Saturday, July 29, 2006
More of the same, this time by cartoonist Antonio Neri Licon of Mexico’s El Economista:
...From Honest Reporting's Backspin.
Update: At Anglicans for Israel, an article noting the trend in EU newspaper cartoons to equate Jews with Nazis: The EU’s Cartoonish Rage against the Jews
Note that it is not fear of giving deep offence to others that prevents cartoonists from "expressing themselves," as most of these papers wouldn't publish the Muhammed cartoons -- it is, instead, fear of bodily harm to themselves which curbs them...something they do not fear from Jews, Israelis or their supporters, because such people are not, in fact, anything like Nazis.
The infamous Muhammad cartoons–whose publication so inflamed the Muslim world–were initially commissioned by the Danish newspaper Jyllands Postem for the purpose of focusing attention on a climate of fear in Europe that is characterized by the practice of self-censorship as a way to appease sensitive Muslims. Contrary to the claims of Muslim protestors, they were not examples of a European tendency to vilify Islam. The regular appearance of anti-Semitic cartoons in several European newspapers is shining light on the Continent’s true prejudice: a deep hatred of Jews and Israel...
For a disturbing read, note some of the comments to this previous post.
Why am I always shocked by comments like the ones you link? It gets me every time. I tend to disbelieve that people could be so freakishly transparent in their hatred. Whatever one's opinions about how Israel should or should not deal with Hezbollah, I can't imagine any decent human being not clearly seeing and opposing the insensate hatred of Jews in both the cartoon and some of the comments.