I say we get together with the Brits and install someone we like.

Stay Cool Babylon: I say we get together with the Brits and install someone we like.

Yeah, 'cause that worked so well before. Oh, I think I see what you did there.

How amusing that the Mullahs are so insecure in their control that they find something like Facebook a threat. Dangerous questions like "What kind of Persian accent do you have?" and "Which member of the 1979 Islamic Revolution are you?"

Wait till they get a load of Fark.com Can we say Jihad?

I'm totally defriending them.

quick we need a reverse burqa!

reburqa!

They blocked facebook because a guy had 5000 supporters?

I feel the urge to spread some democracy.



Wait....no I don't.

Pics of what they fear we'll see or it didn't happen.

Apparently they thought that the one guy with 1000+ friends was trying to start a revolution, and didn't realize that he was just a tool that sent out mass friend requests to fill that empty hole in his personal life.

Shadowknight: Apparently they thought that the one guy with 1000+ friends was trying to start a revolution, and didn't realize that he was just a tool that sent out mass friend requests to fill that empty hole in his personal life.

I wonder how you say "douchebag" in sand people speak.

/that's racist

coco ebert: Stay Cool Babylon: I say we get together with the Brits and install someone we like.

Yeah, 'cause that worked so well before. Oh, I think I see what you did there.

Just to be picky, burqas are what women have to wear in Aghanistan. They look like some kind of tablecloth with a screendoor for the face. In Iran, they wear chadors. Those make the wearer look like they're a ninja tangled in curtains.

FunkOut: Just to be picky, burqas are what women have to wear in Aghanistan. They look like some kind of tablecloth with a screendoor for the face. In Iran, they wear chadors. Those make the wearer look like they're a ninja tangled in curtains.

Heh, curtain ninjas.

WWODBD: FunkOut: Just to be picky, burqas are what women have to wear in Aghanistan. They look like some kind of tablecloth with a screendoor for the face. In Iran, they wear chadors. Those make the wearer look like they're a ninja tangled in curtains.

Heh, curtain ninjas.

FunkOut: In Iran, they wear chadors. Those make the wearer look like they're a ninja tangled in curtains.

Amazing what a Google search will throw up...

Makes sense from their twisted point of view. If Obama's election proved anything, it's that progressive and young people (most often one in the same) are more inclined to used technology like the Internet and facebook for grassroots political campaigning and mobilization than older and more conservative people. And they don't want the reformers to have the upper hand at taking down Ahmadinejad.

Does anyone know where you load the democracy into this thing?

It's not like the opposition has any real chance, Ahmadinejad leads by 3 times the amount of vote on that guy.

Because suppressing the charismatic older man in politics worked so well for the previous regime.

dervish16108: Because suppressing the charismatic older man in politics worked so well for the previous regime.

Xerxes99: Wait till they get a load of Fark.com Can we say Jihad?

Paging Perseopolis? I dunno, I have several friends that fled from the Revolution.

Persia may liberate itself within a generation.

It makes sense actually. The regime is fearful not of Mousavi, but western interference. Facebook is comes from the U.S., and before the trend gets out of hand, it's easy for them to just temporarily pull the plug on it.

Pretty cool though to see their campaigns starting to emulate our own. If that's a good thing, I don't know;)

From Mousavi's facebook page:

Tatsuma: It's not like the opposition has any real chance, Ahmadinejad leads by 3 times the amount of vote on that guy.

I just wish he'd show his birth certificate to the Iranian public and put this controversy to bed once and for all.

/he's probably a secret muslin too

Tatsuma: It's not like the opposition has any real chance, Ahmadinejad leads by 3 times the amount of vote on that guy.

Dude whatever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_presidential_election,_2009#Pre-election_o p inion_polls (new window)

It's really had to tell in a non-transparent society like that, but Ahmadinejad isn't very popular. In fact, Khamanei hasn't endorsed him, which is a first. Pretty sure he'll be gone in a few weeks. Trouble then becomes you won't have your perfect Hitler boogieman to justify Israel's carpet bombing campaign that Netanyahu may or may not attempt.

OMG!!!!! FOXNEWS!!!!!


ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ! !

That's what they think.

wolvernova: It makes sense actually. The regime is fearful not of Mousavi, but western interference. Facebook is comes from the U.S., and before the trend gets out of hand, it's easy for them to just temporarily pull the plug on it.

Pretty cool though to see their campaigns starting to emulate our own. If that's a good thing, I don't know;)

I would rock her casbah.
From Mousavi's facebook page:

What the? Fark must be messed up, I swore I wrote "I'd rock her casbah".

