Of Colas and Propaganda

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Fri Nov 8, 2002 at 5:05 pm PST • Views: 1,287

The official Mecca-Cola site has a charming montage of photographs of Palestinian children stupidly courageously throwing rocks at tanks, being oppressed, and showing off their Nikes and soccer shirts. All the Big Lies are represented here, including Mohammed al-Dura (who was killed by Palestinians, not Israelis) and this semi-famous Reuters photo of a Palestinian boy being arrested by Israeli police:

In Palestinian propaganda mythology, the implication of the photo is that the poor little boy was so brutalized by the inhuman Jews that he lost control of his bladder. But another photo taken a few minutes earlier on the same day (and mostly ignored by the biased media) provides some important context, catching the little turd in a somewhat different pose:

(Hat tip: HonestReporting.com.)

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 Frank says:

You can tell what they think of our music by the places we are forced to play it in. This looks like a good spot for a livestock show. -- The Mothers of Invention were opening for Cream in April of 1968 in Chicago. The place was very large and did look like it had been used for displays of cattle and other such animals.