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Post by Renegade Replicant on Nov 5, 2006 0:10:37 GMT -5
Thousands of school children and students in Tehran have marked the anniversary of the hostage-taking at the American embassy in 1979. The speaker of the Iranian parliament compared the event to the current nuclear row, saying America always wanted to put Iran under pressure. It was a rowdy celebration of student power, with boys and girls segregated outside the former American embassy. A huge red flag saying "Death to America" was burned. Many people carried banners with the same slogan and even puppets of Uncle Sam. Addressing the crowd, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Gholam Ali Hadad-Adel, warned America that Iranians were ready to react to any attempt to limit their access to nuclear power. He said Iran was willing to pay the price of its independence once again. No regrets Iran's former President, Mohammad Khatami, had expressed regret for the seizure of the American embassy and its staff but today - with a new more conservative government in power - there is little sign of remorse. Instead the speakers asked why America had not learned its lesson from the hostage-taking. One young girl born after the revolution said she did not think the American embassy would ever reopen in Tehran because the United States was against Iran. Another boy said if Iran was threatened again, he would be willing to copy the students who seized the US embassy in 1979. - BBC News Source: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6116358.stmYour thoughts?
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Post by letminlt on Nov 5, 2006 0:26:11 GMT -5
Wow...
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Post by zarog on Nov 5, 2006 12:18:08 GMT -5
Holy cow!
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Post by kingjames12 on Nov 6, 2006 8:54:58 GMT -5
Holy jesus! Bush is Hitler!
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Post by randallboggs on Nov 6, 2006 14:00:00 GMT -5
Yeah typical for them
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Post by zarog on Nov 6, 2006 15:58:45 GMT -5
Wow stupidity.
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Post by Renegade Replicant on Nov 6, 2006 17:52:28 GMT -5
I don't think its a matter of stupidity, but more of a matter of pure ignorance and government propaganda.
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Post by zarog on Nov 6, 2006 18:11:03 GMT -5
Okay. Who asked you RR?
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Post by randallboggs on Nov 6, 2006 18:12:24 GMT -5
Well that's generally what a FORUM is for. Heheh, you post, you should EXPECT replies. And I'd HAVE to agree with RR, it really DOESN'T have to do with being stupid.
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Post by zarog on Nov 6, 2006 18:21:29 GMT -5
I know you two are right but I just don't like RR telling me I am wrong. I don't mind if anyone else tells me I am wrong. I just have these issues with RR. Maybe it is because we have known each other for a long time.......
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Post by randallboggs on Nov 6, 2006 18:22:19 GMT -5
Oh......I see, hmmm, well still, just don't bring up those issues here in this forum.
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Post by Renegade Replicant on Nov 6, 2006 18:22:23 GMT -5
Maybe I should find a better response. Just like the infamous cartoons. They weren't being stupid (the middle-easterners in general), they've just never had the pleasure of freedom of speech and therefore could not understand the concept. They were asking for the Netherlands the brutally kill the cartoonists . Then when the Netherlands refused to do so (it would be infringing upon the ideal of freedom of speech), they wanted the Netherlands to be invaded. See, these people are ignorant in the fact that they do enjoy some of the freedoms we ourselves obtain. Something I believe we take for granted all too often.
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Post by randallboggs on Nov 6, 2006 18:30:30 GMT -5
Yes heheh, naive to a fault these people.
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Post by kingjames12 on Nov 7, 2006 15:38:33 GMT -5
They are probably doing it because their government wants them to!
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Post by zarog on Nov 7, 2006 17:03:05 GMT -5
I doubt that.
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Post by Renegade Replicant on Nov 7, 2006 17:09:29 GMT -5
Same here.
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Post by zarog on Nov 7, 2006 17:13:15 GMT -5
Amazing. I have agreed twice with RR in one day. Is that a record RR?
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Post by letminlt on Nov 7, 2006 17:48:23 GMT -5
Holy jesus! Bush is Hitler! Not only is Bush Hitler, but he is also the devil...
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Post by zarog on Nov 7, 2006 18:00:19 GMT -5
That is a more than a little scary. I was told I was going to be the next Hitler today in my social studies class. I can't imagine why.................
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Post by kingjames12 on Nov 7, 2006 20:52:35 GMT -5
Maybe you are!
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