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21 Feb 06 - 11:27 AM (#1674860) Subject: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons From: Pied Piper 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? |
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21 Feb 06 - 11:44 AM (#1674880) Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons From: Ebbie Interesting cartoon. Wonder what the caption is? |
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21 Feb 06 - 04:15 PM (#1675126) Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons From: Wolfgang 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 |
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21 Feb 06 - 04:22 PM (#1675130) Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons From: Wolfgang next idea: "Have you any idea what has hit us?" (that would be a reprint of a US cartoon in this interpretation) Wolfgang |
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21 Feb 06 - 08:46 PM (#1675367) Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons From: Duane D. I found a free online arabic to english translator site that does web pages and it can't tell me what it says. |
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22 Feb 06 - 12:57 AM (#1675512) Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons From: JohnInKansas 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 |
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22 Feb 06 - 01:17 AM (#1675516) Subject: RE: BS: Aljazeera Cartoons From: NH Dave 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 |