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Looks to me like more demonizing of Iran as they are the next country on the list to be "Freedomized". What was your motivation of posting this in the first place?
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Fools
My bad about the Iran Ottoman faux pas
I was surprised at this statement
The Middle East has been in conflict for well over 1,000 years
originally posted by: MaxMech
a reply to: TXRabbit
It's funny how people will excuse any type of behavior just because the subject is an enemy of the US.
"Demonizing" Iran? Really? Is it possible to demonize this regime beyond it's own despicable actions?
Even if you are correct and there is a plan to "Freedomize" Iran, does it somehow make them saints? Does it mean we shouldn't criticize their actions?
I fully support criticism. My point being that Iran has been "on the list" (thanks Gen Wesley Clark) for some time so now their ticket is due. With stories like the OP shared, ever wonder why it centers on a specific country? Why not bring up Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen, Dubai? Are they not doing the same subjugation?
That it seems that the women of Iran are the true Feminist
Well, Christopher Columbus was willing to sail clear off of the edge of the flat world at a chance that there may have been a way to avoid the Middle East's conflicts. The Middle East has been in conflict for well over 1,000 years, so I highly doubt that the American feminist will result in much more than offering moral support in this or any moment in time.
wiki
The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find adirect water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas.
are we going to fix this consanguineous marriage problem
In Arab populations and Diasporas, the deep-rooted norm of consanguineous marriage has been widely accused of being an important factor contributing to the preponderance of autosomal recessive genetic disorders [35,47,72-76].
In many parts of the Arab world, the society is still tribal. This has made the epidemiology of genetic disorders complicated, as many families and tribal groups are descended from a limited number of ancestors and some conditions are confined to specific villages, families, and tribal groups, leading to an unusual burden of genetic diseases in these communities [77]. Thus the extended family structure, commonly present in Arab societies and mostly associated with consanguinity, tends to display unique distribution patterns for genetic diseases that are not present in many other societies. There are disorders that are specifically prevalent among the Arabs, either uniformly or in certain locations, such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Neutral or Positive Effects of Consanguinity on Reproductive Health
Parallel to the huge body of literature detailing the negative effects of consanguinity on human health, there also exists a considerable amount of data that suggests that the practice of consanguinity is not the great evil that it is generally thought to be.
Consanguinity in Arab Populations
Socio-cultural factors, such as maintenance of family structure and property, ease of marital arrangements, better relations with in-laws, and financial advantages relating to dowry seem to play a crucial role in the preference of consanguinity in Arab populations [3]. Consanguineous marriages are generally thought to be more stable than marriages between non-relatives, though there are no studies to compare divorce rates
Young Arabs contemplating marriage are nowadays seeking a scientifically sound answer to their questions: "Will our children be physically or mentally abnormal if I marry my cousin?" "How can we prevent having abnormal children?" Research on inbreeding is considered a priority in societies with high consanguinity rates to help understand and prevent the deleterious impact of consanguinity on health, and to provide standardized and evidence-based guidelines for health care providers to assist them in counseling for consanguinity.
conflict with DNA for well over 1,000 years....
but the Arab world has long been severely conflicted with the sciences of procreation.
originally posted by: carewemust
I wonder if the Iranian government is tracking down and arresting these online dancers via their I.P. addresses?
Even if you are correct and there is a plan to "Freedomize" Iran
It's funny how people will excuse any type of behavior just because the subject is an enemy of the US.
but Persians always subvert any nation that has taken them with their own culture. That is why I personally am hopeful that some day they will throw off their current governing.
Despite thorny U.S.-Russia relations, the U.S. may press Russia and other producers to expand on their just-announced deal to increase crude output, as the U.S. attempts to cut off Iran from the world oil market.
Leave Syria, stop aiding Hezbollah, stop testing ballistic missiles, stop threatening Israel and stop participation in proxy conflicts in the region, i.e. Yemen. That's it. Once this is done there will be no excuse for US (or any other country) to attack Iran.
Once this is done there will be no excuse for US to attack
Its funny how you encourage women flaunting themselves in Iran and leading to their imprisonment.
How do you propose to do this. More bombs? Genocide?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
For many countries, particularly the oil rich states, the slow progress in developing and implementing preventive genetic programmes is due to legal and cultural issues, not financial ones.
Benefits of consanguinity
www.hrw.org...
Women’s Rights Iranian women face discrimination in personal status matters related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and child custody. A woman needs her male guardian’s approval for marriage regardless of her age and cannot pass on her nationality to her foreign-born spouse or their children. Married women may not obtain a passport or travel outside the country without the written permission of their husbands. The UN Children’s Rights Committee reported in March that the age of marriage for girls is 13, that sexual intercourse with girls as young as nine lunar years was not criminalized, and that judges had discretion to release some perpetrators of so-called honor killings without any punishment. Child marriage—though not the norm—continues, as the law allows girls to marry at 13 and boys at age 15, as well as at younger ages if authorized by a judge. Authorities continue to prevent girls and women from attending certain sporting events, including men’s soccer and volleyball matches. On July 31, 2016, President Rouhani suspended the hiring exam for public sector jobs to investigate apparent discrimination against women in the job market.
www.theguardian.com...