Iranian elections (5 Viewers)

Lo-Pan

Lo-Pan

Disciple of Gonzo
#162
Feb 11, 2009
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#162
You have missed my point...Eddy. Entirely...In situations like these, when we are considering a Leader who incurs the angst of both Tel Aviv and Washington, on a regular basis, any large scale protest against him, is more than likely to have some support, guidance, and funding, from the foreign powers who seek to remove him. When a government cannot displace a foreign leader by military might, for any number of reasons, they use other tactics. Ask the CIA...There are many ways to cut off the head of an enemy organization.
 
SoulSiick

SoulSiick

Schizoid Man
#163
Oct 16, 2007
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#163
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5 people killed till now, around 300 arrested.
(Though these protests are not about election anymore as the thread title says, its all against the regime)
 
Alen

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
#166
Apr 2, 2007
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#166
IrishZebra said:
And some people here want one big Arab, Muslim state :disagree:
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Yeah, but the Iranians aren't Arab and you can't even call it Islam what they're doing over there. :)

The government is oppressing people in different ways and the people are protesting against it.
It happened in many societies, no matter if they were islamic, non-islamic or non-religious at all.
 
IrishZebra

IrishZebra

Western Imperialist
#167
Jun 18, 2006
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#167
Alen said:
Yeah, but the Iranians aren't Arab and you can't even call it Islam what they're doing over there. :)

The government is oppressing people in different ways and the people are protesting against it.
It happened in many societies, no matter if they were islamic, non-islamic or non-religious at all.
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Persians scmersians. :stuckup:

Discounting Stalin due to his cult of personality + Khmer Rouge etc., I don't think such a thing has happened in a seculary-governed society.

The fact that they listen to a Cleric re: law making would testify to this. From Kindom to Oligarchy by the grace of Mohammed...
 
Fred

Fred

Senior Member
#173
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
#173
IrishZebra said:
And some people here want one big Arab, Muslim state :disagree:
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I do not see the relevance.

I said i want an Arab state that looked just like the one in the Rashidun Caliphate era, completely different to the autocracy you see right now in Iran.

IrishZebra said:
Persians scmersians. :stuckup:

Discounting Stalin due to his cult of personality + Khmer Rouge etc., I don't think such a thing has happened in a seculary-governed society.

The fact that they listen to a Cleric re: law making would testify to this. From Kindom to Oligarchy by the grace of Mohammed...
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+ Pol Pot + Saddam Hussein
 
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Enron

Tickle Me
Moderator
#176
Oct 11, 2005
75,665
#176
Fred said:
I do not see the relevance.

I said i want an Arab state that looked just like the one in the Rashidun Caliphate era, completely different to the autocracy you see right now in Iran.




+ Pol Pot + Saddam Hussein
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Pol Pot = Khmer Rouge
 
Osman

Osman

Koul Khara!
#177
Aug 30, 2002
61,504
#177
IrishZebra said:
Persians scmersians. :stuckup:

Discounting Stalin due to his cult of personality + Khmer Rouge etc., I don't think such a thing has happened in a seculary-governed society.

The fact that they listen to a Cleric re: law making would testify to this. From Kindom to Oligarchy by the grace of Mohammed...
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What such thing? And you remember why there was a "revolution" that lead to this current regime? Who they overthrew?

What was Saddam Hussein? What was the 100s of modern dictators who zip to do with religion?
 
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#178
Oct 11, 2005
75,665
#178
Osman said:
What such thing? And you remember why there was a "revolution" that lead to this current regime? Who they overthrew?

What was Saddam Hussein? What was the 100s of modern dictators who zip to do with religion?
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It's not so much secularism that matters as it is the totality with which the government rules.
 
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