Cartoonist Sentenced To Flogging In Iran

This is a pretty horrible story, no matter how you want to look at it. Apparently the cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraiyeh will be flogged 25 times for drawing an MP wearing a sports jersey. This appears to have been an actual sentence passed down in an actual court, as opposed to something decided at a fraternity house at 3 AM on tear night. The cartoon was something that appeared in a best-selling publication, too. This is so ugly, silly and retrograde I can't even muster a joke about someone in comics that deserves flogging without making a battery taste in my mouth. The linked-to article suggests drawing a line from this incident to those in Iran that go to jail for their cartoons -- I've covered those here and I have also felt peculiarly horrid doing so; this feels slightly different to me, and I can't entirely vouch for why. I guess this happens a lot.
 
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