08-23-2007, 05:35 PM | #11 | |
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What bothers me is the fact that this is news not because of what happened but the fact that it happened in a country we're gearing up to hate. Whether we "Bomb, bomb, bomb... bomb, bomb Iran" (think Beach Boys and that one is good) or not is another matter... I'm just sick of the way the media covers "news." |
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08-23-2007, 05:39 PM | #12 | |
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I agree, we probably don't care enough to act when brutality happens in other countries unless that psychology of brutality could be visited upon us later. Seeing those men only frightens me if those same men with masks on sit next to a button that can send off a nuke. |
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I want real news... I want somebody showing me the connection between these guys and the guys with the finger on the button. I want substance not emotion. |
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08-23-2007, 06:06 PM | #15 | |
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Quite frankly, this picture also reinforces a fear I would have if the far right wacko's ever got control in America. |
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08-23-2007, 06:22 PM | #17 | |
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Fast forward to the election of the "reformist" Khatami in 97 or 98 or somewhere thereabouts and suddenly the rhetoric is about the influence of cable tv on the populace and how the clerics could be facing an uprising very soon. Which, of course, did not pan out. In reality Khatami reformed very little, and while his was a more soothing presence than Ahmadinejad the real powers Khameni(sic) never changed and the clerics were still firmly in charge. Looking at those seperate portrayals of what was essentially the same governmental structure cause me to wonder about the motives of whomever posted these pictures. What they portray is disgusting, but do they enlighten us un any way related to the foreign policy intent of Iran? Do they shed new light on the intentions and inner workings of the regime? No. They are as old as the revolution. |
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08-23-2007, 06:29 PM | #18 | |
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In my experience through people I've talked with and things I've read, the evangelical far-right types basically want to take us back to the 1950's (you know, your hey day ), minus the oppression of black folk. They want abortion outlawed, prayer and the Bible in schools, and less porn. Maybe not what we want for this country, but it's certainly not Iranian style mullahcracy. Maybe there are some on the far-far-far right who would want some sort of theocracy for the U.S., but their numbers are so miniscule that there's no chance of them "taking over". |
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08-23-2007, 06:52 PM | #20 |
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I guess I'd like to see more important things in the news. I think reporting on small incidents like this is lazy journalism. Do some in depth work, tell me what is going on all over.
Blurbs like this are like reporting on a single play in a football game. It may make a nice highlight reel section but not a news story. |
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