Biological Ali: I just wish he'd show his birth certificate to the Iranian public and put this controversy to bed once and for all.

/he's probably a secret muslin too

Now now, it's not time to spread false rumours, let's concentrate on the facts at hand!

wolvernova: Dude whatever.

Yeah except all the polls not from reformists are giving Ahmadinejad 60%+ while the second in the run-up has around 22% of the votes.

wolvernova: Trouble then becomes you won't have your perfect Hitler boogieman to justify Israel's carpet bombing campaign that Netanyahu may or may not attempt.

This is not about Ahmadinejad, this is about Iran. Whether he is there or not is irrelevant, Israel will not let Iran get nukes.

Tatsuma: Yeah except all the polls not from reformists are giving Ahmadinejad 60%+ while the second in the run-up has around 22% of the votes.

Actually, Rezai (former IRGC head honcho) is running as a conservative, but will drop out to support Mousavi, taking the IRGC votes with him. Watch. A-jad is done.

Tatsuma: This is not about Ahmadinejad, this is about Iran. Whether he is there or not is irrelevant, Israel will not let Iran get nukes.

Funny, the number one reaction/reason from Israeli hawks on why Iran is so evil and dangerous is because Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel from the map. So I cannot wait for the wagarble when he's not there.

Bee Roo Ga Ho Shee: img200.imageshack.us

That is one ugly beard.

wolvernova: Actually, Rezai (former IRGC head honcho) is running as a conservative, but will drop out to support Mousavi, taking the IRGC votes with him. Watch. A-jad is done.

I'll believe it when I see it.

wolvernova: Funny, the number one reaction/reason from Israeli hawks on why Iran is so evil and dangerous is because Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel from the map. So I cannot wait for the wagarble when he's not there.

He wouldn't be allowed to say what he says if the mullahs didn't back him.

FunkOut: Just to be picky, burqas are what women have to wear in Aghanistan. They look like some kind of tablecloth with a screendoor for the face. In Iran, they wear chadors. Those make the wearer look like they're a ninja tangled in curtains.

Some, not all, women in Iran wear chadors. Many wear Western clothes and a head scarf that covers less and less of their hair each year. They also dye their hair, wear makeup, get their nails done, etc.

The prevailing attitude among the citizenry is "fark the rules." Many of my relatives drink alcohol. Tons of houses in Tehran have satellite TV, even though that is illegal too.

We were talking about this at work last week, not the Iranian situation but Facebook for Muslims.
My workmate is from Yemen, his wife wears the Ninja thing, she has Facebook...
I asked him how here friends recognize her and vice versa as they all have pics where they are covered up and they are all called the same names like Fatima, Mohammed and Jihad.
I said Muslims should have a separate Facebook called Eyebook, just for the ninja women.
He called me a stinking Jew again, he always does that...

Miusheri_Too: FunkOut: Just to be picky, burqas are what women have to wear in Aghanistan. They look like some kind of tablecloth with a screendoor for the face. In Iran, they wear chadors. Those make the wearer look like they're a ninja tangled in curtains.

Some, not all, women in Iran wear chadors. Many wear Western clothes and a head scarf that covers less and less of their hair each year. They also dye their hair, wear makeup, get their nails done, etc.

The prevailing attitude among the citizenry is "fark the rules." Many of my relatives drink alcohol. Tons of houses in Tehran have satellite TV, even though that is illegal too.

But I thought they were all suicide cult demons that hate freedom and want to kill jews.

/would like to visit tehran
//impossible w/ a security clearance

John_Rat_Safari: He called me a stinking Jew again, he always does that...

When my friends say that to me, I get even with them by knocking their houses over. It has mixed results.

Silliness aside, A-jad already has this thing won. This election is still progress for Iran dispite that.

it seems there are more Iranians Persians on fark these days...
or it could be that the level of ignorance has gone down thanks to Perseopolis' hard work..

Tats I didn't see Israel on the topic and this is not even in the politics section, how did you find this thread ....

on a side note, This means I can't talk to my sis on face book anymore...

Stupid Muslims.. ruined my country some 1400 years ago ..

trouzourt: it seems there are more Iranians Persians on fark these days...
or it could be that the level of ignorance has gone down thanks to Perseopolis' hard work..

Tats I didn't see Israel on the topic and this is not even in the politics section, how did you find this thread ....

on a side note, This means I can't talk to my sis on face book anymore...

