Tit for Tat!
By MarcoNandoz-01 •
People in Lebanon has responded to Saudi affront much sooner than the Saudis thought, and has installed a cartoon banner of King Abdullah all over Beirut.
After Al Watan, a Saudi Arabia state-run newspaper published an absurd cartoon of Archbishop of Lebanon Christian Maronites, in a retaliatory action Lebanese people designed a cartoon of Saudi King Abdullah and printed them on banners and installed them on streets of Beirut.
Although the security forces attempted to collect the banners form the city, Lebanese prosecutor has started an investigation into the source and publication of this cartoon.
he did nothing wrong to them personally and nor did he insult their rulers. Their grievances was after all against the offending newspaper and whatever retaliation should have been solely aimed at those in charge of the publication, and not the king.
Saudi shud ban all lebanon visas for doing tit for tat against the royals
It is wrong to insult the king.
Why not export the free and open life style from Lebanon to Saudi instead of all this posters. Then Saudi could be another nice and interesting place like Lebanon and a better place too
notoriously famous ..
may be ..
A very unnecessary conflict IMO. I always wonder about these publications that first broadcast something inflammatory that creates an outrage and then issue apologies. I mean why do something you know very well will create unrest and then be all regretful?
The background is that the Patriarch visited Syria and supposedly met with Bashar's representatives.
The cartoon in Al Wattan showed him carrying a rocket instead of a Mitre. In retaliation, the banner shows the King carrying a bloody sword..
Slightly over the top reporting..
From what i have read, Al Watan apologized to the Patriarch for the cartoon and the posters were only put up on one bridge, rather than the "streets" of Beirut.
Perhaps someone from Lebanon can clarify ..
They must think: As long as there are no causalities then may the best caricature win!
Of course I find the entire episode very distasteful, hateful and downright haraam. Whoever started it from among the Saudis, should be ashamed of themselves. Any link of the original cartoon MN? The one ridiculing the Archbishop of Lebanon, published by Al Watan?
has always complicated matters .. I am afraid and worried ..
This is how we should deal with them. Tit for Tat.. This is what I call freedom of speech and expression.