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Zeon was awarded a cash prize of $12,000 in the cartoon section and Forughi received a cash prize of $7,000 in the caricature category during a ceremony held at the Art Bureau on Monday.
Speaking at the ceremony, the secretary of the competition, Masud Shojaei-Tabatabai said, One of the subjects we asked cartoonists to focus on was why the Western countries arrest any scholar who doubts the Holocaust while they put no limit on freedom of speech in other categories.
The other subject was why Palestinians should pay for the Holocaust
we are concerned about the modern Holocaust that is being sought by the Zionist regime, which is known as a child killer government, he added.
In the cartoon section, the second prize went to Jitet Koestana from Indonesia while the third prize was presented to Mahmud Nazari from Iran.
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1st prize...
Charming.
JI7
(89,240 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)It was always such a "joy" watching people crow about "it's just free speech." Oh, the fucking irony!
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)of the participants any time now
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)Sure their drawings offend, insult, and piss people off just like so many other cartoons. But these illustrators won't need to fear for their lives as a result.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Especially because those cartoons would be protected speech in the US under the 1st Amendment, and no one is calling for the cartoonists to be put to death.
Or something.
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)The irony is disgustingly palatable.
Angel Martin
(942 posts)kinda subtle for our friend Zeon, this is more typical
Shouldn't he be clutching a copy of the Protocols in his bony hand?
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)I am surprised he didn't enter that monstrosity into the contest; surely would have been a winner. Seems this "arguments" are quite popular with some as I have heard them in a variety of places, including here. It is fascinating, in a grotesque way, to see this type of talent used to promote hate, bigotry and lies.