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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Looking for Moslem Humor

Albert Brooks has a new movie:
"Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World''

Haven't seen it nor even read a review, but methinks there isn't any :

Those Danish Cartoons - New York Times

"Cartoons making fun of the Prophet Muhammad that were published in a Danish newspaper last September are suddenly one of the hottest issues in international politics. Muslims in Europe and across the Middle East have been holding protests with growing levels of violence and now loss of life."

SEPTEMBER ?!?!?
It's now Febuary.
Either these folks are really really slow to get (or not get) a joke, or translations are really really slow or ...
They just don't fit in a modern world.

Where is the Muslim John Stewart, Jay Leno or ... Lenny Bruce ?

I did see interview with one of the Danish Editors who decided on this "experiment"
Paraphrase "respect for religion is one thing, bowing to other's demands is another"

Long live Free Speach

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