February 14, 2012
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Two people have been arrested and two others were hurt on Thursday in clashes between anti-Tehran demonstrators and Swedish police outside the Iranian embassy in Stockholm.
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Why would they do that? It just turns people against their cause.
On the other hand the soft and loving Ayatollas government is helpess in front of the violent horrible attacks of the nazis. Let's make a fund to help Ayatollas to defend themselves, eh Trownie? Let's get them some money and call it Lend Lease agreement?
Because clearly the the iranian people cherish and adore their government! There could be no other reason for demonstrations, but an evil plot of the nazis!
I think Gordon Brown is a tool, doesnt mean Im going to stand in a Sergel Torget with a banner proclaiming it, I live in Sweden now!!!!!!!
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i am from another country and i will not throw rocks at police.... its called respect !!
Sweden is given a most difficult dilemma which it can hardly win, especially if it investigates who is really behind this gratuitous troublemaking, and why.
Then he would show all the Nazis and Corporate marxist-lenininst capitalistic neo-non-conformists, who are trying to poison the good relationships with lovely Iran and Russia!
All of the current news coming out of Iran looks remarkably similar to the noise we were fed in the lead up to the Iran invasion...which, Uncle, you have more less concluded in a previous post was a load of nonsense. Not to say that the situation in Iran is some Utopian affair...which would be your anticipated retort.
I am not suggesting either that you guys should shut up...you are really very funny in a strange sort of way.
The problem is that Trowbridge just sits in his mom's basement or the equivalent, dreaming up far fetched conspiracies. When one yells, 'the sky is falling," or in Trowbridge's case, "it's Mossad!" at every turn, one comes off as a nutter. The "truth," according to Trowbridge? I say, no thank you.
http://cryptome.org/0001/usa-disasters16.htm
The whole problem with Mossad supporters: if you write about its assassinations of Western officials, like Dr. David Kelly, Anna Lindh, Jörg Haider and Zoran Djinjic, they go wild because they don't want anyone to know what is really going on.
Let's see if I can remember some of your theories.
Mossad is behind the Auschwitz sign theft, not a gready Jew hating collecter.
Nazi's are behind the Iranian rioting on embassy row in Stockholm, not exiled Iranians who are still angry about the regime change in Iran 30 years ago.
Lasers controlled by the CIA caused the earth quake in Haiti, not the movement of tectonic plates, known as an earthquake.
Yes, thank you for setting me straight. All perfectly reasonable.
Demonstrate if you like, but if you want to take it a step further, jump on a plane go back to that country andn then take the next step.
And I have no respect for the swedish cops, but still shouldn't attack unprovoked
I agree Sweden is not part of the problem or where solution is going to happen but they cant simply resist to guard, militants and polices in Iran so only think they can do is to make industrialized countries to have stand against Iranian government. I can`t say they have much of a chance.
If it would be ONLY your suggestions that all natural disasters are whether sponsored by US or Israel (6 mil people country, the size of NJ state and a GDP between Nigeria and Romania, as if there is no chance that natural disasters happen naturally....
But my special FAVOURITE is when you start babbling like an old lady wrapped in bags in subway passage:
"It reminds me of the blitz krieg of the Unit 221 towards Kola Peninsula in an attempt to wage a war, and that was prevented by a mutinous officer Pablo El Johansson and the bravest actions of 5 GRU agents and their mothers in law..."
Or "It is exactly like when I mentioned in my correspondence with the leader of the socialist party of Norway, of course before the famous case of stolen documents that brought the world to the brink of extinction and prevented through the actions of my buddy soviet minister Boris Oklamenko and crazy german street singer Jörgen Schultz... uhahahah"
style.
This ones are my utmost pleasure to read!
@Jonnyrebel. thank you dear... I knew that you actually love to read my posts...
I'm studying computer science at Chalmers, but, each time I happen to have a conversation with someone, they want to talk about politics. Am I a politician by birth?
Some jerks throw stones at Swedish Police; should one say deport all the demonstrators in that vicinity? is that the kind of logic we use in the 21st century?
Media is not allowed on the streets, Gmail service is shut down. TV does not report anything. Discussion of a total disconnection of Internet is becoming serious. Snipers are taking down people with live fire.
No - for sure the people are supporting the government... Just got a bit too excited in their love for it.
It is a strange set of logic, Isn't it? Care about 3000 anti-system but forget the millions. 3000 people who want Alcohol, sex, freedom from their cultural rules, prostitution for money, support for Money lords US, cronies in Israel, Cronies in Jundullah terrorism group, other personal and poltical interests... You just love them. But you would not love the people who stand against US for their own oil reserves. For their own cutural idedntity. For their own religion. For their own children. For their own system. For their own afterlife. For their own land. For their own self-respect. You just want to impose your systems on them. This is logic in you eyes. This is legal in your eyes. This is important in your eyes. This brings you happiness. Just leave Iranians and try to develop your own own energy resources. Try to develop your own system. Your own culture. If you have so much pride in your own religion just bring your own religion to your place. Try to convert through hearts , not through such satanic tactics. Let your behaviour speak for you.
