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UN FORM GUIDE

Consider this:

Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has expressed her concern over the 12 cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad which were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September. Ms Arbour says that the UN experts on racism will deal with the matter.

And then consider how the UN might police the internet, should they ever get the chance.

(Via J.F. Beck)

Posted by Tim B. on 12/08/2005 at 10:58 AM
  1. What the fucking fuck is the U.N. doing involved in this? Where are they when my Christian sensibilities are offended by 99% of everything that comes out of Hollywood? Why can’t the U.N. just go back to playing with their acronyms and leave those of us in free countries (with free speech laws) alone?

    International assholes.

    Posted by Monroe Doctrine on 2005 12 08 at 12:04 PM • permalink

  2. Why can’t they leave us alone? Because that is exactly the wrong way to enslave humanity. Your freely spoken words are a dire threat to the UN agenda.

    Tim, your point is accurate, but just the beginning of the problem. Ms. Arbour dreams of the day when she can punish you by forcing the Australian gov to cut off your Internet access and space.

    Or even better, she could indict you in Tunisia for World Thought Crimes. Maybe Australia would refuse to extradite you, but your first international flight would include a long stopover at some secret prison in central Europe.

    ((Notice how these imbeciles always write “internet” and “Nasa”.))

    Posted by HelenW on 2005 12 08 at 01:02 PM • permalink

  3. “The 56 member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) are currently meeting in Mecca to discuss joint action against Denmark because the Danish government has refused to call Jyllands-Posten to account and restrict the freedom of the Danish press.”

    Profane? No, pro-Dane!

    Posted by chinesearithmetic on 2005 12 08 at 01:03 PM • permalink

  4. BTW, everytime I see one of those pretentious UN job titles like “high commissioner” in print, it feels like they’re talking about Romulans or something.

    Just part of the UN’s “we’re consistently beyond parody” policy, I guess.

    Posted by PW on 2005 12 08 at 01:23 PM • permalink

  5. About 15 years ago the UN criticised the British comic Viz for being racist because they ran a cartoon called “the Thieving Gypsy Bastards”, their case wasn’t helped when the Gypsy spokesman who had complained about the stereotyping got convicted of handling stolen property.

    Posted by Ross on 2005 12 08 at 01:45 PM • permalink

  6. Maybe the “high commissioner” should focus on the human rights of the women and girls being raped by U.N. peace keepers in Africa, and leave the cartoonists alone.

    Posted by purplefox on 2005 12 08 at 02:04 PM • permalink

  7. I thought she might be busy handling the human rights violations committed by guys yelling “Allahu Akbar” as they saw people’s heads off.  I could be wrong, however.

    BTW - love the “Romulan” title!

    Posted by Major John on 2005 12 08 at 02:15 PM • permalink

  8. #5: Lol, Ross!

    One of these days, Mohammed (or, as I call his sanitized-for-the-dhimmi version, “Mo’ bettuh Hammed”) is going to get the “Family Guy” or “Southpark” treatment, and I suppose we’ll be getting some stern memos from the High Commissioner, too. Leaves me quaking in my wing-tips!

    Posted by paco on 2005 12 08 at 02:43 PM • permalink

  9. ’ Ms Arbour says that the UN experts on racism will deal with the matter.’ Not to be pedantic but what do supposed religious offenses have to do with racism?

    Posted by IcallMasICM on 2005 12 08 at 03:21 PM • permalink

  10. Paco raises a great point. Do Trey Parker & Matt Stone have the plastic giblets it would take to do a South Park episode showing Mohammed (and in as reverent a manner as they do Jesus)? Anyone know if they’ve kicked that around?

    Posted by Monroe Doctrine on 2005 12 08 at 03:51 PM • permalink

  11. Well, come on, the U.N. has to be “concerned” about something, after all.  They certainly can’t be bothered to be “concerned” about trifles like starving Zimbabweans or slaughtered Christians in Darfur, or anything like that.  Have some perspective, people.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2005 12 08 at 04:34 PM • permalink

  12. They should also take charge of the English language. It’s becoming way too non-French.

    Posted by Henry boy on 2005 12 08 at 04:34 PM • permalink

  13. 9 Calls ‘em

    Not to be pedantic but what do supposed religious offenses have to do with racism?

    Are you kidding?  Racism is the all-explanatory paradigm {*} for everything every leftist dislikes.  EVERYTHING, do you hear?  Michael Jackson in his 40s can’t sell as many pop records as Michael Jackson in his 20s?  It’s racism!  Thieving Gypsy bastards get their feelings hurt?  It’s racism!  The un-portrayable prophet gets portrayed in a cartoon?  It’s racism!  Robert Mugabe can’t keep the lights on in Zimbabwe?  It’s racism!, or else it’s the legacy of racism.  Black African Muslims slaughtered in Darfur by Arab African Muslims ... wait, maybe there IS an exception.  I don’t hear the High Commissioners yelling about that.  The useless fux. 

    {* snurk!  I said “paradigm.”}

    Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2005 12 08 at 05:05 PM • permalink

  14. the UN is far too busy with never ending anti israel resolutions to concern itself with the slaughters that muslims are committing throughout the world.

