Iran - it makes you think

[scheherazade_79]

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Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
You know, if a government photographer had walked around Berlin in the summer of 1939, he could have taken pictures similar to these, except they would probably have been in black and white, since color film was not that common at the time.




My remark was in response to the rather rose-tinted glasses comment of Sche:

It's totally not how I'd imagined Iran, and somehow it makes the Axis of Evil label that much harder to swallow.

It probably would have been better if I'd posted this with no accompanying comments and let people draw their own conclusions. But the reason I shared was because it showed a side of Iran that the western media doesn't offer us.

It's easier to vilify a country and persuade your own people to go to war against them when you make the people of that country appear radically different (and lesser in some ways) to your own. Better still if you can portray their way of life as a grave threat to the status quo. It's the whole dichotomy of Good V. Evil, the War of Freedom against the gun-toting, effigy-burning tent-dwellers and camel-riders of the Middle East.

What I wanted to do was provide another view of a country that we know very little about.

Now if that counts as rose-tinted glasses, then so be it. But at least it provides some balance to the shit-tinted glasses that the western media forces us to view Iran through.

If you think that CNN, Fox News, the BBC and other providers of information give you the complete picture, then think again.

Remember that golden video moment when the statue of Saddam was toppled in Baghdad to what looked like vast crowds of cheering Iraqis? The point was to make us feel better about the invasion of Iraq and the huge loss of civilian life it resulted in. The little known truth is that there were only around 30-40 Iraqis present, and they'd been rounded up by the allies to play their part in this little charade.

I'm just offering a wider perspective.

 

[rgraham666]

Sche? Many people need an enemy. Without something to fight against they literally have no way to set their compass, decide where to go, what to do.

For some Westerners this enemy is now Islam. For some Muslims this is now the West.

They should thank one another for giving directions to their lives.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I worked with two Iranians for several years.

Both bathed and groomed themselves. They didnt fart or bite heads off chickens. They were attractive and worked diligently and compentently.

And they both hated Jews, and bought all the Islamic crap. The male treated females like dogs, but the Iranian woman was okay with it.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I remember History of Western Civilization in College. It was all about great wars and the leaders of countries and mass movements. What it left out was US, the little people who make up 99.9999999999% of the earth's population.

Terhan was and is a beautiful city. So was Beruit until the 0.0000000001% moved in and started a war which ended up turning half of Beruit into rubble. Beruit was once called "The Paris of the East" if you recall.

Is the problem one of Islam? No. I have muslim friends. I have Iranian friends. They are as abhored by what's happened in the middle east as I am. The real problem is extremist political leaders and our government's inability to either understand them or deal with them effectively.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Muslims are #2. Its true. Pay attention to how they treat each other.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

What I wanted to do was provide another view of a country that we know very little about.

You succeeded with me. I didn't know what Iran looked like, and had no idea they had snow there. Consider my eyes opened.