Post: #26

@DOBA - the Middle East have already tried trolling the west with that idea.

An Iranian newspaper used to have an annual contest in which readers had to come up with the most offensive cartoons possible mocking The Holocaust - and whether or not it actually happened.

Quote:International Holocaust Cartoon Contest was a cartoon competition sponsored by the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri, to denounce what it called "Western hypocrisy on freedom of speech".

The event was staged in response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, and to challenge Western accounts of the Holocaust.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internation...ompetition

Two Israeli cartoonists responded back with the classic game tactic of 'agree and amplify' by holding their own contest to see who could come up with the most anti-semitic cartoons.

Quote: Illustrator Amitai Sandy announced the contest on the website of his Tel Aviv-based graphic arts company on February 14, 2006, stating, "We'll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published! No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!"

The Jerusalem Post reported Sandy as saying that his intention was to challenge bigotry by using humor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_ant...ns_contest

Post: #27

(01-10-2015 10:02 AM)Plato Wrote:  

Quote: Illustrator Amitai Sandy announced the contest on the website of his Tel Aviv-based graphic arts company on February 14, 2006, stating, "We'll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published! No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!"

The Jerusalem Post reported Sandy as saying that his intention was to challenge bigotry by using humor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_ant...ns_contest

My goodness, I love both the Iranian event and the Israeli response! It's fantastic! Exactly how the civilized world should work.

It reminds me of the citizens of London who, when notified that anti-aircraft batteries will be placed on the roofs of nearby buildings "for protection", staged a protest demanding more batteries for their own roofs as well.

Post: #28

Humour is such an effective weapon in an argument.

'Agree and Amplify' in order to troll your target.

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a great example of this.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster