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Who voted for this guy? Is this a common mindset in certain places, or does he just have more than a few screws loose in that obviously less-than-perfect head of his?

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Who voted for this guy? Is this a common mindset in certain places, or does he just have more than a few screws loose in that obviously less-than-perfect head of his?

As he is the President of Iran, I can only presume that the people of Iran voted for him... :rolleyes:

I am no physchologist, but he is probably doing it in order to infuriate the Coalition and the rest of the United Nations Security Council members, until the pull out from Iraq is complete...which I believe could be on the cards soon (about bloody time too!).

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He's only saying the same kind of thing as these guys are saying, Sean.

And this lot hail from Orange County, CA. No shortage of nutters anywhere in the world.............. :rolleyes:

I think you've got it in one, cloud9. :)

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If the killing of Jews in Europe is true," the Web site quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a speech at an Islamic conference in Tehran, "and the Zionists are being supported because of this excuse, why should the Palestinian nation pay the price?"

a plague of "free" media is that these headlines usually states this, and the actual story says that...or like in this case could be inturperated in many ways...as i'm no expert in english i wont comment that phares "if the killing of jews is true, then why does palestinians have to suffer form it?..."

to say the exact line in my language, it would be even more controversial...

But wheter this man is stubid...no, he's just politican...in many countryes there are leaders saying extremely provocative and offensive things about certain croup of people...and they all usually make them for the same reason...to boost up their INTERNAL POLITICAL status..
This is usually taken place when the country is having internal proplems, or like in Irans case, waiting possiple invasion from that exact country and its supporters. Usually the best thing to boost up the fighting spirit and at the same time your views among the normal people is to minimalizez and even blackpainting the possiple enemy nation. A Certain leader used the phrase; "crusade" when he tryed to lob a war against country with different cultural...and using that word is as offencive to muslims as doupting the holocaust is to jews...

...so like in everyday life, it's usually quite healthy to look around...not jut focusing on one narrow direction...

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As he is the President of Iran, I can only presume that the people of Iran voted for him... :rolleyes:

You think? Your sarcasm detector needs a battery replacement :D

I am no physchologist, but he is probably doing it in order to infuriate the Coalition and the rest of the United Nations Security Council members

That would make sense. It'd be a lot more acceptable than actually believing something that stupid (that the holocaust didn't occur, that is). That's almost as retarded as believing the Earth is flat :rolleyes:

...until the pull out from Iraq is complete...which I believe could be on the cards soon (about bloody time too!).

The funny part is that if there was no insurgency we'd have been, for the most part, long gone by now. They brought this upon themselves in a manner of speaking (not the citizens, but the stupid bombs and freedumb fighters). But whatever, let's just cut and run and give up since it isn't going as well as we hoped :rolleyes:

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Monday, December 19, 2005

Iranian president bans Western music

TEHRAN, Iran — Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned all Western music from Iran's state radio and TV stations — an eerie reminder of the 1979 Islamic revolution when popular music was outlawed as "un-Islamic" under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Today, though, the sounds of hip-hop can be heard blaring from car radios in Tehran's streets, and Eric Clapton's "Rush" and the Eagles' "Hotel California" regularly accompany Iranian broadcasts.

No more — the official IRAN Persian daily reported Monday that Ahmadinejad, as head of the Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, ordered the enactment of an October ruling by the council to ban all Western music, including classical music, on state broadcast outlets.

"Blocking indecent and Western music from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is required," according to a statement on the council's official Web site.

Iranian guitarist Babak Riahipour lamented what he called a "terrible" decision. "The decision shows a lack of knowledge and experience," he said.

Music was outlawed by Khomeini soon after the 1979 revolution. Many musicians went abroad and built an Iranian music industry in Los Angeles.

But as revolutionary fervor started to fade, some light classical music was allowed on Iranian radio and television; some public concerts reappeared in the late 1980s.

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In the 1990s, particularly during the presidency of reformist Mohammad Khatami starting in 1997, authorities began relaxing restrictions further. These days in Iran, Western music, films and clothing are widely available in Iran. Bootleg videos and DVDs of films banned by the state are widely available on the black market.

Ahmadinejad's order means the state broadcasting authority must execute the decree and prepare a report on its implementation within six months, according to the IRAN Persian daily.

Earlier this month, Ali Rahbari, conductor of Tehran's symphony orchestra, resigned and left Iran to protest the treatment of the music industry in Iran.

Before leaving, he played Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to packed Tehran theater houses over several nights last month — its first performance in Tehran since the 1979 revolution. The performances angered many conservatives and prompted newspaper columns accusing Rahbari of promoting Western values.

The ban applies to state-run radio and TV. But Iranians with satellite dishes can get broadcasts originating outside the country.

Ahmadinejad won office in August on a platform of reverting to ultraconservative principles, following the eight years of reformist-led rule under Khatami.

During his presidential campaign, Ahmadinejad also promised to confront what he called the Western cultural invasion of Iran and promote Islamic values.

Since then, Ahmadinejad has jettisoned Iran's moderation in foreign policy and pursued a purge in the government, replacing pragmatic veterans with former military commanders and inexperienced religious hard-liners.

He also has issued stinging criticisms of Israel, calling for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map" and describing the Nazi Holocaust as a "myth."

International concerns are high over Iran's nuclear program, with the United States accusing Tehran of pursuing an atomic weapons program. Iran denies the claims.

The latest media ban also includes censorship of content of films.

"Supervision of content from films, TV series and their voice-overs is emphasized in order to support spiritual cinema and to eliminate triteness and violence," the council said in a statement on its Web site.

The council has also issued a ban on foreign movies that promote "arrogant powers," an apparent reference to the United States.

The probibitions mirror those imposed in neighboring Afghanistan during the Taliban regime, which imposed a strict version of Islamic law, including a ban on music and film. The Taliban was ousted by a U.S.-led coalition in late 2001.

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OMG, Iran is on the collision course with the West.

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Did the CIA get this guy elected so we have an excuse to start using JDAMs?

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Did the CIA get this guy elected so we have an excuse to start using JDAMs?

Now that you mentioned it I think yes.

It'd be a lot more acceptable than actually believing something that stupid (that the holocaust didn't occur, that is)

Well there is no lobby for the 28 odd million Soviets killed, the Germans actually included Communists, Homosexuals, Gypsies, and Slavic people in that Holocaust. The Jews got gassed, but the others mentioned were worked to death. Hardly a better fate. We ignore one of these crimes at our peril... that would make us anti semetic.
Problem is that when everyone who criticises anything to do with Israel or Jews is called anti semetic then being anti semetic stops being a bad thing. (I mean the Nazis were anti semetic... putting someone who thinks building walls throughout Israel is a bad thing in the same group as nazis seems a little strange...)

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Garry says,

Well there is no lobby for the 28 odd million Soviets killed,

I think the USSR/Russia has been an effective lobby. How many times have we heard that it was Stalin who really won the war? In any event the remarks by the Iranian hate artist which are the subject of this thread and subsequent remarks he made about relocating the Jews to Europe as well as those made by Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad's chief strategist that Iran has a war plan for the destruction of the Anglo-Saxion civilization, are no joking matter even forthe chief apologist for the appalling history of USSR on this forum.

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At least you didn't call me an anti semite... :P