BS: Aljazeera Cartoons

Subject: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons
From: Pied Piper
Date: 21 Feb 06 - 11:27 AM

As I logged on to a computer at my local library I found a page open with cartoons from Aljazeera. I don't reed Arabic so I don't know how offensive they are but I did find this Aljezeera Cartoons

Are we talking pots and kettles here?

Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Feb 06 - 11:44 AM

Interesting cartoon. Wonder what the caption is?

Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons
From: Wolfgang
Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:15 PM

Well, we could invent them:

"Do you think that'll convince them that Muslims are responsible?"
(alluding to the myth in the Arab world that Jews were responsible for the WTC attacks)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons
From: Wolfgang
Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:22 PM

next idea:

"Have you any idea what has hit us?"

(that would be a reprint of a US cartoon in this interpretation)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons
From: Duane D.
Date: 21 Feb 06 - 08:46 PM

I found a free online arabic to english translator site that does web pages and it can't tell me what it says.

Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 22 Feb 06 - 12:57 AM

Duane D -

Text that's part of a picture can seldom be translated. You'd have to process it through an "arabic OCR," or find some other way to break it down to individual "glyphs" in order for it to be read for translation.

Or re-type it on your arabic keyboard, and submit the typed copy for translation???

John

Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons
From: NH Dave
Date: 22 Feb 06 - 01:17 AM

There's also a cute cartoon on the third choice from the bottom of the right hand side of the page, depicting Israel doing a flit with a bunch of US money.

Who says we don't have a sense of humor?

Dave