Jesus is More Photogenic, Anyway
Pop quiz, hot shot: Cite something from the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. If you can, chances are you're either Danish (in which case I'll have cheese) or you cited that time they ran a cartoon depicting what Muhammed (PB&J) looked like. I don't remember all the details, but I think Jesus pulled the football away at the last second.
Two years later, and the rascals are at it again. And I mean literally; theyre doing the exact same thing. The paper, along with other Danish papers, are reprinting the cartoons in response to the arrest of three men who plotted to kill the cartoonist. This, they claim, shows their "firm commitment to free speech."
Which it does, in the same way Im showing my commitment to free speech when I reply to my fiancees requests to stop swerving the car in time to Jamiroquais Virtual Insanity by saying you mean like THIS? and pulling mightily to the right.
Come off it, Jyllands-Posten! Im not a fan of terrorism or censorship, but there are probably plenty of perfectly nice Muslims out there who are genuinely offended by the cartoons. Do you have to go out of your way to show them that yes, indeed, you are allowed to desecrate their religion? And this from a guy who finds the below picture hilarious:
My point is, if you want to seem relevant, there are better ways to go about it than trotting out your greatest hits. Do something fresh and original to offend Muslims, like a deal where you get a free subscription if you renounce Allah. At least that way you seem more like Howard Stern trying to piss everyone off and less like Jim OConnor from The Glass Menagerie reliving a fourth quarter forward pass.
Hell, if Jyllands-Posten is allowed to dust off their oldies, why shouldnt other no-longer-relevant folks do the same? I look forward to Janet Jackson revealing her other boob, Jamie Lynn getting double pregnant, and Gladstone re-posting that thing where he shows pictures of murdered children and just laughs and laughs.
In fact, fuck it. HEY, ANYONE HEAR ABOUT THIS NEW ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT MOVIE? COMMENT PLZ!
When not blogging for Cracked, Michael makes controversial videos depicting Muhammed as head writer and co-founder of Those Aren't Muskets!
hehe tht 1st Jesus pic looks cool :D AND IM A FUNDAMENTAL CATHOLIC THAT WILL CRUSADE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF EVERY PAGAN!!! XD
Reply"Muhammed (PB&J)"....BAHAHAHA!!!
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To the prof,you are a des**cable bigot and a son of a bitch. I am just exercising my freedom of expression here.So there!
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ReplyOh for fuck's sake, what good will the reprinting do?! For the benefit of a total of two people on earth who haven't seen them yet? Or just in an attempt to troll close-minded extremists into doing something stupid again and then coming out as the righteous ones?
Do they have the right to re/publish them? Of course. Should they? Matter of opinion, but I see absolutely no reason for them to do it but petty trolling.
And this is coming from a devote Muslim, living in Saudi Arabia, by the way. Believe it or not, extremist morons doing Islam a disservice by besmirching its name with intolerance really ARE a minority. But whoever has the loudest voice in a group gets heard first, regardless of whether or not everyone else doesn't agree with them. I've only seen the Mohammad caricatures as mildly tasteless at the very most. Nothing more, nothing less.
The republishing of the cartoons is not just "to show they that can". It's to show that extremist's or terrorist's threats of violence should not be heeded. They are making a valid and very important point by republishing.
ReplyIf Moslems expect westerners to adhere to their standards in their countries (eg, women can't drive, must be veiled, etc.), why don't they agree to adhere to our standards in our countries? (eg, literary and artistic satire/freedom of speech). And why do women from those countries who aren't allowed to drive in those countries expect the right to drive here and also expect their faces to be covered by a veil on their driver's licenses?
ReplyBy the way, not all Moslems religions (and there are more than one, just as Christianity is composed of many denominations) think it's a crime to have an image of Mohammed. This fact seems to have been lost in the controversy.
The comics originally printed in the newspaper were'nt actually that insulting at all...just gentle satire. Then some clerics got angry at them, and included some other pictures that they got from somewhere else and lumped them together with the cartoons. It was these other drawings that were found offensive and caused all the furore. Just because some guy manipulated the Islamic world.
ReplyAs a Dane who also happens to be a bit of a douche bag, I have to inform you that douchebaggery doesn't come as an innate gift for Danish peope; I've had to work hard at it.
ReplyAs for the Danish papers' reprinting the offending drawings, it is not about doing it because they can. It's about showing support - however bluntly - for a person who did his job, which was to draw cartoons in a country that offers that and other liberties, and who then had to go into hiding to stay alive. Freedom of speech means that no one can expect special treatment by the press, no matter how sensitive, murderous or bereft of a sense of humor they are. And, no, I'm not saying that all muslims fit into that category, which is why it's important that moderate Muslims speak out against the violence whether they like the cartoons or not. Incidentally, no one has been lampooned more often or more cruelly in Danish newspapers than right-wing, anti-immigration-party leader, Pia Kjærsgaard. I don't weep for her, and I don't weep for anyone who burns down schools because of ink on paper.
and her very expensive hat
Reply"And Swaim. Sure I could go on and on again about how i didn’t make a joke about dead baby grace, but did make a joke about the sketch artist, but me trying to prove I’m not a dead baby joke-making ghoul, is like you trying to pretend you didn’t design the protocol for the Tuskegee experiment."
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Leave Jyllands-Posten be. They're just doing what every mediocre artist whose had a small taste of the limelight does. Rehashes the one thing that got them any attention in the first place. It's an undeserved greatest hits album. I believe Cracked did an article about such things once.
ReplyThe YMCA picture is one of the funniest pictures I've ever seen. Yet it makes me feel nothing, but shame for I did not think of it first.
ReplyAnd this may count towards the 300 and Swaim's anal adventures, but I won't be happy until I see the 300 on the AD article.
Oh, so that's how the comment system works. That clearly shows Danes are idiots too.
ReplyDanes are douchebags (source: WWII).
ReplyBy the way, Jyllandsposten has a glorious history of making fun of every goddamn thing. And I do mean everything. Use your imagination.
By the way, Danish cookies are awful and have nothing to do with Denmark. Like spaghetti is Chinese.
Danes are douchebags (source: WWII).
ReplyBy the way, Jyllandsposten has a glorious history of making fun of every goddamn thing for no apparent reason (even 9/11).