24 July 2007

Spanish Satire Mag Closed for Speaking Truth

The Regester reports that the Spanish satirical humor magazine El Jueves was been shut down because of a cartoon about the Spanish prince.

All existing copies were collected and destroyed, and the judge ordered the "printing plates" destroyed (not up on modern printing tech, I guess)

The Spanish government has decided to pay €2,500 (about $3500 US) for each child that Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia have.

Well, El Jueves published a cartoon (No, you'll have to find it on Google) with the Crown Prince and Princess in bed, with the caption, "Do you realise that if you get pregnant . . . It will be the closest thing to work I’ve done in my life?".

Funny, and made even funnier by the banning.

BTW, there are copies of the magazine on Ebay when I last checked

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