A pathetic pair of poodles
30/03/2006 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaIzzie never ever thought she would see the day when she would not post a piccie of her favorite rodent because it is too tasteless and offensive. But yesss. That day has arrived.
We were so so looking forward to seeing this masterpiece after giggling ourselves silly hearing about it on the news. But oh what a disappointment. Dreadfully drawn - The Rat is not too bad but Prissy Pants Downer is hardly recognizable. But the caption was also irredeemably stupid. We can think of lots of things that this particular pair of horny dingoes might pant to each other while they are humping in the wheat sacks but promises about Papua are certainly among them.
Oh and sorry for the evil tease. Rakyat Merdeka seems to have chickened out and dumped the doggies off the front page. But we did see it in all its ugliness in today's local paper and it really was rather revolting. So - sorry no linkies - unless your talents of divination at the Oracle of Google are better than Izzie's - which should not be too hard
EDIT - Sent out the sniffer hounds and they've come back with a copy of the seditious Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Howard said he supports Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua
Australia's prime minister has played down an Indonesian newspaper cartoon portraying himself and his foreign minister as fornicating wild dogs.
The cartoon in Monday's Rakyat Merdeka paper reflected anger at Australia's decision to grant visas to 42 Papuans.
Prime Minister John Howard admitted the visas had strained ties with Indonesia, but said he was unfazed by the drawing.
Papua was integrated into Indonesia in 1969, but a small separatist group has battled for independence ever since.
It's a pretty tacky sort of a publication and of course in tacky publications you get these sorts of things
Australian FM Alexander Downer
Indonesian authorities are frequently accused of human rights abuses in the province.
The cartoon depicted a shaking Mr Howard mounting Mr Downer with the prime minister saying: "I want Papua!! Alex! Try to make it happen."
Mr Howard said it was obvious Indonesia had been angered by Australia's decision to grant three-year protection visas to the Papuan group - some of whom are reported to be leading pro-independence activists.
He reiterated Australia's full support for Indonesia's sovereignty over the province of Papua.
He told a news conference in Canberra he had taken no personal offence from the lurid cartoon and said he was confident there would be no permanent damage to bilateral relations.
"I've been in this game a long time. If I got offended by cartoons - golly heavens above, give us a break," he said, adding that he planned to visit Indonesia soon.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the cartoon "fell way below standards of public taste" but the democratic press had the right to publish what it wanted.
The foreign minister called the Rakyat Merdeka newspaper "a tacky publication" and said many Australians would regard the cartoon as "very offensive".
Indonesia recalled its ambassador to Australia last week in protest at the visa decision. Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla, on a visit to Malaysia, said on Thursday the envoy would not return until Australia explained the refugee decision.
"If there is no proper answer, of course the relations [would deteriorate] like this," Mr Kalla said.
(More doggie doings)
Dingo cartoon fails to faze Howard
We were so so looking forward to seeing this masterpiece after giggling ourselves silly hearing about it on the news. But oh what a disappointment. Dreadfully drawn - The Rat is not too bad but Prissy Pants Downer is hardly recognizable. But the caption was also irredeemably stupid. We can think of lots of things that this particular pair of horny dingoes might pant to each other while they are humping in the wheat sacks but promises about Papua are certainly among them.
Oh and sorry for the evil tease. Rakyat Merdeka seems to have chickened out and dumped the doggies off the front page. But we did see it in all its ugliness in today's local paper and it really was rather revolting. So - sorry no linkies - unless your talents of divination at the Oracle of Google are better than Izzie's - which should not be too hard
EDIT - Sent out the sniffer hounds and they've come back with a copy of the seditious Sydney Morning Herald
Howard 'unfazed' by sex cartoon
Mr Howard said he supports Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua
Australia's prime minister has played down an Indonesian newspaper cartoon portraying himself and his foreign minister as fornicating wild dogs.
The cartoon in Monday's Rakyat Merdeka paper reflected anger at Australia's decision to grant visas to 42 Papuans.
Prime Minister John Howard admitted the visas had strained ties with Indonesia, but said he was unfazed by the drawing.
Papua was integrated into Indonesia in 1969, but a small separatist group has battled for independence ever since.
It's a pretty tacky sort of a publication and of course in tacky publications you get these sorts of things
Australian FM Alexander Downer
Indonesian authorities are frequently accused of human rights abuses in the province.
The cartoon depicted a shaking Mr Howard mounting Mr Downer with the prime minister saying: "I want Papua!! Alex! Try to make it happen."
Mr Howard said it was obvious Indonesia had been angered by Australia's decision to grant three-year protection visas to the Papuan group - some of whom are reported to be leading pro-independence activists.
He reiterated Australia's full support for Indonesia's sovereignty over the province of Papua.
He told a news conference in Canberra he had taken no personal offence from the lurid cartoon and said he was confident there would be no permanent damage to bilateral relations.
"I've been in this game a long time. If I got offended by cartoons - golly heavens above, give us a break," he said, adding that he planned to visit Indonesia soon.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the cartoon "fell way below standards of public taste" but the democratic press had the right to publish what it wanted.
The foreign minister called the Rakyat Merdeka newspaper "a tacky publication" and said many Australians would regard the cartoon as "very offensive".
Indonesia recalled its ambassador to Australia last week in protest at the visa decision. Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla, on a visit to Malaysia, said on Thursday the envoy would not return until Australia explained the refugee decision.
"If there is no proper answer, of course the relations [would deteriorate] like this," Mr Kalla said.
(More doggie doings)
Dingo cartoon fails to faze Howard
