slide.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-02-14 15:57  

#18  "remain" civilised
Excuse me? What is this? Wouldn't this mean that they would have to first be or initially be civilized?
Yes to see the advertisers have cartoons plastered all over during the games would be entertaining, but risky with their interpretation of what acting civilized means.
Posted by: Jan   2006-02-14 13:00  

#17  WRT killing the goose: When there was some turmoil or famine it would sometimes happen that local imams would blame the Christians/Jews and organize attacks. Sometimes the ruler of the city would try to protect the dhimmis ($$). Bat Yeor has lots of references.
Posted by: James   2006-02-14 12:44  

#16  Wouldn't you love to be an official in one of Iran's games ?
What fun could be had.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-02-14 12:35  

#15  Dear Iran,

Fuck you with a pork dildo.

Your friends,

Germany

Posted by: mmurray821   2006-02-14 11:37  

#14  "We have to protest against this cartoon but we Iranians should remain civilised and not trade insults for insults."

Oh brother. This from the nation currently holding a Holocaust cartoon contest. Nah, no "insults for insults" being traded here. Male bovine fecal matter abounds. Keep those cartoons coming, we're onto something here.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-02-14 11:22  

#13  Power in the hands of Islam, in practice, is the death of everything worth living for.

Now you've got it! The old Global Cultural Genocide™ that I've been talking about. As Zenster's second law states:

"Power is most attractive to those least competent to wield it."
Posted by: Zenster   2006-02-14 11:19  

#12  ..showing the Iranian national team standing in a World Cup stadium with bomb belts strapped to their jerseys.

Haaahahahahahaahahaha......

Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2006-02-14 11:01  

#11  "We have to protest against this cartoon but we Iranians should remain civilised and not trade insults for insults."

WOW, a correct response regarding free speech!
Posted by: bk   2006-02-14 10:57  

#10  Okay, yeah... The Janissaries became a serious threat, too, but I follow you.

Power in the hands of Islam, in practice, is the death of everything worth living for. I've said it before, of course, but to me it's clearly a pathogen. You can take it from there, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-02-14 08:13  

#9  I presume they didn't kill the dhimmi geese that laid golden eggs for them, heh.

AFAICR, they did. The example off the top of my head is the Jannisaries -- skimming the male children from a population that doesn't practice polygamy reduces its birthrate.

Beyond that, the history of dhimmitude makes it clear that inflicting humiliation and abuse was as much a part of it as tax farming. Gotta give the lowliest Muslim someone to feel superior to.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-02-14 08:06  

#8  Well, lol, when I wrote that I was thinking of the historical dhimmitude in conquered lands. I presume they didn't kill the dhimmi geese that laid golden eggs for them, heh.

Attacking the weak, but not yet jizya-paying crowd does seem to top the alQ agenda, though the dhimmis-in-waiting haven't seemed to have figured it out, yet. Is this what you're referring to, perhaps?
Posted by: .com   2006-02-14 08:00  

#7  Is there anything, other than abject dhimmitude, that does not offend Islam?

Clarification on the question: You are aware that often Islam becomes offended at those who perfectly adhere to dhimmitude, right? Are you excluding those instances?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-02-14 07:52  

#6  Well, yeah, I see their point. It should have been the Palestinian team.

They should run a corrected version with the Iranian team in chadors.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-02-14 06:48  

#5  Gee, what a bunch of duplicious, taquia-lover petty-minded hypocrits... real muslims, in short.
Oh, the irony : IRGC commander addresses suicide bomber corps
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-02-14 06:16  

#4  Yep, we should encourage this to run and run. Even the dimmest (dhimmiest) tranzi moonbat will get it in the end.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-02-14 05:37  

#3  I hope Ahmejinedad is stupid enough to withdraw the team in protest... and all the signs are there! The resulting civil strife would greatly harm the reqime as I believe footy comes second only to Allan in Iran.

we Iranians should remain civilised and not trade insults for insults Mwahahahaha
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-02-14 05:34  

#2  this really is classic stuff, lets keeps pumping out cartoons in the west till their population grinds to a halt with rioting and protesting
Posted by: ShepUK   2006-02-14 05:22  

#1  tipper - The link is wrong - points to the German sculpture withdrawn because it offended Muzzies story...

The old question comes to the fore, yet again:
Is there anything, other than abject dhimmitude, that does not offend Islam?
Posted by: .com   2006-02-14 04:45  

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