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Protests Use of Photo in Controversy
Bellsouth ^ | 2/8/06 | Associated Press

Posted on 02/08/2006 2:11:12 PM PST by Dewy

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The Associated Press protested Wednesday the misleading inclusion of an AP photograph in a pamphlet purporting to show images offensive to Islam.

The picture shows a bearded man wearing fake pig ears, a pig nose, and a pink embroidered cap on his head. He was wearing the costume while participating in a pig-squealing contest at an annual festival in a farm village in southern France last summer.

The AP sent out the photo describing the pig-squealing contest on Aug. 14, 2005. The photo had no connection with Islam or the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper in September.


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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Well, its actually looks like a fake dog put on top of a mans body, then fake copy machine noise added to it with photoshop.


41 posted on 02/08/2006 3:05:05 PM PST by Spackidagoosh
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To: ovrtaxt

On second perusal, you are correct. But it still doesn't belong here.


42 posted on 02/08/2006 3:05:22 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
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To: Spackidagoosh
Well, its actually looks like a fake dog put on top of a mans body

Now...which would be easier?
Faking such a photo?
Or simply going to Google and downloading such a photo?

Occam's Razor.

43 posted on 02/08/2006 3:06:39 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

When pigs hear a Frenchman calling them they should probably run.


44 posted on 02/08/2006 3:08:43 PM PST by mthom
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Very true


45 posted on 02/08/2006 3:09:43 PM PST by Spackidagoosh
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To: Dewy

Evidently the creators of the pamphlet believe Mohammed looks like this.


46 posted on 02/08/2006 3:14:07 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Buy 'Allah' brand urinal cakes - If you can't kill the enemy at least you can piss on their god)
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To: Jabba the Nutt
Hey that's not all those crazy froggies are doing. I have a friend who lives in a small village outside of Toulouse. Each year at harvest time they have a festival and a series of competitions with the neighboring village. One of the competitions is a pig dressing contest. It is just as it sounds. A team from each village must catch and put clothes on a squealing, slippery pig. First village to present its pig fully dressed wins. Needless to say, there is alcohol involved.
47 posted on 02/08/2006 3:14:17 PM PST by blau993 (Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
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To: razorbak
More goodies for the jihad nutjobs:


48 posted on 02/08/2006 3:15:12 PM PST by razorbak
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To: Spackidagoosh

yup [ adjusting my tinfoil kufi ]

... this is quite nutty...

... muzzies hope and pray to become pinkSpray and fried grease spatter

... sure hope someone obliges them soon

[I don't want my kids and grandkids wondering WHY we didn't deal with this properly!!]


49 posted on 02/08/2006 3:15:23 PM PST by Dad yer funny
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
On second perusal, you are correct. But it still doesn't belong here.

Only as a means of outing the Imam for who he is.

50 posted on 02/08/2006 3:27:10 PM PST by ovrtaxt (I have a crush on this bag lady. Does that make me a hobosexual?)
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To: ovrtaxt
Only as a means of outing the Imam for who he is.

I'm all for that but....some things are just tasteless. Are we not Men?

51 posted on 02/08/2006 3:41:48 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

What does that have to do with it?


52 posted on 02/08/2006 4:38:42 PM PST by MonroeDNA (Look for the union label--on the bat crashing through your windshield!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Let me guess: You are the one who hit the abuse button.


53 posted on 02/08/2006 4:39:18 PM PST by MonroeDNA (Look for the union label--on the bat crashing through your windshield!)
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To: weegee
Looks like the guy from Beakman's world (only not a RAT)!


54 posted on 02/08/2006 4:43:39 PM PST by steveo (No Anchovies? You've got the wrong man, I spell my name steveo...)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Are we dhimmis? Not me pal.


55 posted on 02/08/2006 5:42:55 PM PST by ovrtaxt (I have a crush on this bag lady. Does that make me a hobosexual?)
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To: weegee

AP just wants to get paid for use of the image


56 posted on 02/08/2006 5:44:24 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: mthom

Hey, the French used trained pigs to find truffle. Ever try to train a pig?


57 posted on 02/24/2006 4:17:39 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
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