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"Human Rights?"
Topic Started: Jul 2 2010, 07:57 AM (1,030 Views)
Renauda
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If they wish to live in the stone age, perhaps we should oblige.
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Jul 2 2010, 09:19 AM
Exactly. While the media is screaming about 'racism' in Arizona, and supporting a foreign government's involvement in our legislation (while ignoring the inconvenient truth that that government's laws are even more restrictive), a true human rights tragedy is given scant, if any coverage.
But, George, racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact. And hopefully, we still hold ourselves to a much higher standard in terms of human rights than we do Iran.





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Jul 10 2010, 05:38 PM
Disgusting pigs, the whole lot of them.
Really? Have you never met an Iranian that you wouldn't classify as a disgusting pig?
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Jul 10 2010, 06:21 PM
If they wish to live in the stone age, perhaps we should oblige.
Yes, I think we should. They need to work out the kinks in their own society. We've already seen how our nation building ventures have worked out.
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Jul 10 2010, 06:57 PM
Renauda
Jul 10 2010, 05:38 PM
Disgusting pigs, the whole lot of them.
Really? Have you never met an Iranian that you wouldn't classify as a disgusting pig?
I am referring to the mohammedan theorcrats and fanatics in charge of the country you imbecile. Besides, there are still a few Iranians left who do not practice that barbarous superstition.
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Jul 2 2010, 09:30 AM
brenda
Jul 2 2010, 09:29 AM
Ax, the other stories of abuse and tragedy don't make these women less deserving of having their story told, too.
+1.

Obvious enough, IMO.
But the other stories of more severe abuses and tragedy should be more deserving of getting told. When you have a limited number of square inches in printed media (or the "front page" screen real-estate for a websites), limited number of minutes in broadcast media -- yes, you should prioritize and tell the more deserving stories.

I am sure, somewhere around the world, there were women getting stoned when Hitler was gassing Jews or when Mr. Armstrong first stepped on the Moon. You pick which story to headline.
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kathyk
Jul 10 2010, 06:54 PM
George K
Jul 2 2010, 09:19 AM
Exactly. While the media is screaming about 'racism' in Arizona, and supporting a foreign government's involvement in our legislation (while ignoring the inconvenient truth that that government's laws are even more restrictive), a true human rights tragedy is given scant, if any coverage.
But, George, racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact. And hopefully, we still hold ourselves to a much higher standard in terms of human rights than we do Iran.





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racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact


Want some mustard on that pretzel logic?
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Jul 10 2010, 07:46 PM
kathyk
Jul 10 2010, 06:57 PM
Renauda
Jul 10 2010, 05:38 PM
Disgusting pigs, the whole lot of them.
Really? Have you never met an Iranian that you wouldn't classify as a disgusting pig?
I am referring to the mohammedan theorcrats and fanatics in charge of the country you imbecile. Besides, there are still a few Iranians left who do not practice that barbarous superstition.
Thanks for clarifying, you old crank. It certainly wasn't clear from your statement here (or a lot of other ones you've made in the past).
Edited by kathyk, Jul 11 2010, 10:36 AM.
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Jul 11 2010, 07:27 AM
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racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact


Want some mustard on that pretzel logic?
For starters, by a challenge from our federally elected government.
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Jul 11 2010, 05:27 AM
kathyk
Jul 10 2010, 06:54 PM
George K
Jul 2 2010, 09:19 AM
Exactly. While the media is screaming about 'racism' in Arizona, and supporting a foreign government's involvement in our legislation (while ignoring the inconvenient truth that that government's laws are even more restrictive), a true human rights tragedy is given scant, if any coverage.
But, George, racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact. And hopefully, we still hold ourselves to a much higher standard in terms of human rights than we do Iran.





It is not racism to recognize who is streaming across your borders illegally.
I'd agree with that.
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kathyk
Jul 10 2010, 06:54 PM
George K
Jul 2 2010, 09:19 AM
Exactly. While the media is screaming about 'racism' in Arizona, and supporting a foreign government's involvement in our legislation (while ignoring the inconvenient truth that that government's laws are even more restrictive), a true human rights tragedy is given scant, if any coverage.
But, George, racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact. And hopefully, we still hold ourselves to a much higher standard in terms of human rights than we do Iran.





