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To: Kitten Festival
Here is another Ramirez cartoon:

Ramirez' title is "WORSHIPPING THEIR GOD"

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Here is a comment on the above Ramirez cartoon:

http://www.aish.com/Israel/articles/LA_Times_Cartoon.asp

An anti-Semitic cartoon is one thing. Denying the black-and-white proof is another.

A recent Los Angeles Times editorial cartoon depicted an Orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall, with the stones of the wall forming the word "hate." The caption read: "Worshipping to their God."

In defense, L.A. Times artist Michael Ramirez pointed out that that the second man in the cartoon (sprawled on the ground and much less noticeable) was actually a Moslem praying. Unfortunately, the keffiah which would identify him as a Moslem is practically invisible to the naked eye.

Furthermore, Ramirez was unable to explain why the chosen venue of "hate" was the Western Wall, a site sacred only to Jews, which has never been used as a place of Moslem prayer.

In response to reader protest, the Los Angeles Times altered its cartoon, deleting the unique Herodian frame around the Western Wall stones, to make it look more look a generic wall.


12 posted on 05/16/2007 4:33:00 PM PDT by holfen123
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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Article off topic, but a ping to the carton in post 12.

13 posted on 05/16/2007 5:15:31 PM PDT by SJackson (Arab leaders don't give a damn whether the refugees live or die, R. Garroway, UNWRA director, 8/58)
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