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- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -14/+245It's amazing how human human beings can be, contrary to the propaganda that tries to present them as sub-humans.
- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -8/+144they're also educated, westernized, and liberal minded. Who'da thunk it?
- pstroll, on 02/21/2009, -4/+110We should liberate those hot persian women.
- ReeferChiefer42, on 02/21/2009, -2/+99Most Iranians have actually embraced western ideology and culture and are very pro-American. It is simply their government and a few bad apples that give them a bad name, but most Iranians dislike their government just as much as America dislikes the Iranian government. We need to understand that our conflicts of interest lie with the powers that be, not those ruled by them.
- lovemorgul, on 02/21/2009, -7/+95the people you meet in Iran will be amongst the friendliest in the world.
- gcnaddict, on 02/21/2009, -2/+67I'll have to agree with this article based on first-hand experience. Here's one example:
I was busy learning how to drive in Iran while I was vacationing in Tehran and meeting my cousins there a while back (I was born in the United States). The one thing to keep in mind is that drivers in Iran are nothing like drivers in the States: there is no reason to obey traffic laws, and no cop enforces traffic patterns other than speeding violations You can criss-cross lanes, drive on the lane dividing lines, etc. and not be stopped. Driving there, at the very least, is considered remarkably unsafe.
I learned how to drive there in an unmarked non-student car, and despite screwing up numerous times (like blocking a roundabout), the other drivers politely let me get on with my way. I swear to you, I've seen instances of minor screwups happening near D.C. which led to other drivers ranting out the learner, and seeing this happen in the U.S. made me realize how kind the people in Iran actually are.
(as a rule, if you ever vacation to Iran, don't go to Tehran. Isfahan is far more beautiful and equally less polluted.) - dkapuchino, on 02/21/2009, -22/+80As an Israeli that loves to Travel, I truly regret that I will probably never be able to Visit Iran in my lifetime.
I've met a few Persian Jews that moved to Israel to escape persecution. They Tell amazing stories of the places they come from.
I have no beef with the Iranian people, as I'm sure they have no beef with me either. Sadly, they are ruled by an Extremist government, that would like to see me and my kind dead.
My grandmother lost 6 of her brothers and sisters In nazi concentration camps. The Iranian government says that never happened.
Anyways, Regardless of the obvious "Lets ignore the Iranian nuclear program" propaganda that the comments are headed towards, I dugg this article. I think that the only way to achieve world peace is by making people realize that when you ignore governments, countries are made up of people, that simply want to live their lives peacefully and respectfully. - fugazied, on 02/21/2009, -6/+59I don't want to see the US bomb these people like they did the people of Iraq.
- FlaG8r, on 02/21/2009, -21/+73Unfortunately the religious fundamentalists still control all the real power in that country.
- HonestAbeinator, on 02/21/2009, -2/+51I have a friend who went to Iran for a few weeks and she said they are really nice and a lot more liberal than you would think. Its just that fundamentalist minority that makes the country look bad. Its sort of like how the whole world thinks America is a bunch of dumb religious hicks because of Bush.
- ciaran036, on 02/21/2009, -22/+68A fantastic propaganda busting story.
But it also shows that Iranians are genuinely concerned with the threat that the West poses to them. I'm glad they have reacted in such a positive way to it. - flawless2c, on 02/21/2009, -11/+53Except the very notion that the Iranian government has problems with Jews is absolutely false. There are tens of thousands of Jewish Iranians who live freely and in peace and harmony with their Muslim, Christian, and Zoroastrian brethren in Iran. They participate in all sectors of Iranian society and there is even a Jewish member of Parliament in Iran.
Also the Iranian government has never said that the holocaust didn't happen. First, Ahmadinejad does not represent the entire Iranian political system (of which there are many parties with diverse viewpoints). Second even he did not deny the holocaust, he merely said that if it happened, it happened in Europe, so why is it that the Palestinians are paying the price.
Regardless, as an Iranian, I am an absolute opponent of Ahmadinejad and will be voting for Mohammad Khatami (the reformist candidate and a former President) come the Presidential elections this summer.
And an interesting sidenote regarding your comment on Iranian Jews, I actually know one who vehemently defends Ahmadinejad. He's even lived in Israel for many years. Another thing you should know about Iranians is that they are HUGE nationalists. - StripeyMagee, on 02/21/2009, -21/+51Iran has enough material to make a nuclear bomb!!! Run for your lives!!!!!
- ReeferChiefer42, on 02/21/2009, -4/+32I dugg you up so I could bury you and your ignorance twice.