What racism, Kathy? Have you actually read the law or are making sh!t up?
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Jul 11 2010, 10:35 AM
Mikhailoh
Jul 11 2010, 05:27 AM
kathyk
Jul 10 2010, 06:54 PM
George K
Jul 2 2010, 09:19 AM
Exactly. While the media is screaming about 'racism' in Arizona, and supporting a foreign government's involvement in our legislation (while ignoring the inconvenient truth that that government's laws are even more restrictive), a true human rights tragedy is given scant, if any coverage.
But, George, racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact. And hopefully, we still hold ourselves to a much higher standard in terms of human rights than we do Iran.





It is not racism to recognize who is streaming across your borders illegally.
I'd agree with that.
So how can it be racism to pass laws to deal with it?
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Jul 11 2010, 10:34 AM
Jolly
Jul 11 2010, 07:27 AM
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racism in Arizona is something that we as Americans can directly impact


Want some mustard on that pretzel logic?
For starters, by a challenge from our federally elected government.
May they lose their happy ass.

If you feel strongly about this issue, look no further than Rhode Island. They have essentially the same law.

Don't see any of Justice boys beating down courtroom doors there....
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There is a website organized by the CEO of Indigo Music & Books, a petition dedicated to this: http://www.freesakineh.org/ . 47K some signed; some 16K more are anonymous to date. The Facebook, etc. tags are there too. The story was carried in our local paper yesterday: http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Internet+calls+grow+save+Iranian+woman/3260514/story.html . I signed the petition for what good that will do now.

I've gone on record here many times with my rant of these things. Renauda says it best again.

In my life I've bought/traded/sold/gifted 20-30 Iranian carpets. I considered them art, took courses, had my book collection too. But no more. I'm ditching all of it. If I had a Tabriz that would be the first to go. There's no beauty or value in it anymore. And sad, b/c many were woven by women, mostly nomadic [I liked the tribal ones]. I will no longer support an economy that tolerates such abuse.

These people make me sick.
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Mikhailoh
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I think they will lose. And for the second time the courts will have undercut Obama's hamhanded arrogance.
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Renauda
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kathyk
Jul 11 2010, 10:34 AM
Thanks for clarifying, you old crank. It certainly wasn't clear from your statement here (or a lot of other ones you've made in the past).
It seemed clear to everyone else Madame Kollontai.
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blondie
Jul 11 2010, 12:12 PM
In my life I've bought/traded/sold/gifted 20-30 Iranian carpets. I considered them art, took courses, had my book collection too. But no more. I'm ditching all of it. If I had a Tabriz that would be the first to go. There's no beauty or value in it anymore. And sad, b/c many were woven by women, mostly nomadic [I liked the tribal ones]. I will no longer support an economy that tolerates such abuse.

These people make me sick.
I think you need to separate the people from the politics of the Government and the mullocracy. Did you watch Rick Steves' Iran? It is a beautiful video. The Iranians I know are deeply concerned about their homeland and despise the government. From what I've heard from the them, they have been ready to overthrow the mullahs but the US keeps sitting on the fence.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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I had a large circle of Iranian friends in San Diego at the height of the hostage crisis, 1980. They were warm, friendly, generous people, but very, very backward when it came to dealing with American women.
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Jul 11 2010, 01:29 PM
I had a large circle of Iranian friends in San Diego at the height of the hostage crisis, 1980. They were warm, friendly, generous people, but very, very backward when it came to dealing with American women.
No question that it's a very sexually repressed and sexist culture. The ayatollahs have done a great job at seeing that it remains that way. But, it will come around.

I was listening to an interview on NPR of a young Somali woman who wrote this book: Infidel I found her so interesting that I ordered the book just a couple of days ago. She talks about breaking away from her culture and Islam having decided that women were treated like chattel (not to mention butchered with genital mutilation), but even coming to grips with this, how extremely difficult it was because of family pressures, many of which came from the women within her family. For example, the women feel that an uncircumcised woman will not be marriageable and might as well throw her life away. And this is a woman living in the United States. Imagine how hard for women immersed in a culture that propagates dictates those mores. But, with globalization, it's only a matter of time before those shackles are broken and women rise up and say, "I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore!" I predict that in another 20 years, we'll see huge changes for the better.
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Fine. Then in 20 years they can emigrate to the west.
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Jul 10 2010, 06:57 PM
Mikhailoh
Jul 10 2010, 06:21 PM
If they wish to live in the stone age, perhaps we should oblige.
Yes, I think we should. They need to work out the kinks in their own society. We've already seen how our nation building ventures have worked out.

I wonder if there has been a misunderstanding here.

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