Monday, August 14, 2006

Ahmadinejad... sigh... Again

What Alibooboo seems to find amusing, doesn't strike the "real world" as all that funny. Last February, he called on Iranian cartoonists to promote the "myth" of the Holocaust, and it seems now, they are ready to show the results. Iran Opens Controversial Holocaust Cartoon Exhibition
The Iranian newspaper "Hamshahri," which co-sponsored the event, says the exhibition is aimed at testing the West's tolerance for drawings about the killing of 6 million Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
We can be outraged, but will there be violence? I seriously doubt it. There are a few Iranians who are speaking out against this display, but I wonder how many others in the Arab world will condemn the display.
Several Iranian intellectuals -- including Emadoddin Baghi, a journalist close to former President Mohammad Khatami -- have criticized the exhibition.
We shall see.