Gays in Iran

[Bubba Wheels]

Interesting take on the subject by the big cheese himself.http://www.breitbart.tv/html/5960.html

[DaddyTorgo]

ohhh bubba

[DaddyTorgo]

dola before the lock

[CraigSca]

This is exactly why Maximum Football isn't popular in Iran.

[sabotai]

Hurray!

[larrymcg421]

That is a clear case of "doth protest too much."

I mean, look at the dude.

[Toddzilla]

In before the bannination

[Chubby]

Bubba + topic about gays + obscure link = comedy gold

[Bubba Wheels]

C'mon! Its just funny! No point being made! Jeesh...

[Lathum]

in before lock

[Jas_lov]

Can you really laugh at him or boo him until you research the Iranian's culture and religion? I don't claim to know much about it, but how do we know that the whole culture of Iran doesn't look upon gays differently than we do? This just in: Iran's culture is different from the United States.

[Flasch186]

In

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Can you really laugh at him or boo him until you research the Iranian's culture and religion? I don't claim to know much about it, but how do we know that the whole culture of Iran doesn't look upon gays differently than we do? This just in: Iran's culture is different from the United States.

I agree to an extent, but there's a line to where something no longer becomes acceptable even if it's part of someone's culture. And that line changes depending on how important an issue is to someone.

[bulletsponge]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Can you really laugh at him or boo him until you research the Iranian's culture and religion? I don't claim to know much about it, but how do we know that the whole culture of Iran doesn't look upon gays differently than we do? This just in: Iran's culture is different from the United States.

so people arnt born gay is what your saying

[ThunderingHERD]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Can you really laugh at him or boo him until you research the Iranian's culture and religion?

Um... yes? Clearly there are homosexuals in Iran. It's funny to the extent that they are in denial of that fact, and offensive to the extent that they are intolerant of it.

[Telle]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Can you really laugh at him or boo him until you research the Iranian's culture and religion? I don't claim to know much about it, but how do we know that the whole culture of Iran doesn't look upon gays differently than we do? This just in: Iran's culture is different from the United States.

I'm pretty sure the "culture of Iran" tends to look favorably upon killing anyone who admits to being gay. Maybe it's just me, but I think that might dissuade people from allowing their homosexual orientation to be public knowledge. Thus an ignorant person might assume that there simply are no homosexuals.

[Jas_lov]

Look, I don't agree with him on this. I think it's dispicable if Iran kills people just because they're gay. But I don't know anything about their culture and how they view this issue. Maybe they agree with Ahmadinejad about this, and maybe they don't. Maybe people aren't as open about being gay as they are here. If the people of Iran don't like what he says then they can elect someone else in two years. All we can do is set a good example here and have them want to emulate us. No matter how dispicable we feel they treat gays doesn't give us the right to invade their country and force our goodness on them.

[Telle]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Look, I don't agree with him on this. I think it's dispicable if Iran kills people just because they're gay. But I don't know anything about their culture and how they view this issue. Maybe they agree with Ahmadinejad about this, and maybe they don't. Maybe people aren't as open about being gay as they are here. If the people of Iran don't like what he says then they can elect someone else in two years. All we can do is set a good example here and have them want to emulate us. No matter how dispicable we feel they treat gays doesn't give us the right to invade their country and force our their goodness on them.

I must have missed the part where somebody we should invade Iran in order to bring equal rights to Iranian gays.

[Klinglerware]

Originally Posted by Telle

I must have missed the part where somebody we should invade Iran in order to bring equal rights to Iranian gays.

That sort of happened after the invasion of Afghanistan. Maybe the president would have more big-tent support for his policies if he did spin it in such a manner...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,44067,00.html


Edit to add: am wondering if BW's approval of Iran is up or down because of Ahmadinejad's statement about gays

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'm just amazed that any part of BW's mind thought this was a good idea for a thread ... nor even a worthwhile idea for a thread.

[SirFozzie]

Jon and I are in agreement. And we know how rarely that happens on non-sports threads

[Bubba Wheels]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I'm just amazed that any part of BW's mind thought this was a good idea for a thread ... nor even a worthwhile idea for a thread.

Well, he is in he U.S. visiting Columbia U. today, and making these statements in an open Q and A forum. That is the kind of thing that used to be covered in threads around here and made this place interesting.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Look, I don't agree with him on this. I think it's dispicable if Iran kills people just because they're gay. But I don't know anything about their culture and how they view this issue. Maybe they agree with Ahmadinejad about this, and maybe they don't. Maybe people aren't as open about being gay as they are here. If the people of Iran don't like what he says then they can elect someone else in two years. All we can do is set a good example here and have them want to emulate us. No matter how dispicable we feel they treat gays doesn't give us the right to invade their country and force our goodness on them.

heh heh heh, thats funny. They can elect someone else in two years? What ? a mullah? No matter who gets voted in, they all have to follow the dictates of the Clerics.
If someone openly publicized that they were of a different sexual orientation they would be dodging rocks and bullets in the short time they had to live..

[JonInMiddleGA]

BW - when even the president of Columbia University is busy condemning the guy, anything we could say or do here is pretty much beating a dead horse.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Bubba Wheels

Well, he is in he U.S. visiting Columbia U. today

I'm wondering if Columbia brought him here with the semi-intention of having people ask him these kinds of questions so that he could get laughed at. Maybe that's giving Columbia too much credit...

