Monday, July 28, 2008

Islamizator?

Well, I really didn’t expect this. Yesterday I’ve approved someone’s funny but weird tattoo. I thought it would stay hanging at the bottom without much attention, as 90% of all tattoos that I receive do. Apparently that was more than a harmless prank. I’ve been framed – someone decided to push the agenda and propelled tattoo to the top.

It seems that there’s a campaign against Tattoolizator. First, PayPal has received few complaints so I had to ask my lawyer to sort out the situation. Then Wikipedia page about me, which has been there for a few years, has being attacked. All of a sudden, the review says that the article may not meet “the general notability guideline”. Well, it’s hard for me to decide. I’ve earned my first 1.5 million dollars at the age of 16, published first magazine in Russia about internet, invented and then successfully promoted the whole new subculture in “runet”, with its own language. By the way, that language became so popular, that it’s spilled over into daily life and now is being used in books, ads and on TV. The wiki page has been there for a while, but only now, when I launch the new project – Tattoolizator, the vandalism and the whole crusade against me is taking place. As the time passes, more and more it looks like a planned and well-thought attack.

Now I’m worried about that tattoo, which at first looked silly to me. I need to go ahead and get attention about the contest from Apple fans – there is a version with famous Apple logo too. I’d much rather be having “Think Different” slogan tattooed on the shoulder, than for the rest of my life having a tattoo for which any Muslim fanatic would try to chop my arm off, and, perhaps, not only the arm. By the way, the very next day someone from Argentina uploaded the image of me without the arm and in a wheelchair. As far as I know, there are many religious zealots out there.

I really hope that I would not repeat the scandal of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and that my portraits would not be burned by protester on the streets of Muslim countries. Besides, they would be pleased to do it when they learn that I’m a Jew.

1 comments:

n9011 said...

the one who did this thing is unpolite person because he did not respect our religon.he is a silly person and he must go to mental hospital in order to get treated.the muslims pepole will not stay without do nothing.