Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
Truer words were never spoken, Del-Norm. That poor society has regressed easily by three centuries in its theocratic state since 1979. And all it knows of the world and of other cultures are the carefully religiously controlled messages of its own Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, and the propoganda of its assembly and president Ahmadinejad.

Our president and his war are responsible for a whole lot more of the trouble in that part of the world than many want to admit, but Iran's fundamentalist Shi'a craziness is largely responsible for the response we're now seeing, from Iran's nuclear ambitions to the insurgency in Iraq.

If someone made a movie with clothespins representing a traditionally Middle Eastern civilization and matchsticks representing a traditionall Western one, the Iranians and others like them would see it as anti-Islamic. In their way of thinking, there's only one true path--fundamentalist Islam--and they believe the whole Western world is against them. We've helped give them that impression, of course. And the scariest thing of all is that our own president obviously has the same one-true-path way of thinking, too, at least about the war itself and inflicting democracy on theocracy, which isn't ever going to happen. Neither side right now has any sense, to be honest. And crazy as their reaction to a silly movie is, our aggression over there is just as nuts.
Glad to see you have some common sense Birdgirl . Not that I ever doubted you anyway I'm amazed by all the people who are so supportive of Iran. A country who's leader is proud to be anti-semitic, filled with fundamentalist Muslims, and trying to get nukes. Not to mention the fact that now, especially after Lil' Georgie's war, they are clearly the dominant force in the Middle East. Well....after us of course.

I'm not out banging the war gong like Bong or P4B but I know bad news when I see it. I mean, if it walks like a duck, flies like a duck, and quacks like a duck; chances are it is a duck. George Bush wanted to finish what Daddy started but Ahmadinejad wants to finish what Hitler started. That type of guy doesn't deserve any kind of empathy or compassion.

As for Jews and Christians protesting movies, well...they can go fuck themselves too. But it's a little different when some wacko fringe religions protest a movie then when a nation does.