The Independent: He was born with good looks, intelligence and the connections to match, and once moved in the finest circles at Eton and Oxford, where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club and a contemporary of Boris Johnson and David Cameron. Then Darius Guppy fell into obscurity for 13 years following an insurance scam and a spell in prison – until now. Now he uses an opinion piece in The Independent to launch an extraordinary attack on Western civilisation. In an essay about Iran, Mr Guppy says Britain has become an "urban hell" and a dispenser of "moral poison" whose citizens are enslaved by a "culture of consumerism" >>> "Here in Iran, we look with horror at the country that Britain has become"
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Dreamer
by Kaveh Nouraee on Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:05 AM PDTWhere are your posts concerning Darius Guppy? Where is this fan base you boast about? Why don't they reveal themselves?
Because all anyone can see here is you bragging about a non-existent sex life and some nonsense about the Iranian populaton of Glendale.
So take some of your own advice. Or better yet, just take a hike.
Kaveh Nouraee
by American Dream on Wed Sep 02, 2009 02:38 PM PDTI do have a fan base and that is what makes you jealous of the American Dream. Face it, you can't deal with the truth. You should pity yourself. You are deemed silly by all the readers of iranian.com
And my American English is superb.
Anyhow, let us get back to the issue at hand.
You keep on posting stuff that have no connection to the subject at hand.
Darius Guppy is the subject.
Write about Darius Guppy. You are just being so foolish.
ROTFLMFAO!
by Kaveh Nouraee on Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:11 AM PDTYou have a fan base?
Neither voices in your head nor the multiple screen names under which you post count as a fan base.
A Gentleman and a Scholar?
A true gentleman does not post links to pornographic websites. A true gentleman does not boast about having his "fair share of women".
A scholar knows the proper way to use a contraction and say "you're" for "you are", rather than "your" which is the possessive form of you.
A scholar who calls himself "The American Dream" would know to use proper grammar and spelling when using American English.
Do not allow yourself to be under the delusion that you disturb me. Do I like you? No. But you don't disturb me, because thankfully I don't have to live with, work with, or otherwise associate with someone like you. And although someone like you should be pitied, I have none for you. It is in fact you who are disturbed, and the whole world can see. If someone wishes to feel sorry for you, that is their choice. But I don't.
Kaveh Nouraee you mean simply a lot class
by American Dream on Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:36 AM PDTAmerican Dream has a lot of class.
On this site I have a large fan base.
I know your jealous of me and my superb writings.
You know I am a Gentleman and a Scholar.
And that is what disturbs you.
All thes Best.
-The American Dream
Simply Classless
by Kaveh Nouraee on Tue Sep 01, 2009 03:46 PM PDTAmerican Dream=Simply Classless
kobra kamali
by American Dream on Mon Aug 31, 2009 09:24 PM PDTDear Ms. Kamali:
I have had my share of Iranian women.
That is not the subject at hand.
What we are writing about is love.
Meaningless sex is another issue.
With regards to love, a lot of Iranian women who have live in relationships with African American men don't have those realtionships because of penis size.
It is what it is.
Life goes on.
If they are in love why should anyone make a big deal of it?
It is what it is.
Damn
by ex programmer craig on Mon Aug 31, 2009 05:05 PM PDTI'm not African American, so there went my weekend plans :(
Iranian Women like African Americans
by kobra kamali on Mon Aug 31, 2009 04:48 PM PDTbecause they are big unlike Iranian men like this American Dreamer?
LanceRaheem Craig meant Glendale, California
by American Dream on Mon Aug 31, 2009 04:10 PM PDTLanceRaheem:
Craig meant Glendale California.
Glendale California has the highest population of Iranian Armenians.
Los Angeles and Beverly Hills have a lot of Shia Muslim and Jewish Iranians.
The fact of the matter is that Iranian females, both Jewish and Shia Muslim Iranians prefer African American guys. Not every African American guy, they have to be Muscular.
It's happening a lot, right and left. They don't get married, they just live together and sometimes have children out of wed lock.
Nobody's selling , Pino!
by Farah Rusta on Mon Aug 31, 2009 02:41 PM PDTand who are "We" - sound like royal We
FR (Parksah to darling pinoQ)
sorry Parkhash,
by Q on Mon Aug 31, 2009 02:21 PM PDTwe're not buying it!
Dear Pino--------------------------Q (nose getting longer - lol)
by Farah Rusta on Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:19 PM PDTMake note of the names signed in that letter. They were Kambiz's political colleagues - not relatives.
FR (also Parviz to Pino------------Q!!)
LOL Parkhash, yea ok, that "proves" you're not fake!
by Q on Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:09 PM PDTParkhash, I'm disappointed. You used to use your "parkhash" name without fear only a few years ago. You were famous on the forums. What happened? I guess there's no "gheyrat" when it comes to online BS.
cousin? Oh that's good. You must have been real close to have your name not appear in the letter of condolences!
Pino-Q!, update your files on exiled dissidents or no wages!!
by Farah Rusta on Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:39 AM PDTDid you say "the least imaginative fake last name"? You obviously have no clue who Kambiz Rusta (or Rousta in some versions) was: The most respected campaigner against your favorite regime - come on Pino, what kind of an informant are you? See my message of sympathy for my dearly lost cousin and be ashamed if you have any gheyrat.
//iranian.com/main/blog/shorts-23
kheet shodi?
FR
Parkhash, I already told you, your full Iranian name
by Q on Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:32 AM PDTis Parviz Khashaki.