Stupid Muslims.. ruined my country some 1400 years ago ..

Don't blame Islam for taking advantage of a weakened and exhausted Sassanid Empire. It was not the fault of the Arabs that Khosrau II felt it necessary to demand a usurper be placed on the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. Heraclius' destruction of the Sassanid military apparatus and recovery of the True Cross was not during a war of aggression, you'll recall, but one of defense. Of course even the triumphant Romans did not force the Persians to engage in blood letting against themselves that followed, which also played no small part in their susceptibility to the Moslem expansion...

Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor: trouzourt:
Stupid Muslims.. ruined my country some 1400 years ago ..

Don't blame Islam for taking advantage of a weakened and exhausted Sassanid Empire. It was not the fault of the Arabs that Khosrau II felt it necessary to demand a usurper be placed on the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. Heraclius' destruction of the Sassanid military apparatus and recovery of the True Cross was not during a war of aggression, you'll recall, but one of defense. Of course even the triumphant Romans did not force the Persians to engage in blood letting against themselves that followed, which also played no small part in their susceptibility to the Moslem expansion...

Still believe that if the arabs killed Mohammad before he moved to Madina this crap would not have happened.

Its a fair to conclude that Arabs were not always violent regarding their belief system. After all, even the Koran suggest that Mohammad Initially was just made fun of by others, it was after his move to Madina that the tone of Koran and his followers changed from respect your neighbors to kill the infidels. Hence it was indeed Islam/ Mohammad that caused the shift in their attitude towards violence.

So my point stands: Stupid Muslims, ruined my country.

trouzourt: it seems there are more Iranians Persians on fark these days...
or it could be that the level of ignorance has gone down thanks to Perseopolis' hard work..

If you want to make sure you do not destroy all of his good work, maybe you should tone down the anti-Israel screed because that's feeding the stereotypes.

Stay Cool Babylon: I say we get together with the Brits and install someone we like.

I shah what you did there. durr hurr

Tatsuma: trouzourt: it seems there are more Iranians Persians on fark these days...
or it could be that the level of ignorance has gone down thanks to Perseopolis' hard work..

If you want to make sure you do not destroy all of his good work, maybe you should tone down the anti-Israel screed because that's feeding the stereotypes.

im equally as vocal about other stupid governments....
why pick just Israel ? I support Ron paul and complain about Bush and Obama... does that also ruin his good work ?

I support Green party up here in Canada, and complain about the NDP, the libs, and the Harper government (in fact im super happy that we have had a minority government for the past 2 elections)

how about me complaining about Mohammad.. that also ruins his good work ?

get a grip on yourself tats .... Israel does not equal JEW ... and JEW does not equal Israel..


ZipSplat
hehe nice photoshop.. but it could use a bit of work :p

trouzourt: I support Ron paul

Ah! Figures.

Let's go for the gold... what do you think happened on 9/11?

FunkOut: Just to be picky, burqas are what women have to wear in Aghanistan. They look like some kind of tablecloth with a screendoor for the face. In Iran, they wear chadors. Those make the wearer look like they're a ninja tangled in curtains.

Came here to say this. Thank you!

Eyebook?



/Got nuthin.

Facebook has been used by younger Iranians to setup demonstrations. Wired magazine had a great article on this that I can't seem to find at the moment. Doesnt surprise me they decided to block the website entirely. When your country is your ISP, makes it a bit easier.

Tatsuma: trouzourt: I support Ron paul

Ah! Figures.

Let's go for the gold... what do you think happened on 9/11?

well General Augusto Pinochet came to power in Chile, backed by CIA and US government. Killing, maiming and torturing interrogating via enhanced versions million of innocent people including union workers...

or did you mean 2001/09/11 which in that case bunch of idiots took over planes and hit a two buildings..

after that i'd say over reaction ..

in your world what happened on 9/11 ?

trouzourt: get a grip on yourself tats .... Israel does not equal JEW ... and JEW does not equal Israel..

Good luck trying to hammer that message. See, people can be anti-Iran without hating Muslims, but somehow being anti-Israel makes someone anti-Jew. Very convenient.

And notice that by mentioning Ron Paul, you're being associated with a fringe minority of 9/11 truthers that like Ron Paul too.

No, tats, what Ron Paul said about 9/11 is the farking truth and no other candidate had the balls to say it. They didn't attack us because we're free, but because of our foreign policy. Part of which is our one-sided approach to Israel/Palestine. That's right, my people pay in dollars and blood so that your people can take other people's land.