tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post6064382653953271900..comments2023-11-08T12:09:20.020-05:00Comments on Prove Me Wrong: What You Don't Know About IranJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-23031857679895847202012-01-08T13:57:14.707-05:002012-01-08T13:57:14.707-05:00Yes we agree. Yeah I remember something about the...Yes we agree. Yeah I remember something about the sex changes from a post on my blogroll, that may interest you (or not).<br /><br />http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/mrzine-and-sex-change-operations-in-iran/<br /><br />I don't recall precisely, but I think they permit sex change operations because homosexuality is illegal, and it is a way of forcing them into being actual women? Not sure, but have you seen the film Jihad for Love (?) about represssion of homosexuals across the Muslim world, including Iran?<br /><br />Regardless, ABSOLUTELY NO WAR ON IRAN!Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604847159462215168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-35327986484344242102012-01-08T11:32:13.676-05:002012-01-08T11:32:13.676-05:00I'm not really trying to offer an interpretati...I'm not really trying to offer an interpretation, but just offer some facts that are surprising to those that accept Iranian caricatures. Sex change operations paid for by the state? That's not exactly what you think of when you think of Iran.<br /><br />Not that I want to live there. Not that there aren't problems, as I've noted. There's much worse places to be in the world though, including multiple US backed dictatorships. Since we have more ability to affect their behavior why don't we focus on them instead of on Iran, which doesn't dance to the tune we demand?<br /><br />Of course I know why we focus on them instead of the much worse places that we have an ability to control and I suppose you know as well.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530680372103907969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899606766246433608.post-25789116869512607122012-01-07T10:17:37.596-05:002012-01-07T10:17:37.596-05:00I absolutely agree that in no way shape or form sh...I absolutely agree that in no way shape or form should the US be making any war moves against Iran. Including sanctions.<br /><br />I even believe that they have as much right to have a nuclear weapon as Israel, Russia, China and the U.S., and prefer none of them did.<br /><br />But lets be careful here about the overly positive interpretation of Iran you offer here. Some claims may be true, others not so much. But also those post election demonstrations were real, and brutally repressed.<br /><br />Nothing wrong with that government however would justify a war against Iran.Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604847159462215168noreply@blogger.com