pretty shoddy work by the canadian paper. almost as shameful as some of the posts here justifying such a law if it were to have been true.
I've said that this report was just speculation and then provided evidence that it was false a long time ago. Unfortunately, the reaction to this "report" on this board has been a microcosm of the broader global reaction against Iran. The Israeli, American, and Canadian governments immediately came out and condemned Iran and compared the regime to Nazi Germany. It's obvious that they, just like many posters here, are looking for any excuse to demonize Iran. Here's the best part, the agitator who started all this mess, Amir Taheri, has been exposed as a complete fraud for intentionally fabricating this story: "[A]mir Taheri's story quotes 'Mostafa Pourhardani, Minister of Islamic Orientation.' Google searches on variations of 'Iran+Pourhardani' turn up no references that do not stem directly from Taheri's story. That would be flying under the radar! As noted on the Just Adventure Forum, Iran has a Culture Minister named Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi. Google News finds nothing on Pourhardani (or 'Pourharadani') that does not stem from the National Post's Friday story. Go ahead and mouse over all the cabinet posts on the Iranian President's official site. There is no 'Pourhardani' or variant on that name in the cabinet. "They made it up. Taheri and The Post ran a provably false report..." Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/conspiracy_theory/fullstory.asp?id=316
Kind of like when people told you that Macbeth was full of crap. Unfortunately, you constantly look for any excuse to show us how "progressive" Iran is even though it is a backwards ass third world country. You are joke and hurt your cause more than help it.
LOL you cant be serious?. they were allowed?.. thats why there are scores of injured staudents needing urgent medical attention are blocked in there dorms with no access to outside help. Amir kabir university is turned into a military complex. it is under the military control. the students did,nt attack noone, but it was the Anti-riot police who started using tear gas and electric battons on the students. one has to defend himself. it was provoked as usual by the regimes dirty forces. one day, the regime wont be able to answer the hate and the distain of the population by force. there will be a mollah hanging off a street light all around the country.
I think we have a candidate for the most 'intelligent' post of the year...I've said that Iran has liberalized a great deal since the Revolution of 1979 and compared to the shah, yes they are progressive. Please demonstrate how they're a 'backwards ass third world country' as you so eloquently put it. I am joke...lol...you need acquire better grammar or keep on being a master baiter...lol
Post bumbles and falls for 'Fourth Reich' hoax http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/420925p-355354c.html A story splashed across the front page of Saturday's New York Post has been unveiled as a hoax. "FOURTH REICH" screamed a Post headline over a shocking story that Iran was going to require Jews and Christians to wear badges identifying them as religious minorities. The problem: The story's just not true. The shaky story got its start Friday in a Canadian newspaper, the National Post, which apologized yesterday for publishing the false information. Douglas Kelly, editor in chief of the National Post, said the story was based on a column by Amir Taheri, an Iranian author and journalist, and two expatriate Iranians living in Canada. "We acknowledge that on this story, we did not exercise sufficient caution and skepticism, and we did not check with enough sources," Kelly wrote. The same can be said for the Post. Most U.S. media were skeptical of the Canadian report and, unable to verify it, did not pick it up. But the factchallenged Post blared the story on Page 1 - and across two inside pages - in its Saturday edition. It also ran Taheri's column and identified him as "a New York Post columnist."
Creepy; I've asked this of you before but still haven't gotten a straight answer. Why do you so vociferiously defend Iran? I can understand why Blazer-Ben takes a very negative stance on Iran since he is an Iranian ex-pat. I can understand why many fo the more conservative leaning posters take a harder line on Iran but I can't quite understand if your almost non-stop vigorous defense of Iran is to merely be contrarian. I remember someone saying that a certain poster who basically nonstop bashes Muslims was doing so because he was upset at how many people criticize the US. Does something like that have to do with why you get so heated and passionate about defending Iran to the point that you will dismiss or diminish every negative story regarding Iran?
LOL, when I first read this I thought that it said, "My post is not even worth the paper it's printed on." I was thinking, well, it may not be on paper but I can't disagree!
Am I the only one who likes to read anything Peter Vecsey writes? I think he's very entertaining, and highly misunderstood.
I think Phil Mushnik is pretty good, cannizaro is ok, serby is a little whack but funny to read, king is alright, vescey is ok - not often correct but slightly humorous.
Iran Badge Fabricator Goes to Washington ... along with other “experts” to give the president their “honest opinions.” You can't make this kind sh*t up. No one would believe you. Molly Ivins: Iran Badge Fabricator Goes to Washington Posted on May 31, 2006 By Molly Ivins AUSTIN, Texas—So, Haditha becomes another of the names at which we wince, along with Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and My Lai. Tell you what: Let’s not use the “stress of combat” excuse this time. According to neighbors, the girls in the family of Younis Khafif—the one who kept pleading in English, “I am a friend. I am good”—were 14, 10, 5, 3 and 1. What are they going to say? “Under stress of combat, we thought the baby was 2”? “We have a Haditha every day,” said Muhanned Jasim, an Iraqi merchant. “Were [those killed in Haditha] the first Iraqis to be killed for no reason?” asked Ghasan Jayih, a pharmacist. Well no, but we Americans don’t count collateral damage unless we’re forced to. We prefer to ignore collateral damage, especially if they’re under 5. Someone else with a greater taste for the ironies of technology will have to explain why it’s funny that this “Haditha” was uncovered in part by a soldier taking photos with his cellphone. Good work by Time magazine and Col. Gregory Watt. Apologies are owed by any on the right to Rep. John Murtha, who warned of Haditha early, though none of us is holding a breath. The attacks on Murtha’s patriotism were despicable. When will that tactic wear out? Meanwhile, back at the full-force fun festival known as Washington, here’s a moment to cherish. Two weeks ago, Amir Taheri had an Op-Ed article in the Canadian National Post claiming that the Iranians have a law requiring Jews to wear yellow badges. It turned out to be a complete fabrication and has been the subject of much contempt among bloggers. So Tuesday, Taheri was invited to the White House along with other “experts” to give the president their “honest opinions.” With advice like that, our war in Iran will be a slam-dunk. Speaking of slam-dunks, Bud Trillin of The Nation is on a tear about Bush’s picks for the Medal of Freedom. First, Bush gave it to old “Slam-Dunk” George Tenet himself, after pushing him out as head of the CIA. Then, Paul Bremer got the medal. Remember him? Guy who screwed up Iraq beyond recall in the first year. We’re lurching into the ludicrous. So we’re thinking, who else belongs on this distinguished roster? “Heckuva Job Brownie” Brown, of course. The guy in charge of implementing the Social Security drug plan. Rumsfeld! By golly, there’s a man who never made a mistake. I think that leaves out Tony Blair, who joined Bush in a mistake-admitting-athon last week. (The Prez is sorry he talked “too tough” to the terrorists.) Neither of them thought to name “the war in Iraq,” for example, as a mistake. But, as The Economist rather unkindly put it, their meeting was “The Axis of Feeble.” Ever hopeful that some good might yet be pulled from the rubble, the appointment of Henry Paulson as treasury secretary raises hope among the never-say-die crowd. He’s good on global warming—how’s that for a change? But the real irony is that the administration had to bring in someone who can “soothe Wall Street,” which is said to be “nervous.” This whole administration has been run to favor, and grant tax breaks to, “Wall Street.” How dare the ungrateful louses be “nervous”?
dont know if this was posted somewhere else in this thread http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE24Ak01.html