- ZeroOrDie, on 02/21/2009, -6/+33And we're so friendly we invade two countries and torture people.
=D - Nore, on 02/21/2009, -3/+28Dugg for those sexy Iranian chicks in that first pic.
- Halgy, on 02/21/2009, -0/+25I have a professor from Iran. He's totally awesome and funny. And it turns out that no one he was ever associated with was really all that religious.
"You don't have to fast if a doctor says you don't have too. Well..." [Points to the 'Dr.' in front of his name] - damack, on 02/21/2009, -3/+27Dont attack the country till youve been there the media have a lot to gain by telling you BS which helps sell them newspapers.
I've travelled the Middle East and when you travel the world the notion of "bad people" quickly fades.
You always assume the guys on the other side are sitting there at odds with you but when you go to another nation and you see people working like you do to try and make ends meet and making their families happy like you do you realise there is no difference between us and them.
It's just its kind of hard to sell a war when the majority of people that will be dying in that war ar portrayed as normal people so we must go out of our way to make them sound evil and vile.
Everybody knows the wars going on right now are BS the biggest casualties by far have been civilians.
Funny thing is what goes around comes around. America and Israel have had a lot of fun and soon China and Iran will have their own fun. - EatingPaste, on 02/21/2009, -2/+26Hey don't insult rednecks by comparing them to this douche
- mfc5200, on 02/22/2009, -1/+24I'm reposting this, it is a comment I made once before:
As an engineer (pseudo-scientist), who has a slight avocation for history. I can't "hate Iran". They have just been too important with regard to the development of Civilization. There is a big difference between Persians and Arabs, and I don't think the West (Americans especially) fully understand this difference and appreciate everything the Persians have accomplished.
When Europe was collapsing intellectually during the Dark Ages, the Persian city of Baghdad was the shining light of intellectualism in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age
Baghdad was the world capital with regard to Art, Math, Astronomy, Engineering, Medicine, etc and possessed the House of Wisdom بيت الحكمة , the key educational institution in the world for Hundreds of years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom
The reason Algebra is called that, is because its modern form comes the book الكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī ḥisāb AL-JABR wa-l-muqābala. It was written by a famous Persian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_M%C5%ABs ...
Today, these traditions still continue. Before it was occupied, the arguably Persian country of Iraq had the highest number of PhD's in the middle east. Iran today, in almost complete scientific isolation, has been able to make incredible advancements. They invented the first gas laser, have launched Satellites into space (no minor achievement as anyone who has studied Rockets knows), etc.
It is arguably one of the most socially advanced of all the Middle Eastern countries today, 70% of its graduate students are women. The number of University students has increased 20 fold in only 20 years, and has the fastest growing scientific publications rate in the world.
I mean, look what countries like Iran (Persians) and Saudi (Arabs) have been doing for thousands of years with regard to the quest for scientific knowledge. Look at what they are spending all their oil money on today (Saudi=luxuries, Iran=back into the school systems, and into scientific development). People shouldn't confuse Persians with Arabs (Arabs are the ones who hijacked those f'ing planes on flew them into the Towers, not Persians) The best school of engineering in the Middle East in arguable in Iran.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amirkabir_University_ ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_Iran
Sorry, but someone with such a bright scientific history isn't my enemy. They might have had ***** idealistic Muslim rulers for the past few decades, but thats 30+ years versus thousands of years of bright history. Should the US be characterized by Bush? No, so they shouldn't be characterized by their "Supreme Leader". Their past has been very bright, we owe our current status largely to them, and if history and the law of averages means anything, their future will be very bright as well. - fugazied, on 02/21/2009, -2/+25He is offended by the newspaper presenting Iranians as human beings, just like us. He would rather them remain faceless entities so when the US blows them apart it won't move us to say no, enough.
- robberry, on 02/21/2009, -10/+32I imagine their story would be very similar to that of gays in America's Deep South. Persecution of homosexuality is not unique to either Iran or Islam.
- googooly, on 02/21/2009, -8/+29redneck
- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -5/+24What is often forgotten is that Iran is the most democratic nation in the middle east (excl. Israel), women there are more educated than other "pro-US" countries.
What is ***** is that the ideology of being "modern" = being western, the use of Western is very derogatory to Eastern countries that wish to modernise but become "western". - Altair27, on 02/21/2009, -4/+22So I suppose their president is a perfect representation of how all Iranians feel, just like Bush was for Americans, right?
- Ephilation, on 02/21/2009, -0/+17You didn't read the article, did you?
- CynicSight, on 02/21/2009, -5/+22I bet you're just a delight at parties. Too cute.
