Amitai Sandy certainly has the most interesting response to Iranian Holocaust-cartoon contest (via Dean):
Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix Publishing, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, has followed the unfolding of the “Muhammad cartoon-gate” events in amazement, until finally he came up with the right answer to all this insanity - and so he announced today the launch of a new anti-Semitic cartoons contest - this time drawn by Jews themselves!
“We’ll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!” said Sandy “No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!”
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The deadline is Sunday March 5, and the best works will be displayed in an Exhibition in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
At the moment, I’m too amazed to form an opinion about whether or not this a good idea. I’m withholding judgement for now.
I think it’s hideous.
One reason Dave Chapelle freaked out a few years back was that he realized that when you take racism to the extreme in order to laugh AT it, some people do laugh WITH the racism.
Most people will take this the right way. But some people will laugh for altogether the wrong reasons. This isn’t malicious, but I do think it’s harmful.
Comment by Seth Chalmer — February 16, 2006 @ 11:48 pm