They are actually a bit fond of hanging of gays on the streets... If this is iranian tradition, which I doubt. They love Montazeri who was ayatollah if I am not mistaken and they just want to put religion a bit aside from politics. The protesters are good muslims who go to mosques and such.
They just want to change the acting government. Mousavi instead of Ahmadinejad. Why? Many reasons, which are not important. The main is that Ahmadinejad manages to isolate Iran whereas Mousavi gained allies in his time.
In regards to Mousavi. He was the one who started the Iranian nuclear program and developed the iranian army, quietly and without threats.
Now, say, you genius... When Mousavi was the prime minister between 1981 to 1989, did iranians lose their identity? Was love for Israel developed? (oh, I forgot, he was actually buying tons of weapons during the Iran-Iraq war from Israel, because when sh.. hits the fan, the little Satan is not so bad, but he actually built Hezbollah, so no worries - iranians still had the ability to kidnap and kill Jews, as the beloved tradition dictates).
Were the reserves given to US during these years? Was the country sold?
So what the HELL are you banging on about, eh? Embarrassing that I, who is not Iranian at all know way better history of your wonderful and loving islamic republic. Pity that such an advanced country until 1979, started to grow such cavemen. A real regression.
No way! The demonstrators do not want to take your right to beat your woman to death if she is seen with her cousin in a store without your presence! The would not like to actually make you accept and not cut the head off transvestites. They want a different guy that is all. Mullas in mosques is a bonus that is not so much needed.
Do not worry.
For weeks the opposition media was abuzz with foretelling that it would be the beginning of the end - the end being regime change. However, the demonstrations in Iran were not as big or as counter-revolutionary or as bloody as had been expected, probably because everyone knows that when the Revolutionary Guardists issue a warning that they are prepared to deal with anyone, any of the traitors who would even think of causing trouble on the day of glory, it means that they really mean business
About a hundred policemen and women and few dozen police vans were parked outside the Kulturhuset where the demon-stration was scheduled to begin at 1700. I noticed that there were no mounted police and concluded that it was going to be calm and uneventful. On the plaza below, Persian vocal music was blaring from a speaker and a crowd of about 500, mostly comprising the elderly and young veterans had already assembled by 1730…many camera flashbulbs were flashing….
What has been described as happening later means that the demonstrators who became unruly of course wanted publicity and that's the only way that they could get it - by trying to turn a peaceful demonstration into a riot of the kind that would not have been tolerated by the authorities or the Revolutionary Guardists on the streets of Tehran. Well, they got the publicity and the headlines that they wanted and the message probably got to Tehran and Qom.
Perhaps the Iranain counter-revolutionary emotions could have been stoked whether in Tehran or Stockholm with this kind of fiery rhetoric:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Shas+rabbi%3A+Ahmadinejad+can+go+to+hell
I checked Nobel prize per country and you know what? Iran INDEED has full 2 Nobel prizes! Amazing. One in literature - note the name Doris Lessing. Born in Iran and ran away from the advanced Iran already in 1919. Educated in Rhodesia and living in UK.
The second one is actually a real Iranian. Peace prize laureat Shirin Ebadi. Got the prize for OPPOSITION to the advanced and scientific iranian government which CONFISCATED her prize by that being highly moral and progressive.
Iran invented nothing except weapons (that were already invented by others). It achieved no breakthroughs and no additions to the world knowledge. The only famous iranian scientists ran away from there and oppose Iran openly, so stop with your inventions, buddy.
Specially I like those who strongly feel that any crime by foreigner should be punished by deporting. The level of moral standard is shamelessly low in the comments in this site. Anyone knows why?
We are deeply immoral because we are not following the good morals of islam, we allow our horrish females to express opinions without husbands consent and we do not believe that the ways of the one true God will bring us salvation through jihad. We allow gays and Jews to walk our streets not hanged. We also lie to our kids about the untrue darvinism, when clearly ayatollas know much better.
We also are too stupid to understand how the blessed Muslim countries are much more advanced, moral and righteous in their science, society and culture and we harbour those betrayers of the blessed government of Iran, which clearly brought nothing but good to the Iranian people and the world as a whole.
Was it right? How did i do?
First of all, who told you I am Muslim? Did I give you any hint in my comment? Maybe the fact that I was not happy with your comments was enough to categorize me as Muslim and then go on about how morally backward Muslims are. For your information, I am atheist and I am strongly against Islam ideology! Not everyone that oppose your racistic comments is Muslim!
Secondly, thanks for proving me right by your comment which contained your opinion and some miss represented information you read in aftonbladet. Big mouth with an empty head is such a bad combination.
Thirdly, it seems your empathy to other human beings is in the similar level as ayatollahs. Why don't you apply for a job there? I am sure they can provide you with a job that allows you to satisfy your hatred.
2. Who said that my comments are racistic? I am not against any race, or people, or nation. Are you assuming that being muslim is being a member of certain people? in that case you are definetly racistic.
3. I just repeated the legitimate teachings in every mosque in every muslim country and a lot in Europe. Without exaggaration and without lies. Point at one "misrepresented information" that I have provided in here. I can send you Youtube links with mullas saying just that...
