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If anyone can find links to an original source in this article, kudos to you. While I do not agree with the political views of Iran, this is obviously just rid
by readme 14y ago
If anyone can find links to an original source in this article, kudos to you.
While I do not agree with the political views of Iran, this is obviously just ridicule. To an extent, ridiculing our enemies is funny. Take the late Kim Jong Il for example. Quite an easy target, and deserving as well.
Iran, on the other hand, I feel bad for. Because, frankly, the reason Iran sucks now is because the west overthrew their fledgling democracy and installed a dictator some 50 years or so ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%C3%A9tat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%C3%A9tat
I don't know if anyone else remembers a few years back when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to speak at Columbia University, only to be ridiculed by his hosts. This journalism is not far off.
There are nutjobs in the US too, and certainly nutjob scientists. Even if this article does have a shard of truth to it somewhere (I have yet to see a link to the original Iranian news source it cites) it's really unfair to target Iran specifically for ridicule. This is why we have disagreements. This is why we don't all just get along.
This is a perfect example of childish journalism.
- upquark 14y agoI think we need more ridicule of this type of stuff, not less. Also, I'm all for public ridicule of western kooks and BS-ers in government, science, healthcare. I disagree this is why we don't get along, humor can be a powerful and positive weapon.
- readme 14y agoI appreciate comedy a lot. But it is not funny when the bully mocks the victim.