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Bubba Wheels

Well, he is in he U.S. visiting Columbia U. today, and making these statements in an open Q and A forum. That is the kind of thing that used to be covered in threads around here and made this place interesting.

ummm, no.

That is the kind of things that used to make people argue like asshats until the thread gets locked and someone in boxed or banned.

[ISiddiqui]

On the other hand, some of what he said was interesting. He REALLY tempered down the Holocaust denial stuff. Leading me to believe that a lot of the BS is for public consumption for the hardliners at home.

[KWhit]

Originally Posted by Telle

I must have missed the part where somebody we should invade Iran in order to bring equal rights to Iranian gays.

Isn't that why we invaded Iraq? Maybe I'm getting confused, since the reason changes every few months.



OH YES I WENT THERE!

[miked]

Read the Kite Runner.

[Young Drachma]

Wow....

[John Galt]

It was the most unusual response I have ever heard to allegations of gay-bashing.

I imagined him waving at the camera saying "these aren't the gays you are looking for."

[ThunderingHERD]

Originally Posted by John Galt

I imagined him waving at the camera saying "these aren't the gays you are looking for."

lol

[Greyroofoo]

Just wait 'til we drop the Gay Bomb on their asses

[korme]

"If they wanna fight, let 'em fight. Cause I ain't fightin'! I don't give a fuck if there's a Russian tank rollin' down Flatbush Avenue. I ain't shootin' nobody. So call me a faggot! When the war's over, I'll be the faggot with two legs, thank you!"

[Mantle2600]

Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

Just wait 'til we drop the Gay Bomb on their asses

Piloted by Clay Aiken & Ryan Seacrest

[Raiders Army]

They have a President?

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

"If they wanna fight, let 'em fight. Cause I ain't fightin'! I don't give a fuck if there's a Russian tank rollin' down Flatbush Avenue. I ain't shootin' nobody. So call me a faggot! When the war's over, I'll be the faggot with two legs, thank you!"

eh? who's that?

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by John Galt

I imagined him waving at the camera saying "these aren't the gays you are looking for."

Bubba sighting. Check.
Crazy Nutjob dictator sighting. Check.
Hot button issue sighting. Double Check (gays AND Iran).
Star Wars Reference sighting. Check.

This thread is now complete.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

eh? who's that?

cHRIS ROCK

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

This thread is now complete.

You forgot a Pumpy picture. Is any thread really complete without one?

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

You forgot a Pumpy picture. Is any thread really complete without one?

I vote nay!

[st.cronin]

I have to admit, that I saw the thread title, and the author, and laughed out loud. Can we get a parody, asap.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

BW - when even the president of Columbia University is busy condemning the guy, anything we could say or do here is pretty much beating a dead horse.

Why do discussions on gayity lead to assumtions of beastiality?

(edit: Combining with necrophilia is over the top, btw...)

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

No matter who gets voted in, they all have to follow the dictates of the Clerics.

Who follows a cleric? I mean sure, they have healing spells and can turn the undead but, I don't trust anyone that can't use edged weapons and only has d6 HP per level...

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

You forgot a Pumpy picture. Is any thread really complete without one?

I keep an 8X10 of Pumpy on my desk next to my computer. So I just look at it and the thread at the same time.

[gi]

There is a lot more coverage about homosexuals from the Middle East in Detroit, with the large number of Middle Eastern Immigrants here. Your life is at risk if you are a homosexual in this culture. Homosexual Middle Eastern men in the Detroit area have to go way underground else risk life and family. Interesting topic for discussion, though I'm unsure of if it should be here.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Originally Posted by gi

There is a lot more coverage about homosexuals from the Middle East in Detroit, with the large number of Middle Eastern Immigrants here. Your life is at risk if you are a homosexual in this culture. Homosexual Middle Eastern men in the Detroit area have to go way underground else risk life and family. Interesting topic for discussion, though I'm unsure of if it should be here.

Why not? Look at some of the crap thats been covered here in the last 7 or so years. I think any topic is fair game, well, except for necrophiliac bestiality..

[gi]

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

Why not? Look at some of the crap thats been covered here in the last 7 or so years. I think any topic is fair game, well, except for necrophiliac bestiality..

It is fair game, I feel that the topic wouldn't be served with any meaningful discourse here. Hopefully I will be proved incorrect.

[Neon_Chaos]

We do not have this phenomenon, and I do not know who told you this!

[Telle]

Originally Posted by gi

There is a lot more coverage about homosexuals from the Middle East in Detroit, with the large number of Middle Eastern Immigrants here. Your life is at risk if you are a homosexual in this culture. Homosexual Middle Eastern men in the Detroit area have to go way underground else risk life and family. Interesting topic for discussion, though I'm unsure of if it should be here.

Wouldn't it be simpler for them to just leave the community? Being in Detroit isn't like being in Iran.. you can simply move to Chicago or any other random city instead. And I understand if they don't want to leave the religion and culture altogether.. but there must be some more liberal branch of Islam somewhere in this country.

Now yeah it would suck to be leaving their family.. but when the only other alternatives are to either completely repress who you are or risk being murdered, it doesn't seem that bad in comparison.