Posted on 11/30/2008 5:59:31 AM PST by bloodmeridian
French President Nicholas Sarkozy has lost his petition to block the sale of voodoo dolls.
“They look too much like U.S. President-elect Barrack Obama,” Thierry Herzog, a lawyer for Sarkozy, told reporters on Saturday. “Nothing against Obama, but we expect a little more from our satire here in France. They can wave a white flag over there in America all they want, but a voodoo doll of President Sarkozy should have a bit more classe, oui?”
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LOL!!!
Aren't double standards grand.
“...free speech for me, but not for thee”
There were some t-shirts called Sarah Palin a “female dog”, and “the female genital”. I don’t remember any protests over them.
> On Friday, a Paris court rejected Sarkozy’s appeal to block the sale of the dolls, ruling the maker can continue to sell the dolls as long as they come with a warning that sticking pins in the toy is an affront to the dignity of all Frenchmen. The dolls most also come with a white flag, the court said...
> ...Voodoo high priest Togbui Gnagblondjro III called the affair an abomination. “This is an affront to my beliefs. Voodoo does no harm. It protects you if you are honest and sincere. It hates treason and lies. I consider this to be both.”
> In retaliation, he was said to be using computer climate voodoo models to stir up more global warming hysteria for both the U.S. and France.
HELL FUNNY!
Either this is superb French Satire (the French have the very, very best Satire in the world) or I’m seeing a joke in all of this where none exists!
Either way it’s HELL FUNNY! I WANT ONE OF THEM DOLLS!
LOL. Excellent satire.
The people who do all the protesting are the ones that made those t-shirts. Ergo, no noise. But an Obama voodoo doll has a distasteful aspect to it. Maybe something more like this ...
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/Obammania.JPG
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