Monday, November 7, 2005
Anyone who's raised kids is in constant awe of how perceptive and quick they are. Our daughter is constantly amazing my wife and I by coming up with something -- a sound, a new word, a pose -- that has us looking at each other and wondering, "Where the heck did that come from." Then we realize it was from some video tape only watched once that managed to leave some little impression that comes out sometimes days or weeks later.
In Iran, this is what the children see.
MEMRI TV: Palestinian Children Clash with an Israeli Soldier in an Iranian Animated Movie
An Israeli soldier approaches a crowd of young Arab protesters on the street. The protesters are burning an Israeli flag, holding stones in their hands, yelling, and raising a sign that reads "Death to Israel." The protesters throw stones at the soldier, and he in return fires his weapon, killing most of them. A protester who has remained alive cries at the sight of his dead comrades. He picks up a slingshot and a stone and aims at the soldier. As the stone is released into the air, it turns into a hand grenade, and explodes at the soldier's feet. The soldier has now become a skeleton in a shredded uniform. Behind him stands an old man, wearing a hat with the American flag on it.
You think this aired during "safe harbor?"
Previous Iranian kids' cartoons here.