    Posted by davo on 2005 12 08 at 05:10 PM • permalink

  15. I still don’t get it. Why are regimes who grabbed power by murder, or who got voted in and then abolished democracy, participating in any vote at the UN?
    The UN is fatally flawed, and not fit to run a chook raffle.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2005 12 08 at 05:27 PM • permalink

  16. Yeah! I don’t know what a chook raffle is, but by God, the UN couldn’t run one!

    Posted by Monroe Doctrine on 2005 12 08 at 05:50 PM • permalink

  17. Are they kidding???
    MAN!

    Posted by Brian on 2005 12 08 at 06:32 PM • permalink

  18. Monroe, it is a raffle (ie where you sell tickets to go in a draw and the winner gets a prize) and the prize is a frozen chicken (chook in Australian).

    Famous expression from about 40+ years ago for the simple fund raising efforts of your local club, scouts etc. Being unable to organise one has become a saying for being disorganised. 

    Back on topic, the Muslims have it sussed. Anyone who pokes their noses where they dont belong (eg Theo v. Gogh, Rushdie) get it in the neck, so the thought police stick to safer targets (eg Christian groups, Danish cartoonists etc). Much safer!!!

    Posted by Flying Giraffe on 2005 12 08 at 08:52 PM • permalink

  19. #15- now,now, there’ll be no more of that cultural imperialism.  Typical arrogant Westerner, trying to force your “democracy” on the rest of the world.

    Posted by slammer on 2005 12 08 at 10:01 PM • permalink

  20. The anti-racist UN has been busy of late, but now that it has wiped Israel off the map (even before the Iranians could manage it), they now have time to take care of that demented Danish artist who believes he lives in a free country. On the matter of Israel, in case you are not aware of the malign passions that energize the UN, on Nov. 29, the UN sponsored “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestine People”. One can find a photo coverage of the events on http://www.eyeontheun.org. One such photo shows a map of “Palestine” with Israel removed from the map ; on one side of the map is the UN Flag and on the other the Palestinian flag. The site has a blow up of the map. It also shows Annan (the Felon who promoted the OIL for Food scandal) who called the day the UN voted for partition giving the Jews a portion of the land “a day of mourning and a day of grief”. Among other outrages, there is a photo showing UN personnel and Palestinians standing to honor the suicide bombers. Move along folks, nothing racist there

    Posted by stats on 2005 12 08 at 10:03 PM • permalink

  21. Monroe, it is a raffle (ie where you sell tickets to go in a draw and the winner gets a prize) and the prize is a frozen chicken (chook in Australian).

    Famous expression from about 40+ years ago for the simple fund raising efforts of your local club, scouts etc. Being unable to organise one has become a saying for being disorganised.

    So let me see if I understand.  I’ll try to use it in a sentence.  How’s this:

    “Margo Kingston is not fit to run a chook raffle.”

    How did I do?

    Posted by kcom on 2005 12 08 at 11:30 PM • permalink

  22. Excuse me, I made a mistake.  I should have said:

    Margo Kingston is not fit to run a chook raffle.”

    My apologies.

    Posted by kcom on 2005 12 08 at 11:33 PM • permalink

  23. I bet those cartoonists are quaking in Copenhagen. Fearful, as they await the arrival of the UN peacekeepers. Will Kofi send in the Jordanians? Quick, lock up your sons and goats!

    Posted by mr magoo on 2005 12 09 at 01:59 AM • permalink

  24. The map is an Arab map upon which it is illegal to show Israel. There are hundreds of dead cartographers who have shown Israel on maps of Palestine. This ranks second only to showing Mohammed’s horse on a chocolate chip cookie, which is just super bad to do. Last baker who did that is making pastries in Denmark.

    Posted by ekw on 2005 12 09 at 05:48 AM • permalink

  25. Well done, kcom. Got it in one. We’ll make an ocker of you yet.

    Have a beer.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2005 12 09 at 06:22 AM • permalink

  26. I presume the U.N,will be investigating the Anti semetic cartoons often produced in the Arab World/?

    Posted by Torontosteve on 2005 12 09 at 07:51 AM • permalink

  27. Monroe Doctrine
    They did do one episode “Super best friends” where david Blane(?magican) Tries to become a religion for tax reasons.
    More bashing Blane than anything else. Showed “mo” as one of the super best friends, nothing much offensive but.
    Love to see them do a team America on him though.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2005 12 09 at 08:14 AM • permalink

  28. This is the same High Commissioner who this week intoned that holding detainees incomunacado was “torture”.

    The UN really needs to move it’s headquarters from NYC to either Darfur, Mogadishu or anywhere in Zimbabwe.  Then they can actually hang out with the people they should be helping.  With any luck they, the high commissioners, will be eaten.

    Final thought.  Do they refer to these idiots as “high commissioners” because they are stoned?

    Posted by Becker on 2005 12 09 at 08:42 PM • permalink

  29. ...Higher than post-Taliban kites the lot of them.

    Posted by monkeyfan on 2005 12 09 at 09:03 PM • permalink

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