Thursday, December 18, 2008
What's in a Shoe?
I bet nobody reading this blog missed seeing clips of the Iraqi reporter throwing his shoes at President Bush, but how many viewers and readers outside the Middle East knew just how great the insult was? You could do a good content-analysis research paper counting how many western news organizations had done their cultural homework. Reuters demonstrated it had in an almost congratulatory report on the reporter's choice of "the Middle East's tastiest insults." The New York Times today focuses on the tumult the shoes caused in the Iraqi Parliament as the 29-year-old reporter languished in jail, beaten and charged with "offending the head of a foreign state." But it's no crime on the Internet. Toss some shoes yourself in a flash game that originated in Norway. What do you think should be done with the Iraqi journalist who did it for real?
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http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=iraqi+bush+shoe&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-103&fr2=tab-img&tnr=21&vid=0001126282800
Although the shoe throw was a great video to watch and watch again. The Iraqi journalists insulted Bush, and I guess a time in jail would do good.o
I don't think they should do something to him! Why don't they see it as a freedom of expressing feelings and thoughts?
I don't think it's up for us to decide what sort of punishment the journalist deserves. The only thing I can say is that a lot of people were thrilled by what he did and praise him for his courage. Many people feel he did it on behalf of them. b.t.w I still think it's hilarious.
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