Comments on: El Jueves cartoonist “vilified the crown in the most gratuitous and unnecessary way” http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/el-jueves-cartoonist-vilified-the-crown-in-the-most-gratuitous-and-unnecessary-way/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=5744 By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Cartoon censorship - double standards? http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/el-jueves-cartoonist-vilified-the-crown-in-the-most-gratuitous-and-unnecessary-way/comment-page-1/#comment-102489 The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Cartoon censorship - double standards? Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:03:17 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=5721#comment-102489 [...] New Europe has a look back at some of the cartoon controversies, from the Danish Mohammad cartoons, to the El Jueves Spanish royal family cover and the blunt, catch-all laws Turkey (which still wants to become an EU member) has against defaming ‘Turkishness’, which basically can be interpreted and used anyway the authorities want against cartoonist, writers and others. However a group of MEPs - Sarah Ludford (United Kingdom), Sophie In’t Veld and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (The Netherlands), Adina Valean (Romania) and Marco Cappato (Italy) - who defended the freedom of expression in the Danish cartoons case and criticised the Turkish repressive laws noted there was a bit of the old double-standards going on in a Europe which stands for freedom of speech, criticises other countries like Turkey for not promoting this right and yet has a major EU member, Spain, which invokes such undemocratic laws itself in the ridiculous case of the El Jueves cartoonists: [...] [...] New Europe has a look back at some of the cartoon controversies, from the Danish Mohammad cartoons, to the El Jueves Spanish royal family cover and the blunt, catch-all laws Turkey (which still wants to become an EU member) has against defaming ‘Turkishness’, which basically can be interpreted and used anyway the authorities want against cartoonist, writers and others. However a group of MEPs – Sarah Ludford (United Kingdom), Sophie In’t Veld and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (The Netherlands), Adina Valean (Romania) and Marco Cappato (Italy) – who defended the freedom of expression in the Danish cartoons case and criticised the Turkish repressive laws noted there was a bit of the old double-standards going on in a Europe which stands for freedom of speech, criticises other countries like Turkey for not promoting this right and yet has a major EU member, Spain, which invokes such undemocratic laws itself in the ridiculous case of the El Jueves cartoonists: [...]

]]> By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » “We need wit so that we don’t take ourselves too seriously” http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/el-jueves-cartoonist-vilified-the-crown-in-the-most-gratuitous-and-unnecessary-way/comment-page-1/#comment-99908 The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » “We need wit so that we don’t take ourselves too seriously” Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:02:03 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=5721#comment-99908 [...] The above quote comes from former South African health minister (controversially axed by president Thabo Mbeki earlier in the year) Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, speaking at the launch (in the unlikely environs of a busy supermarket) of a new collection of cartoons by one of South Africa’s top political cartoonists Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro. Madlala-Routledge noted that Zapiro often scared “the living daylights” out of the country’s politicians but despite this remarked that the cartoonist was a national institution and such cartooning satire was enormously important in a democratic society. How refreshing - compare this to yesterday’s shameful news from Spain, for instance. [...] [...] The above quote comes from former South African health minister (controversially axed by president Thabo Mbeki earlier in the year) Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, speaking at the launch (in the unlikely environs of a busy supermarket) of a new collection of cartoons by one of South Africa’s top political cartoonists Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro. Madlala-Routledge noted that Zapiro often scared “the living daylights” out of the country’s politicians but despite this remarked that the cartoonist was a national institution and such cartooning satire was enormously important in a democratic society. How refreshing – compare this to yesterday’s shameful news from Spain, for instance. [...]

]]> By: DAJB http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/el-jueves-cartoonist-vilified-the-crown-in-the-most-gratuitous-and-unnecessary-way/comment-page-1/#comment-99774 DAJB Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:20:06 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=5721#comment-99774 I think I'm beginning to see what all the fuss is about. She doesn't look anything like a footman ... ;) I think I’m beginning to see what all the fuss is about.

She doesn’t look anything like a footman …
;)

]]> By: Learn Spanish » El Jueves cartoonist “vilified the crown in the most gratuitous … http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/el-jueves-cartoonist-vilified-the-crown-in-the-most-gratuitous-and-unnecessary-way/comment-page-1/#comment-99727 Learn Spanish » El Jueves cartoonist “vilified the crown in the most gratuitous … Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:48:50 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=5721#comment-99727 [...] You can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here [...] [...] You can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here [...]

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