I don't doubt that this is idiotic and I think Ali said it best. Condemning it would have given us the moral high ground, but this response just makes us look like a bunch of simpletons and makes us look as bad, if not worse. We should also keep in mind what Bayern Munich did when all the world said that they shouldn't play in Iran, and they ignored that pressure and played for the people. This kind of thing will just convince enlightened choices like that not to be made in the future.
I don't buy that explanation given by the Germans for the cartoon for one second though. And I think both headcounciluta and soccerboy have some good points. This is freedom of speech, so let people write what they want and draw what they want, and we are free to call them idiots. The most disturbing thing I see is how easily Iranians kill themselves to defend Westerners. Khareji parasti is a disease in our country and Iranians will humiliate their own family for a westerner, but will readily accuse, insult, and attack fellow Iranians, let alone other non-westerners. There is something about seeing white people that makes Iranians weak in the legs, actually the best way to describe them is be-lond people.
I don't buy that explanation given by the Germans for the cartoon for one second though. And I think both headcounciluta and soccerboy have some good points. This is freedom of speech, so let people write what they want and draw what they want, and we are free to call them idiots. The most disturbing thing I see is how easily Iranians kill themselves to defend Westerners. Khareji parasti is a disease in our country and Iranians will humiliate their own family for a westerner, but will readily accuse, insult, and attack fellow Iranians, let alone other non-westerners. There is something about seeing white people that makes Iranians weak in the legs, actually the best way to describe them is be-lond people.