- inactive, on 02/22/2009, -6/+23Actually the story about Iran or Hezbollah being behind the attack in Argentina is a colossal hoax:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080204/porter
Don't believe the crap you get from your fellow Zi0nists at HonestReporting/CAMERA/DEBKA/FLAME or any of those other IDF agit-prop outfits. - inactive, on 02/21/2009, -3/+19yes "they" are developing weapons. "They", as in every single Iranian, they're all wacko nut jobs.
- clvngodess, on 02/21/2009, -7/+23Indeed! "The threat the West poses to them." Kudos.
- whoreable, on 02/21/2009, -2/+18Those women look hot as hell. I would wife all of them.
- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -0/+15There are friendly people everywhere, and I believe that they are as well.
My dad worked in Iran, and he has nothing but good stories about his experience overthere. - inactive, on 02/21/2009, -12/+27How about the gay people in Iran? Would they have a different story to tell perhaps?
- tao52nyc, on 02/21/2009, -0/+15My barber is Iranian...he's lived in the US over 40 years. Don't call it "Iran" though, to him it's "Persia". But if you listened to the propaganda, you'd never realize that you can call there anytime you wish, or fly there for a vacation. This guy goes back every year to see his mom and extended family. No biggie.
- gcnaddict, on 02/21/2009, -0/+14Another aside: never speed in Iran. The standard-issue police vehicle in Iran is a Benz C350, and given that car companies have to produce their cars in Iran instead of importing them, there almost definitely won't be any cars faster.
- bugsy187, on 02/21/2009, -6/+20Iran used to have progressive, secular leadership, but the CIA helped overthrow them. There was a backlash by religious fundamentalists resulting in the government we see today.
- snypa, on 02/22/2009, -5/+17@ dkapuchino
we get it, you can't go to iran, why are you complaining? You dont HAVE to go to iran, although there shouldnt of course be any restrictions, you only wish to travel there because thats a hobby of yours.
Perhaps you should understand that a physical barrier as well as a political one exists on the west bank borders encaging a whole population. A futher attempt by your government to reshape palestinian territories.
Your government is also behind countless attacks on neighbouring countries, remember the attack on northern syria nearly 2 years ago? Double ***** standards, WWIII would have kicked off had it been the other way round. - inactive, on 02/21/2009, -3/+15Yeah, ease up, man. Ain't nothing wrong with rednecks - just xenophobic whack jobs like meilong here.
- JeffD, on 02/21/2009, -2/+14Considering all the posturing in the media over the last few years, and the massively one sided power balance between the west and Iran, it seems pretty obvious to me that the west poses a much more poignant and likely threat to Iran than the other way around. Not to mention the precedent of previous preemptive wars.
- Ephilation, on 02/21/2009, -5/+17</sarcasm>
- taco666hate, on 02/21/2009, -5/+16The USA!!! :-)
- dkapuchino, on 02/21/2009, -5/+16This is not a propaganda story, nor is it a propaganda busting story.
It's a story about the Iranian people, which sadly, aren't represented by the Iranian government. - Spoomeister, on 02/22/2009, -0/+11"a joke about lavatory brushes "
They have lavatory brushes there? I thought they shat in ditches outside their mud huts.
/sarcasm - 9bpm9, on 02/21/2009, -13/+24The people are Persian, the government is Iranian. They are two separate groups in that county.
- C0ntraRadical, on 02/22/2009, -1/+11This idea that Israel is constantly on the verge of a second Holocaust defies reality.
Israel is the powerhouse in the region and it's apparent to everyone.
Hey Israelis, you are not David, you're Goliath. - taco666hate, on 02/21/2009, -0/+10He probably didn't, he seems to generalize a whole population.. but people like these you really can't make them be open minded.
- inactive, on 02/22/2009, -3/+13dkapucino writes:
"Flaw - The Iranian government holds International Holocaust Denial Cartoon contests:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Holocaust_Cartoo ..."
I read your link and it states that a newspaper ran that competition, not the government.
Also it states the competition was created in response to the Danish newspaper Muhammad cartoons controversy, to expose the hypocrisy of those who would defend the Islam-offending cartoons as "Free Speech" yet complain about Jewish-offending cartoons.
So why do you repeat this claim that the Iranian government runs a Holocaust denial contest, when it is in fact a newspaper? I forgive you, for it is likely you are merely repeating the propaganda from your media. - mcosmi, on 02/21/2009, -3/+12yea..bread...cause there arent any propagandists in the UK??
- gumballer, on 02/21/2009, -0/+9http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Noone
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