[note the last para; Turkish media are already hysterical about this (http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2008/10/07/haber,0529425E5426434B91FEC0D57355D079.html); but radical Islamists in Germany issued already in 2002 a statement on Titanic magazine in which they said that it does not make any sense to protest against them or boycott it, because being a satirical magazince titanic uses those protests to gain more public (http://www.muslim-markt.de/boykott/boykott_gegen_titanic.htm); dm+]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3140612/Germany-celebrates-its-sense-of-humour.html Germany celebrates its sense of humour with comedy museum The state-sponsored Caricatura Museum in Frankfurt is to become a shrine to the country's humour, satire and comic art, which have so far remained largely unknown to the international public. The project is the "fulfilment of a life-long dream" for its curator, Achim Frenz, who is hoping to shatter the stereotype of the humourless German. However he admitted: "We have only just opened the museum because until now we didn't have enough comedy to put in it." The permanent collection consists of 4,000 works by artists and writers connected to Titanic magazine, the German equivalent of Private Eye, known for its controversial satirical illustrations. Visitors are greeted at its entrance by a large sculpture of a moose wearing a hat and overcoat - a sight which Germans apparently find amusing. They are also fond of jokes which might not have much appeal beyond their borders. In one, a coast guard receives a distress call from a ship at sea: "Help, help, we are sinking." The coast guard replies: "Dass ist very interesting. Vot exactly are you sinking?" Mr Frenz, 51, said that Britons who believe that Germans do not have a sense of humour are mistaken. "They should come to Frankfurt and see for themselves," he said. However his museum is already courting controversy. Its first event, on Oct 18, is to be a Mohammed lookalike competition [by Titanic magazine; dm+], an initiative which the country's three million Muslims are unlikely to find amusing. ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
