@Hanna:

Thanks for your understanding! Two points, though:

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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.

Quote 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...