Just working my way back up the alphabet again....
"Austria investigates alleged anti-Jewish cartoon" Associated Press, August 22, 2012
VIENNA — Austrian authorities are investigating a cartoon on a
rightist political leader’s Facebook page that critics say smacked of
anti-Semitism by showing a repulsive fat banker with a large hooked nose
and what appeared to be Star of David patterns on his cufflinks, an
official said Tuesday.
The rightist Freedom Party has called criticism of the caricature
politically motivated and said its leader, Heinz-Christian Strache,
denies the cartoon posted on his Facebook page Sunday was directed
against Jews.
Strache accused his detractors of ‘‘trying to link me to something
insidious’’ and said they were seeing Stars of David where there were
none.
Still, the investigation could lead to legal action against those who were responsible for the cartoon.
Thomas Vecsey of the Austrian Prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that
legal specialists will decide in the next few days whether to charge
those responsible for the posting with incitement to religious or ethnic
hatred, a criminal offense in Austria.
On Tuesday, Strache’s Facebook page showed a corpulent banker being
fed delicacies by a figure dubbed ‘‘The Government.’’ A third figure at
the table — thin, poorly dressed, and labeled ‘‘The People’’ — has a
bone on his plate and looks on in dismay. The banker has a bulbous round
nose but no patterns appear on his cufflinks.
If that is what it showed there is truly nothing wrong with the analogy. Anyone who even cares to look and read the banker's mouthpiece media (like me) can see it.
The caricature appears intended to depict banks as profiting from
Europe’s financial crisis while ordinary citizens suffer.
Again, the "caricature" is the truth!
Related: Interesting Bank Post
New: US banks’ profits are best in six years
Meanwhile it's sputter away and no jobs during in the Grand Depression for us ordinary citizens.
However,
critics who say they saw Sunday’s Facebook posting assert the nose then
was hooked and that the cufflinks contained Star of David patterns.
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If I see any more pieces from Austria I'll put 'em up, dear readers.
