Thread: North Korean strike timed?

@Hanna:

Thanks for your understanding! Two points, though:

Originally Posted by Hanna

I can almost guarantee you that he [i.e. I, Misha Tal] doesn't want to see anyone stoned.

Why "almost", Hanna? You think there might be a small probability that I would feel somehow gratified to see people stoned? Joking aside, if that woman is not already dead, it's only because many people like me have forcefully confronted the government.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Nothing they [i.e. the government of Iran] do there is any worse than what happens in Saudi Arabia (in fact, it's more moderate in Iran, I think?). Only difference is that the Saudis are buddies with the US whereas Iran isn't...

Most Iranians get furious as hell when they are compared with Arabs. In fact, one of the reasons that the apes in our government are so hated over here is their crooked alliance with Arabs. As regards Saudi Arabia, I don't think of that country more than of a medieval tribe. We have 2500 years of political history, and have been struggling for democracy since the Persian Constitutional Revolution, while the Saudis have yet to learn what the word "democracy" means. If we've been trying to get our elections clean, Arabs can happily live without any elections at all.

Maybe I shouldn't go that far. Our philosophizing Crocodile thinks it's racism. I think it's more of a national grudge. By the way, hardly any country is devoid of that kind of historical rancor. Perhaps except for the few countries that have no history to speak of.

I'm afraid I've gone way beyond the topic at hand which was a screwed up topic anyway. I'll do the rest of today's program, as promised, in the Iran thread.

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@Lampada, or whoever responsible for keeping the forum clean:

Sorry, folks! Got a bit carried away. It's politics talk, ya know...

Originally Posted by Misha Tal

Perhaps except for the few countries that have no history to speak of.

It's rather interesting you mention it again and again. If there's nothing to speak of, why to mention it so much?

Originally Posted by Crocodile

It's rather interesting you mention it again and again. If there's nothing to speak of, why to mention it so much?

Whadya mean, again and again?! That's the first time I said anything like that around here!

But I can see your general point, and you're right. It's almost the same with all Iranians. Given the rotten state of our country, all that's left for us to be proud of is our past.

Mind you, UFO's don't exist either. People mention them again and again.
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EDIT: Oh right. I just remembered I'd said that stuff before. Can't help it.

Originally Posted by Misha Tal

EDIT: Oh right. I just remembered I'd said that stuff before. Can't help it.

Thanks, I was just about to start copy-pasting stuff, but you were quicker.

Originally Posted by Misha Tal

Mind you, UFO's don't exist either. People mention them again and again.

So, perhaps UFO does exist as well as that small country is worth mentioning?

Originally Posted by Misha Tal

But I can see your general point, and you're right. It's almost the same with all Iranians. Given the rotten state of our country, all that's left for us to be proud of is our past.

I'm not so pessimistic. I know some Iranians and most of them are good and smart people. I believe in Iranian future. It's so happened that the Revolution made Iran kind of isolationist or, perhaps, the other side expands too aggressively, not sure. It's all subjective, I guess.