[lit-ideas] Re: : Muhammed and the Giant Peach
- From: Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:11:32 -0800 (PST)
All hail Eric, this IS more than convenient:
"Iran has cut all trade ties with Denmark in protest
at the cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad that
first appeared in a Danish newspaper."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4687116.stm
Now, let's assume that Iranian hardliners really are
prepared to face the sanctions over the nuclear issue.
In which case they have to go back to their
potentially very angry citizens to explain themselves.
Now, EU is a trade union. Consumer boycots are one
thing, but state level action calls for an union wide
response. That is they effectively pulled the EU
sanctions on themselves. And they can blame it on the
blasphemous Danes, Dr Evil is that you pulling the
strings?
And it gets better. Any nuclear deal would involve EU
and propably USA too lifting sanctions. Now the
Iranians have the option of formally accepting the
deal, but they can then insist that Denmark trade
freeze is a separate issue and will stay in place
until the witches at Jyllands Posten are burned. And
the EU won't then normalize trade relations, and thus
no deal... Who needs Yes, Prime Minister with real
time politics like this?
In other news, I think we have a strong Darwin Award
candidate in Beirut:"Security sources said there was
one dead body found in the nearby Allied Bank, of
22-year-old Khodr Mohammad al-Hajj. Media reports
circulated that he was among those who set the
consulate building on fire, got encircled by flames
and died after jumping from the third floor."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=21994
Yours,
Teemu
Helsinki, Finland
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