So where the bloody hell are you?
Please explain
Rocket launches its own "where the bloody hell are you?" campaign. Send in your image to rocket@zip.com.au.
It's time to "please explain where the bloody hell you are!" in a competition all Australians of European appearance can be proud of.
The best ones will be published here!
Australia enters Iran Holocaust Cartoon Contest
No, this time its not a hoax! A Queensland newspaper is testing the notion of free speech by entering the Iran Holocaust Cartoon contest.
The Rockhampton-based Weekend Choice emailed a copy of its cartoon to Iran's biggest-selling newspaper, Hamshahri.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) from Israel
It didn't take long for the Israelies to come up with a plan to upstage Iran's holocaust cartoon competition. A SEO contest to make sure the cartoons never see the light of day in Google! Nothing like a bit of Iran Holocaust Cartoon Contest SEO to put a spanner in the works.
Just how many times can Iran, Holocaust and cartoon contest be mentioned on a page.
It didn't take long for someone to register irancartoon.com. Good luck trying to log on though!
And yet another conspiracy theory. This time its about Denmark assuming the UN Security Council presidency. But perhaps the real reason can be found here. It probably really is all about oil money.
The Leunig cartoon some prankster submitted to the Iran Holocaust Cartoon competition is rather good. Not sure if it was ever pubished in an Australian paper.
The whole Iran Holocaust Cartoon competition is a bit dull really. And certainly not very original. No one cares that much. A Princess Di cartoon involving landmines would probably be a lot more offensive. Or perhaps something involving the Pope. But could it be any better than this prize winner?
Here at Rocket we will continue to hunt for the most offensive cartoon. Send URL suggestions to rocket@zip.com.au
Saudi cleric calls for cartoon trial
Is there no end to this story! Top Saudi cleric, Sheik Abdul Rahman al-Seedes, imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, wants international laws that condemn insults against the prophet and holy sites,
I would sleep better at night knowing Saudi Arabia was doing more to protect pilgrims doing the Hajj. It's a billion dollar industry.
More on those "cartoons"
It appears Muhammed is even on a US Supreme Court building in Washington DC.
It didn't take long for the conspiracy theories to kick in either. One concerns pilgrims killed during Hajj and the Saudi government's attempts to avoid criticism of its poor planning.
The other is of course about money, power and oil.
And then there is the Egyptian paper that printed the cartoons during Ramadan. Read more about it here.
It's all enough to make me buy another Danish pastry!
Is this the start of the counter-protest?
Keeping the kids safe
The strangest things keep turning up in the e-mail. Here is the latest image to land in our intray.
But Michael Jackson is probably a lot closer than they realise!
Publish and be bland!
Mainstream media is still throwing up images of fanatical Muslims wrecking havoc across Europe in response to a few cartoons, while beating its self indulgent chest and trumpeting about freedom of the press.
Bloggers on the other hand, take a much more direct approach.
Imam Ahmad Abu Laban, the leader of the Islamic Society of Denmark apparently touted 3 extra "cartoons" around the Middle-East while whipping up a fanatical frenzy?
One of which apparently portrayed the prophet as a pig.
Squeal like a piggy...
It’s not at all like the 12 cartoons published by Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, on September 30, 2005.
Proving that truth is indeed stranger than satire, it turns out it’s a contestant at the French Pig-Squealing Championships in Trie-sur-Baise’s annual festival.
And what of the two other cartoons?
No doubt a blogger will find out soon enough. Who needs investigative journalism when you can just Google it!
Looks like the 12 original cartoons were first published by an Egyptian newspaper, and not the Danish infidels. Guess the only thing that stopped fanatics torching Cairo was the damn traffic!
And there are even more pictures of Muhammed floating around the internet.
This site is probably getting a lot of hits too.
One could hardly expect politicians to support freedom of the press. New Zealand is doing its best, and so far there are no reports of jandels being set alight.
I couldn't help thinking of the fuss caused by Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary (made from paint and elephant dung). It certainly stung the Rev Fred Nile into action.
Then again, perhaps it really is the fault of all those violent cartoons kids are forced to watch.
Just who Iran is going to upset with its threat to publish Holocaust cartoons is anyone's guess. Talk about taking the piss! But anything that gives the Turner Prize a run for its money can't be that bad.
According to Miranda Divine, we bend over backwards to accommodate the intolerant. Although she probably doesn't mean David Fagin over at The Courier-Mail.
Still, she probably has a point. I wonder how long it will be before the likes of Google, Yahoo etc decides to censor these images.
Or is that just a privilege reserved for China?
But wait, there is more!
Watch the movie: Taqiyya -- Anatomy of the comic Jihad
The Associated Press is not happy either
Rocket annoys Australian Catholics a few years ago
Who can resist the temptation to Dress Jesus Up
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