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Iran holds Holocaust cartoon contest

So an anti-Israel Holocaust inspired cartoon contest in going on in Iran, where
"The works mainly criticize what they consider the use of the Holocaust by Israel to distract from the Palestine issue."

What are your thoughts on such an event?

Do you believe it is a part of human expression and freedom of speech?
Do you believe it should not be allowed to occur and why?

Furthermore, Iran's president has recognized the Holocaust and the cartoon is not directly to do with the Iranian government.

Sources:
http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-holocaust-cartoon-contest/27734438.html

http://www.dw.com/en/iran-opens-anti-israel-cartoon-contest/a-19258462

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Don't mind, free speech.
Original post by TheTruthTeller

What are your thoughts on such an event?


They can draw what they like, as can we. It won't be won by a cartoon depicting Mohammed being forced into a gas chamber by a Jew and a German acting together.
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charlie drew mohammed, and a similar contest was set up to draw mohammed...:smile:
It is freedom of speech and they should be allowed to do so. Don't agree with what they're saying, but that doesn't mean they can't say it.
Reply 5
Let's gather the pitchforks lads. And stop buying Iranian products! Oh crap how will I survive without that weird sorbet **** with rice noodles in it?
* Riots when some random nobody in Denmark draws a cartoon of Muhammad cause it be disrespek n that.

* Holds competition to make light in cartoon form the genocide of someone else

Iranian logic
Original post by sfaraj
charlie drew mohammed, and a similar contest was set up to draw mohammed...:smile:


Yeah so why not throw away the moral high ground then by putting into cartoon form the genocide of people who didn't even have anything to do with Charlie Hebdo? Oh wait, they already did that by blaming the Charlie staff for their deaths (which most Muslims on TSR disgracefully did) when the terrorist mongs murdered them because of their feelz.
Original post by KimKallstrom
* Riots when some random nobody in Denmark draws a cartoon of Muhammad cause it be disrespek n that.

* Holds competition to make light in cartoon form the genocide of someone else

Iranian logic


No "riots" in Iran, other than peaceful protests.
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Original post by TheTruthTeller
So an anti-Israel Holocaust inspired cartoon contest in going on in Iran, where
"The works mainly criticize what they consider the use of the Holocaust by Israel to distract from the Palestine issue."

What are your thoughts on such an event?

Do you believe it is a part of human expression and freedom of speech?
Do you believe it should not be allowed to occur and why?

Furthermore, Iran's president has recognized the Holocaust and the cartoon is not directly to do with the Iranian government.

Sources:
http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-holocaust-cartoon-contest/27734438.html

http://www.dw.com/en/iran-opens-anti-israel-cartoon-contest/a-19258462


They can do as they wish.

Spoiler

Original post by Jebedee
Let's gather the pitchforks lads. And stop buying Iranian products! Oh crap how will I survive without that weird sorbet **** with rice noodles in it?


To quote the great Jimmy Carr discussing the Iranian government boycotting all Danish products: "I'm not sure they were doing a roaring trade in pornography, beer, and bacon before"
All of these people are now biting their tongue, pretending to wave the freedom of speech flag again to conceal their bigotry, as they realised Charlie Hebdo did exactly the same thing.

Freedom of expression should have limitations. Going above that limit does nothing beneficial but instigate anger and interfere with peoples' right to believe in whatever the heck they want to believe in. We have laws restricting hate speech in the UK and rightly so... we don't have hideos entities like Charlie Hebdo, nor Holocaust deniers and any form of racism gets frowned upon, by in large. Unless it's the Daily Mail... or TSR with some pretentious bigoted youths who spend a lot of time here, until the moderators take it down.
Original post by Zargabaath
It is freedom of speech and they should be allowed to do so. Don't agree with what they're saying, but that doesn't mean they can't say it.


Spot on.
Original post by TheTruthTeller
Furthermore, Iran's president has recognized the Holocaust

It's questioned.
and the cartoon is not directly to do with the Iranian government.

I doubt that a political event can happen in Iran without permission and approval of the regime.
Original post by ZolaCFC25

Freedom of expression should have limitations. Going above that limit does nothing beneficial but instigate anger and interfere with peoples' right to believe in whatever the heck they want to believe in. We have laws restricting hate speech in the UK and rightly so... we don't have hideos entities like Charlie Hebdo, nor Holocaust deniers and any form of racism gets frowned upon, by in large. Unless it's the Daily Mail... or TSR with some pretentious bigoted youths who spend a lot of time here, until the moderators take it down.


Those "limitations" include things like slander/libel and threats of violence or death. Any more than things like that and it is not freedom of expression. That's kind of the whole point of it.

You seem to think that freedom of speech should be restricted because people sometimes get offended at things, which is a stupid and dangerous attitude to have.
Reply 15
Original post by sfaraj
charlie drew mohammed :smile:


And they were murdered for that (note that "Charlie" is not a person, it's the name of the magazine).

What a despicable remark.
Original post by ZolaCFC25
All of these people are now biting their tongue, pretending to wave the freedom of speech flag again to conceal their bigotry, as they realised Charlie Hebdo did exactly the same thing.

Freedom of expression should have limitations. Going above that limit does nothing beneficial but instigate anger and interfere with peoples' right to believe in whatever the heck they want to believe in. We have laws restricting hate speech in the UK and rightly so... we don't have hideos entities like Charlie Hebdo, nor Holocaust deniers and any form of racism gets frowned upon, by in large. Unless it's the Daily Mail... or TSR with some pretentious bigoted youths who spend a lot of time here, until the moderators take it down.


I am offended by your post. So by your logic the full weight of the law should now come down on you. Back to the 19th century with your blasphemy laws demon.
Original post by Jebedee
Let's gather the pitchforks lads. And stop buying Iranian products! Oh crap how will I survive without that weird sorbet **** with rice noodles in it?


Falooda? You can get that elsewhere Loool they have it in middle eastern and Asian shops too or just buy the make it at home yourself packets
Original post by TakeEuropeBack
Holocaust is a lie it was thousand who died in camps the only thing the Germans gassed was to delouse, kill parasites like lice who's bites could spread diseases such as typhus! Everyone knows there were typhus epidemics in camps that killed thousands of people the British themselves spent some time to get this under control.





Watch and learn it's a collection of the best revisionist works, including some Jews who actually care about the truth.


Jews turned WW2, a war that actually largely killed Europeans into their Jewish Holocaust


Look at how many died in Russian work camps! millions, but unlike the big lie holohoax the number varies. We have to believe 6 million Jews died, and only 6 million.. anything else is crime to question.


Don't ever have children.
Original post by queen-bee
Falooda? You can get that elsewhere Loool they have it in middle eastern and Asian shops too or just buy the make it at home yourself packets


OMG i ****ing love Falooda it's so nice and refreshing :drool:

But back on topic.
I do not agree with this, however it is free speech at the end of the day, and that is their right. :s-smilie:
What we have to remember is not every Iranian person is a Israel and American hating crazy goat herder. Iran is one of the youngest countries and most progressive imo. It's being held back by the old laws of the Revolution...
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