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americans have no freedoms thanks to NDAA.That makes USA worse than Iran.
and USA doesn't have secret prisons? What evidence do you have for iranian secret prison. Please give primary evidence.
you have not heard of Les Sachs a American political dissident who fled USA due to threat to his life.
The police murder encounter of whistleblower Bill Cooper did not happen..
The Torture of Bradley Manning did not happen.
The Torture and prosecution of milk farmers does not happen.
The Waco mass murder by the police did not happen
GO LIVE IN IRAN. I DARE YOU. Then come and try speak the same words. You guys are lunatics, plain and simple.
You really don't get it do you? "primary evidence"... why don't you go on the internet and look for answers. Why the hell am I supposed to educate you? How many people do you PERSONALLY know that have been in those American secret prisons? I know plenty of people, and not just one or two, but over 30, who have ALL been tortured in Iranian prisons. Some have been shot for walking in student protests. You want to tell me you personally know people who have been in torture prisons? I don't think so. You know why?
It's a shame that you have so many resourced available to you, even from birth, in America. Yet you are still blind to many geopolitical threats the US faces from China and Russia. Such a shame and so testament to American ignorance.
GO LIVE IN IRAN, take your wife and your daughters with you and TELL US how it is BETTER AND MORE FREE than the US.
For all I know you could have a mental illness or some other condition that leads you to say these things without adding context.
lived in Iran for 2 months in 2006 with investment in a bitumen trading venture .Was a failure.
So you have no evidence for the BS you write? I have met iranian businessman they like Western nations but not western propaganda.Their opinion is that West spin doctors the facts.
Already lived there for 2 months and to be frank its a boring place,very boring place.I poked fun at the police and my partner flouted iranian laws and nothing happened ,yes nothing happened,everything was solved with a bribe.
Enjoy your NDAA ,your flouride laced water and monsanto poison.
the Standard response of the commissars was to call dissidents and truthseekers mentally ill.hmm do you work for the NSA propaganda corps or obama fascist socialist govt?
At least this was done in a court of law.
So you are one that is guilty.
And did you ask them how they like the Iranian propaganda? Obviously you met the wealthy folk who can bribe their way out of most matters that are not political in nature. Like they have something to complain about, what with them getting paid by the regime to inform on other Iranians.
Yeah, because America has these things it makes Iran heaven on Earth.
Well, before I knew how and as what you had gone to Iran mental illness was the closest match...now, I'm certain you're just ignorant of many things
??
obviously you have not seen Iran .A lot of youngsters flout the hijab and other dressing laws to make political and fashion statements.
The best police normally does is impose a fine and they are easily bribed too.
As for the rich they don't give a damn about the theocratic govt.
The support base of the current theocratic regime is the underclass that exists in the villages.
And USA funds Jundallah and MEK to do terror acts so how can average iranian trust you.
Also,rich iranians have less faith in their media ,but they consider western media as biased and lying.
The underclass/peasant class iranians look at West as the dajjal/antichrist whatever.
Yes.It does .
what happened commissar,obama has reduced your benefits?
Originally posted by InfoKartel
reply to post by DerepentLEstranger
What the hell does Iraqi crap with Bush crap have to do with the conversation between me and you? Nothing. But your ill-found wisdom in machiavelli has to prove itself right. After all, if I prove you wrong, what point is there to the rest of those false teachings only created to constantly create a war like tension?
Please, cram it you ignorant person. I personally know... head of police over entire districts in Iran, and while the revolution was going on he ordered his men to stand down because he didn't want to spill the blood of his countrymen.
Now let me tell you a difference between Iran during the days of the Shah and after that.
over your retarded Machiavelli
Grow the hell up kid.
You're dead wrong but worse, your perspective is completely off.
you have proven nothing
1-other than the fact you see only what you want to see
2- for all your pandering to western ideology, you seem to have some difficulty
in treating women with respect.
a likely story with no proof
yet you have nothing to show no proof
your ignorance is telling
i took my blinders off at 12
that was 33 years ago
need me to do the math for you?
don't want to know the real reason do you?
that would mean losing your delusions
i think it's you who have the suk mentality here
and a disturbing worship of kings
You only saw what your eyes wanted to see.
But what if any of them directly make a political statement?
And another thing, did you check which families they were connected to, to see who are really making a statement and those who are just abusing their privileges?
Because THEY ARE the theocratic government. They are rich because of family ties.
That those who have money to bribe get away, and those who do not have money are forced to undergo double the punishment. IT'S NOT OKAY NOR IS THIS FREEDOM.
Because THEY ARE the theocratic government. They are rich because of family ties.
And why is that?! Not just those people, but also the rich folk who are better off with all the privileges they have due to family ties.
I say things they can't.
Of course it does, you guys have every kind of freedom in America, including the freedom to question matters
I don't even live in the US you coward.
You might have not seen the protests against iranian govt by Ferdoosi Street shopkeepers when the govt sought to confiscate some of the carpets because their designs were heretical to islam.I did not see the iranian govt punishing anyone.
Iran doesn't oppress the fundamental human right to eat,grow food and collect water for personal consumption.
Originally posted by BobAthome
reply to post by InfoKartel
"the urge to slap you",,,hows that working out for u?,,
u say it afflicts the entire family? this,,,
the urge to slap ,,
hmmm.
i think we need to address this urge.
yes?? no???
Me.
Originally posted by InfoKartel
Last I checked Americans had all the freedoms they could want ...
Really? So, do you read any of the threads on this site? Seems they're pretty concerned about those they've lost and what's yet to come.
I'm not busy sticking up for theocracies, but the Bible seems to be the motivating factor for a lot of American legislation.
Further, is Iran really any worse than your new BFF China? Or even Saudi Arabia? Please, take a look around before spouting off.
Interesting response. For starters, while there are a goodly number of...shall we say speculative?...threads and discussions on this site, there is also a great deal of serious commentary on the genuine abrogation of individual rights in America since 911 - an event which itself is also being challenged by many who pay attention. You are misguided in lumping them all together as a bunch of 'drama queens', If you have so little respect for those with whom you disagree, I would suggest a site where everybody agrees with one another and clap like seals at every utterance. This ain't it.
Originally posted by InfoKartel
reply to post by JohnnyCanuck
Honestly, it sounds like a bunch of drama queens. Mostly bigots that feel the government is encroaching on them.
Really? So, do you read any of the threads on this site? Seems they're pretty concerned about those they've lost and what's yet to come.
So, apparently, has the religious right and much of the Republican party.
You forgot about a little thing called secularism.
My reference to 'your' is to America's new pals...commies with money. And the Saudis...theocrats with oil. And the very subjective way in which friends and enemies are chosen. I was being sarcastic...my apologies, I thought that was plain.
My new BFF China? I'm not the Iranian regime nor do I like them. So again, keep telling me more about you. Saudi Arabia? The country where they lash people in public? Women are not allowed to drive? Land of the Wahabi muppets? Does it mean that because those countries are as bad or worse that I shouldn't comment on Iran? Get lost you zombie.
If you are indeed an immigrant to the West, as your notes seem to indicate, then you lack a sense of historical memory. The West is becoming an Orwellian wet-dream...one step at a time. Rights are being eroded and the tools are much the same as are being used in Iran. Have you read 1984? You may not have noticed but we are starting to live it. It's all a matter of degrees, Sparky.