<<Of course, Muslim newspapers have long depicted
Jews in similarly hateful ways as the Muhammad
cartoons. Perhaps the uproar will lead them to
reconsider the practice--although considering that
Iran has just announced that its leading
newspaper will run a series of cartoon satirising
the Holocaust, the chances are perhaps not that
great. >>
This could be an opening that peace loving people
have long sought--the opportunity to conduct
foreign policy through humor rather than missiles.
Clearly, though, the West will have the upper hand
again, because we have the best comics.
The Mullahs probably don't want to go down that
road. Just Ayatollah Khomenei's edict advising
young Muslim men when it is appropriate to have
sex with chickens (as recounted in _Reading Lolita
in Tehran_) is enough to go for weeks and weeks.
And what if the chicken is kosher?
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