tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post114008294850364432..comments2023-10-19T13:49:15.915+03:30Comments on View from Iran: Losing my sense of humor…Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1140996103983013642006-02-27T02:51:00.000+03:302006-02-27T02:51:00.000+03:30Myself I sensed this special cartoon as an duspute...Myself I sensed this special cartoon as an duspute in germany on interior security issues. I first thought this cartoon was cute and even blames german politicians even more than the poor football guys. - But afterwards I was shocked by the international reaction. (Sorry, I couldn't see any connection to the outrage in Iran.)<BR/><BR/>After reading Your article I understand the outrage much better. But be sure, me and the german people didn't intend to afront you. <BR/><BR/>When we play soccer, we play soccer - not politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1140492941545808822006-02-21T07:05:00.000+03:302006-02-21T07:05:00.000+03:30The cartoon depicting Iranian athletes as terroris...The cartoon depicting Iranian athletes as terrorists is nothing but a cheap and cowardly means of cashing in on some easy publicity. Now an insignificant German cartoonist can have his name spread around the world. And the Iranian people are put in a double bind - either they accept the ugly stereotyping of the cartoon (and keep their mouths shut) or they are cast as intolerant fanatics. It's sickening to see the perpetrators of such ugly and violent two-facedness look up so innocently and say, "Who me?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1140279531348699352006-02-18T19:48:00.000+03:302006-02-18T19:48:00.000+03:30Stan, Iran does not have free speech, it has peopl...Stan, Iran does not have free speech, it has people who speak freely. There is a big difference. Free speech is a practice that requires tolerance of dissenting opinion. Free speech entails action. Speaking freely means that you can say whatever you want as long as it does not matter to anyone: that is what Iran has.<BR/><BR/>Democracy without free speech is mob rule.Kamran and Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472269903227971301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1140104493109244632006-02-16T19:11:00.000+03:302006-02-16T19:11:00.000+03:30You really think free speech is more important tha...You really think free speech is more important than democracy? Maybe, but free speech without democracy gives you just the situation you have in Iran, a mostly sensible population hijacked by a bunch of fanatics with guns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com