Are you saying that mullas have zero empathy and a big mouth? I would be rally careful there. Threading on a minefield, ATT...
A black is being discriminated in its own country.
Gay is given the right to marry when the very human anatomy does not permit it. Your respect for values is well known, even your sisters marry your brothers. The moral degradation is so rife everywhere that every 3rd girl complains of sexual harassment. You have been compelled to compare a war hit Iran with the 300 year old bastion of sceintific development, this is the first sign of your weakness. I wonder when will you ponder? Deaf, Dumb and Blind
This was my initial post: "Specially I like those who strongly feel that any crime by foreigner should be punished by deporting. The level of moral standard is shamelessly low in the comments in this site. Anyone knows why? ". I was clearly referring to people with racistic view (if a middle eastern born did a crime should be deported while they have no similar stand if e.g. a finish guys commits a crime).
This comment was answered by you like this: "We are deeply immoral because we are not following the good morals of Islam, ....". which starts with WE! That means you put yourself on the same boat as people with racist views. However, I read the rest of your comments later and I don't think you were one of the people I was targeting with my comment to start with. So, I think it's been a bit of misunderstanding.
Regardless, I think the way you refer to Islam is very general. It's like saying all Christians don't use condom. That is generalizing all the different branch of Christianity into single big group. There comes nothing positive from such generalization and it shows your short sightedness. Similar to Christianity, there are many different sects in Islam ranging from fanatics to modern. For instance, there is an Islamic Gay community. Instead of criticizing all the Muslims or Islam as religion, it more constructive to criticize the immoral practices in Islam that you correctly mentioned. This way, at least you help to empower the more moderate version of Islam. As an atheist, of course, I don't believe in even the moderate version of Islam or Christianity, however, it is important for the future of the Europe that we try to empower the moderate version of Islam. Don't you agree?
If the anatomy doesn't allow for being gay and if being gay is so unnatural, why there are homosexual animals? If you don't know about it, read here to start with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals
I know that your first reaction is denial. But you can't deny science since it is based on facts (not on believe like religion). I hope you don't want to be the modern version of who denied Galileo claim that earth goes around sun.
So, since being homosexual is not unnatural, then does this mean God allowed homosexually only for animal and forbid it for humans? Then why did the almightily forget to remove the desire? Was it to just punish small portion of population? Do you think any sane person would choose to be gay in a country like Iran? Or maybe we and animals are the result of evolution and what your Imam has told you is not true?
Have you ever tried to verify the claims of your Imam? If your religion is true, you should not be worried to pass it through some tests, should you? Wake up man. Don't follow anyone. If there is a God, he has gave you a brain. Read for God's sake. You can start by readying God delusion by Richard Dawkins or Breaking the spell by Daniel Dennett.
Didn't you said these?
1. "Gay is given the right to marry when the very human anatomy does not permit it."
2."The irony is that the West wants to speak for the gay rights who would wreak havoc in society by praticing such shameful and un-natural act".
The fact that there are homosexual animals means that
1. There is no problem with anatomy.
2. It is natural.
So, instead of running away from answering defend your position or educate yourself.
And by the way, who has given you the right to decide that something is moral or not? Do you know where the human morality is coming from? I guess you will say God. What about readying a bit about the morality and evolution? Read this for instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Cooperation
Or why is it that regardless of race and religion people answer similarly to moral questions that are not defined by religion. Let me give you a famous example:
Imagine there are 3 people who are dying in the hospital and they need body parts to survive. Is it moral to sacrifice a health human to save these three people? Without needing your Imam or God, you know the answer. The answer of Atheist is similar to Muslim and to Christians. So, maybe the source of morality is not what you think. As I said before, you are need to put aside your pride and start educating yourself.
My point with that example was not to show that we know the answer to all the problems but to show that there are moral questions which are not as simple as don't lie, don't steal, don't kill, and they are not addressed by religion but we all know the right answer. Therefore, you can not explain the morality by saying its comming from religion.
I think you understood what my point was. But I don't understand why are you trying to defend and undefendable postion? Just because you like something to be ture, it doesn't make it true. If you prefer to keep yourself in dark, suit yourself. All I am trying to do is to show you that there are a lot to learn. The simplified good and evil answers that religion gives are for simple minded people. Don't let yourself to be an instrument in the hand of an Imam or a prist. Grow up.
instead of defending your position with
As I said, the simplified good and evil answers that religion gives are for simple minded people which seems to be satisfactory for you. Don't bother to answer.
first to make clear,these red people are from a really strange opposition group,which i think people in iran rather have the current government than them. They have beein fighting against iran in iraq war! they always fight with any other oppositions. they were throwing stone to other iranian when they have been to the embassy to vote this summer.
i just said these to know that their aggressive behaviour is nothing to do with all iraninan and oppositions.
however,some of u say that people should go back to their countries and have demonstrations,havnt u seen what government has done to them??its not as easy as in sweden! and people who r living here are not on holidays! they are forced to be here,so ,they cant! they just want to show you that this government doesnt represent all iranians,but it seems u have closed ur eyes!