Time to post the rules again.

Somebody page Tatsuma.

They bought everyone dial-up? AOL?

"And here's iran in a light green ensemble, showing us a glimpse of the methods of tyranny debuting in 2010"

//what, you mean a pageant was a metaphor?

Hagbardr: Time to post the rules again.

Somebody page Tatsuma.

I love how people are STILL trying to troll this way. I know trolls are probably pretty pathetic to start with, but I'd bet other trolls look on you with disdain.

It's hard to tell where this thread may be going....still early, I guess.

Maybe the Internet King can provide faster dissent.

Hector Remarkable: Maybe the Internet King can provide faster dissent.

Can I have money now?

MIguy: Remember when Farkers pretended to care about what happened in Iran? Yeah, those were a fun few days.

I remember: A bunch of idiot Farkers hanging on every word of Fark's #1 Iran hater and Xrael firster.

That was a laugh.

/No one ever wen broke by underestimation the intelligence...

So we get to hear about it from the columbus disgrace?

I suppose I should fire up freenet and a tor relay for tomorrow, give them a hand.

kidsizedcoffin: So we get to hear about it from the columbus disgrace?

I suppose I should fire up freenet and a tor relay for tomorrow, give them a hand.

Be careful. If you do, the next generation of Iranians will probably hate you for meddling when whoever follows the mullahs turns out to be as incompetent and corrupt as all the other leaders of Iran. Their problems will never be their fault. No matter how slight the input (like a guy named Kermit paying a few yahoos to drive a car with a loudspeaker on it) if the outcome isn't perfect you might be held accountable by the externalizing babies of the middle east.

Sir Roderick Glossop: No matter how slight the input

Yeah, like our previous slight inputs, like taking out secular, democratically elected leaders and replacing them with dictators. Or supporting their enemies during an almost decade long war where over hundreds of thousands of people died.

Slight input like that.

Tehran Bob says:

Buffering.... all is... buffering... well. There is noth... buffering.. ing to see here... buffering... Disperse now.

Persepolis: Yeah, like our previous slight inputs, like taking out secular, democratically elected leaders and replacing them with dictators. Or supporting their enemies during an almost decade long war where over hundreds of thousands of people died.

Slight input like that.

Have you been lunching with your Uncle Napoleon again?

/snark

I may never understand the Middle Eastern mindset.

How about enjoying a good meal with some friends and then maybe getting some rest?

Constant war must be exhausting.

MIguy: Remember when Farkers pretended to care about what happened in Iran? Yeah, those were a fun few days.

It wasn't just Fark, if I recall. I seem to remember John McCain proposing to fly drones carrying broadband transmitters around Iranian airspace and other silliness coming from the highest levels of government.

studebaker hoch: How about enjoying a good meal with some friends and then maybe getting some rest?

I'd say the one of the main focuses of maybe 80% of people from Tehran is just this.

Mehmooni is very important. Would you like some tea?

Protesting alone wont give you freedom. You must take it.

So where are the facts about them slowing internet access in the article?

I mean really. Anything at all.

That Guy...From That Show!: So where are the facts about them slowing internet access in the article?

I mean really. Anything at all.

Well, not offical facts, but if you go to any Iranian hosted site (ending with .ir) you'll find they're way slow. Slower than normal.

Where do people in the middle east get all this free time to protest all the time?

Their leaders give the people a great deal of opportunity with net access and the Iranian counterpart to the hipsters ruin it for everybody.

British: Where do people in the middle east get all this free time to protest all the time?

When unemployment is stated to be in excess of 12% (and in reality, probably much higher than that), are you really surprised? (new window)

Persepolis: Yeah, like our previous slight inputs, like taking out secular, democratically elected leaders and replacing them with dictators.

My point is that Roosevelt's contention was that covert action is only successful if it is cutting with the grain of the wishes of large sections of the populace and the military. Ajax was a tiny, shoestring operation. Even the CIA says that it only can be said to have "worked" because it nudged a latent movement.

Or supporting their enemies during an almost decade long war where over hundreds of thousands of people died.

You mean after their government sanctioned the overtaking of our lawful embassy, where our civil servants were taken hostage or murdered? A government that declared the United States The Great Satan and called for our destruction?

If you are not willing to spill blood for freedom then you do not deserve it. As far as I am concerned the Iranian people are cowards and they do not deserve shiat.

Sir Roderick Glossop: Ajax was a tiny, shoestring operation.

Sir Roderick Glossop: You mean after their government sanctioned the overtaking of our lawful embassy

Ok, to review: Taking out a leader of the country and installing a new government that last several decades = shoestring operation

A group of students taking over the embassy and holding people hostage for a bit over a year = OMG!

Merky: If you are not willing to spill blood for freedom then you do not deserve it.

Very easy for you to say.

Seriously, some of you assholes make me sick.

Weaver95: Most of the people in this country don't know what it's like to live in the sorts of conditions prevalent in the middle east.

I'm not talking about that, but the people who parrot, "Freedom isn't free! These colors don't run! Blood of patriots!!" when the biggest challenge they face in their lives is the line at the DMV is too long, or their tax returns take too long to process.

Persepolis
Sir Roderick Glossop: You mean after their government sanctioned the overtaking of our lawful embassy

A group of students taking over the embassy and holding people hostage for a bit over a year = OMG!

Pretty much violated all laws of diplomacy, so, yes.

Who...gives...a...flying...f*ck...about...Iran...

one of Ripley's Bad Guys: Pretty much violated all laws of diplomacy, so, yes.

Hmm. They really need to add the "Please don't force a coup d'etats on millions of people" into those laws of diplomacy one day.

CrispFlows: Tyranicle: Who...gives...a...flying...f*ck...about...Iran...

Circle of life, Flying Farktard.

Could you please explain, c*cksucker?

kidsizedcoffin: So we get to hear about it from the columbus disgrace?

I suppose I should fire up freenet and a tor relay for tomorrow, give them a hand.

Yes! Show them what it is like in the western world where we have the right to freely share information!

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Persepolis: Well, not offical facts, but if you go to any Iranian hosted site (ending with .ir) you'll find they're way slow. Slower than normal.

The IR sites seem fine. In fact, the ones that have been mentioned as targeted in some articles "opposition strongholds" are university ones there.

Here is a Wikipedia list of Iran Universities (new window) and when clicking through the links they don't seem to be any slower than average web sites.

It is a huge concern to me when I see reports about things that no one else seems to be able to verify in any way. Also, it's seems incredibly unlikely that not even a single student involved with networking infrastructure wouldn't sneak out a report of how the internet is being interfered with.

All I see is a "they're being internet repressed this weekend" yet there isn't any evidence of the kind.

That Guy...From That Show!: All I see is a "they're being internet repressed this weekend" yet there isn't any evidence of the kind.

You're right.