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Top * Rock bottom Reply to "Khaanom-e Ebadi bass ast!", Of those who criticize Mrs. Ebadi, I'd like to ask what THEY have achieved by their methods in the past 25 years that now want to impose the very same methods on her. It seems to me that all Iranians have miracalously gained a deep understanding of politics, regional as well as global. Alas, in some, this understanding has gone so deep that it has hit rock bottom. Mazdak
Maleki * Incomplete Dear Ms. Samii, [Prove you deserved it] I agree with most of the points made in your letter. However, your list would have been more complete if you had included religous freedom and a stop to persecution and continued harrassment of religous minorities such as the Bahais, Jews etc. * Be kind! These are my bosses [at NASA], and we worked hard for the Saturn Orbit Insertion, be kind! Thanks for the publicity! * Marxist religion "... Personally, as an atheist myself, I don't think you have good or bad religions; all religion is bad for you." [Two thumbs down] Following this answer, Maryam Namazie should have asked Bahram Bahram Soroush this question: "Would you consider a belief in Marxism or Communism a religion?" * So self-hating Dear Ms. Namazie, [Two thumbs down] As an Iranian who has lived most of my life in the united states, i usually don't take the time to write an email regarding trash that i read on the Internet, but I'm starting to be so sick and tired of Iranians that are so stupid and so self-hating that they want to pretend that they are westerners and Christians. i have heard much more positive things regarding Islam and Iran from foreigners then i have heard from our own people. and that is why I'm making this plea. i like to ask them to stop making comments about things they know nothing about and behaving as if they are an expert on the subject. i read the article/question and
answer session on Iranian.com
called "Two thumbes down". i don't know where to start on this
stupid article. the fact that some idiot that hates his own culture and
religion now has vendetta against anything Iranian or anything Islamic. however, i do have a suggestion for this idiot that is still using an Iranian name: Bahram and it's this: if he hates our culture and our religion then i suggest to him to go and change his faith and tell people he has no country and leave us alone. A concerned, happy Muslim Iranian * Power of unity Dear Mr. Habibi, [Departure] Thanks for you wonderful technical paper. For sure the factors you mentioned for taking precautions in case of social disaster in the U.S. are practical, logical and proven to work in many other occasions. However, I am aware of another factor that is also resulted in many other Iranian social phenomenon, which is the power of unity. Instead of we departure to another country we can stick to each other. We can move to the big cities with big Iranian communities. We can choose from current powerful political voices to represent our interests to the U.S. government to prevent such as social disaster. It is good we start to think about shopping for good luggage but it would be better if we could try to resolve the problem as other ethnic groups in the U.S. do. [Also see: Half full] * West's own mess Your article [Fermez la bouche] tries hard to wash the hand of the neo-con murderers who have killed tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi's and the count still continues. For your information French were the very reason the American revolution succeeded. To scrach the surface a little more of the idocrocy in the article, American revolution took a hundred years to engage in a civil war to free the slaves. That war killed tens of thousands of people and was more than 1200 years after Islamic forces defeated a millinum of Roman conquest of eastern lands and freed all slaves >>> Full text * Yes, Iraq is better off Regarding poll on Iraq, Saddam Hussein is an evil man. The world has seen him in court still declaring he is President of Iraq. Saddam is like Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Both these men were looking for historical references so that they could make themselves champeons of their people. The Shah thought he was as great as Cyrus, the ancient King of Persia. Saddam thought he was as great as the ancient King of Babylon. Thank God the world is rid of these psychopaths. And Yes, Iraq is better off. Rahbary * NEVER the same Dear Hamid and Afsaneh, [Empty house] So true... Orange County will NEVER be the same for us. We thank you for all those days and nights that you showed us your love, hospitatlity and friendship. We thank you for making Hotel Bakhsheshi available to Kourosh for all those weeks he had business down there. We thank you for being you. We will see you in Las Vegas soon... Love, * Too proud to admit Most Iranians are too proud to admit the points you are making in your article "God bless the best" by Nima Bina. I enjoyed reading your article and agree with most of your positions. God Bless America, * Medical talk shows Dear Pesare gol, [Plastic advice] Thank you for your points on medical talk shows on Iranian satellite TV and educating us. You may have heard that in the late 60's these two young American men marketed vitamin B3. When asked about its nature in an interview, they would respond it is vitamin B1 + vitamin B2. These were the same two who successfully marketed the "pet rock" as well. A piece of stone in a small box with a window you could see the stone through it and enjoy having it as your pet. When asked what is vitamin B3 good for, they would humorously respond: For us, we have made some $700k on it so far. * Few undesirables I read this article because some of his concerns are mine as well. However, one can not judge all the people sharing knowledge in the same light. I do not have Iranian TV because a few times I have watched at my friend's house, I have been horrified at the site of overly made up, atrociously bleached blonde hair women with phony smiles talking garbage. But in the field of medicine I have my best friend who is the only Iranian (woman if it matters) practicing ancient Iranian medicine and in particular Avicenna's (Ibn Sina one of Iran's treasures). She has her own show and I watched her re-runs at her office on TV to give her my opinion (as her best friend). I have objected to her dressing too conservatively and not smiling enough but I have not heard her say anything out of line and deceiving >>> Full text * Nice, but... Ms Fariba Amini, [Banouyeh Iran] I congradulate you on an intrview well done. I enjoyed it. Although I think it should have been a little longer. * Alternative photo Add this photo to the poem CITY PIGEONS. * 4-letter word Regarding F.U.C.K.ing myth, Although a few common English words have grown out of acronyms, 'fuck' isn't one of them. The word 'fornication' itself though may be concluded as the old-time word for having sex, however the term specifically excludes the physical union of man and wife. One can fornicate premaritally or extramaritally, but not intramaritally. Fuck is a very old word, recorded in English since the 15th century (few acronyms predate the 20th century), with cognates in other Germanic languages. The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (Random House, 1994) cites Middle Dutch fokken = "to thrust, copulate with"; Norwegian dialect fukka = "to copulate"; and Swedish dialect focka = "to strike, push, copulate" and fock = "penis". (source) * Language of victors I just wanted to thank the author, Kamran Talattof [Persianism]. I found the article not only interesting & informative, but it struck a chord in me. I was fortunate enough to visit Iran before the ultra-Islamic, anti-American sentiment prevailed. I remember fondly the beauty & warmth of the modern people who were fortunate enough the live alongside of the remnants of history. I agree wholeheartedly with the author, that to discard the term "Persian" in favour for "Farsi" would be to turn one's back on the culture & history contributed to the making of the people I came to regard as friends & bring only to mind the recent past. Too many Western civilizations, & all the Chinese dynasties have their histories incomplete, as the records produced before a conquest were always destroyed. "History is written by the victors, not the vanquished," to paraphrase Julius Caesar. I only hope the current officials fight the trend. |
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