Iran's cartoon exhibition

So, Iran has launched its own Holocaust cartoon exhibition.

200+ cartoons are being displayed, each with its own take on the hilarity of the Holocaust, some nice slaps at the USA, and general anti-Jew sentiments all around. Millions of Jews immediately took to the streets, rioting and burning businesses and homes. Thousands are dead, including police and...

No wait. Jews don't riot over cartoons. Sorry. We got over that a few thousand years ago, when we stopped taking ourselves so fucking seriously. At some point, we realized it was more effective to just ignore the trash talking, infiltrate a society, and then just plain "do better". I know, it's kind of a revolutionary concept, that whole "improve your situation" thing. I mean, maybe rioting over cartoons SHOULD be something we might consider... after all, if a cartoon of Mohammad inspires such insane devotion, maybe we're missing something there. Instead, we took a look at the cartoons exhibited in Iran, realized that we do it better, yawned, and spread a schmeer on another bagel.

Does all this mean that Jews are better than Arabs? Nah, I'm not saying that. I am saying, however, that the people who freak out over things like political cartoons should probably take a deep breath and think about the ramifications of confirming stereotypes about instability and explosiveness before they act. Jews long ago learned all about self-deprecating humor. We excel at it, and it's kind of a hallmark of our humor (see: Woody Allen). Perhaps some more Arabic humorists need to learn that the funniest day is the day you laugh at yourself for the first time...

EDIT-
I have found SOME of the cartoons. I am really disappointed - they're just not really all that funny. Granted, these are probably hand-picked as the most offensive, but seriously - I can do better off the top of my head.


Well okay, the Anne Frank one wasn't bad.