//iranian.com/main/blog/q/how-iran-became...
incidently "Rusta" is one of the least imaginative fake last names I have ever heard.
azadegan
by ex programmer craig on Mon Aug 31, 2009 09:36 AM PDTDear Ex programmer Craig, as soon as you say "this man does not have
the right to express his views, then it becomes my duty to question the
capacity of your brain, and the nourishment it received during your
formative years.
And I ahve to question your reading comprehension, because I clearly said "in Iran". He doesn't have a right to express his views in Iran. Theer is no freedom of expression in Iran. If somebody in the IRI decides they don't liek what he says, he can be arrested and tortured for it, or even killed. That's a fact. And, he's in Iran. He's not in the UK, or in any other country that respects human rights, such as the right of freedome of expression.
You may not feel that's an imprtant distinction to make, but I disagree since he is sitting there in Iran assaulting the values of Western culture.
The fact you are comparing and referring to: "IRI can put him on trial
and execute him...", tells me even more about your standard of
thinking, understanding, behaving and shaping the world you are living
at, as a human.
I have no idea what you are trying to say there? You feel that humans don't ahve the right to criticize the IRI? Or to point out the fact that this man could and probably would be killed if he savaged the IRI the same way he savages the UK?
Let us keep away from the man made divisions of East and West (which is
devised on the base of GREED and POWER struggle by our 'BADLY
programmed' ancestors)
How simplistic...
for a second, and breath freely as 'little
matters', as we humans are! And then, focus on what the hell you are
talking about?... Nothing but "hostility, narrow mindedness
and prejudice", I am afraid!
Oh, I see. It's narrow-minded to point out the many flaws of the Islamic Republic, eh? I should just automatically assume that the IRI as a system of governance and a soveriegn nation has as much innate value as any other, despite abundant evidence to the contrary?
Thanks, but no thanks. Programmer Craig don't play that way. As an American, I can insult the UK and use comparisons to teh US to try to vindicate my positions. And I do that with some regularity, because I don't much care for the UK. But an Iranian, using the wonderful Islamic Republic to make claims of superiority over Britain? Bleh.
Dear Ex programmer, I sincerely hope you go and update (Re- programme)
your mind, unless you are earning your living, simply by not being
allowed to do so (slaved by greed and power).
Re-program my closed mind, eh? lol.
An excellent programmer once said: "The distinctive quality of mind and
language as an expression of human mind, is boundless in scope...that
permits each creation to serve as the basis for a new creative act".
Sorry it is a bit heavy, some may need to read it twice.
It looks like a lot of your other ramblings. You accuse anyone who doesn't approve of the misconduct of the Islamic Republic of being somehow defective human beings. There's really not much to say about that.
You CIVILISED Persians, lets hang Darius if....
by azadegan on Mon Aug 31, 2009 07:38 AM PDTDear Ex programmer Craig, as soon as you say "this man does not have the right to express his views, then it becomes my duty to question the capacity of your brain, and the nourishment it received during your formative years.
The fact you are comparing and referring to: "IRI can put him on trial and execute him...", tells me even more about your standard of thinking, understanding, behaving and shaping the world you are living at, as a human.
Let us keep away from the man made divisions of East and West (which is devised on the base of GREED and POWER struggle by our 'BADLY programmed' ancestors) for a second, and breath freely as 'little matters', as we humans are! And then, focus on what the hell you are talking about?... Nothing but "hostility, narrow mindedness and prejudice", I am afraid!
Dear Ex programmer, I sincerely hope you go and update (Re- programme) your mind, unless you are earning your living, simply by not being allowed to do so (slaved by greed and power).
An excellent programmer once said: "The distinctive quality of mind and language as an expression of human mind, is boundless in scope...that permits each creation to serve as the basis for a new creative act". Sorry it is a bit heavy, some may need to read it twice.
Azadagan
Darius self proclaimed 'psychopath' has a point !
by javaneh29 on Mon Aug 31, 2009 07:03 AM PDTHis views may come from a place of revenge, which is certainly an established fact though quite misplaced.... he committed a crime and 'if you cant do the time, dont commit the crime'. But still, he has a valid point.
The politicians in the UK are corrupt as they are every where. They don't support barbaric crimes and punishments as we see politicians doing in Iran but they are never the less, as corrupt as our society will let them get away with .
The young woman do walk about almost naked, few have any dignity... what is that these days? Youth crime has spiralled out of control and is a mayjor concern, arising out of many complex issues, not least a lack of values.... nothing he has written about the UK is inaccurate. I often dream about leaving the UK ... if only, but another matter .
In the UK we have many freedoms .... ok not denied. But at what cost? There is a cost, dont be fooled into believing there isnt one.
As for Darius, he had a privileged upbringing in the UK, but probably was not fully accepted. A foot in both societies but never quite fitting into either....I know how that feels and he has a little sympathy from me with that alone. He choose a life of crime ...to defraud LLyods, proved to be behind a plan to asault a reporter, married the owner of an 'escort' agency, brawled with Princess Diana's bro and god knows what else. There's plenty of dirt on him if one wishes to dig cyberneticlly .
My point on this is that this is probably partly due to identitiy issues and belonging : he feels betrayed. I kind of understand where he's coming from, although can not condone his choices. He made a choice, took a risk and the UK has served justice on him, his high flying friends shunned him in the interest of their own business, his mother died last year and so all he has left is the other part of him .... he has to over state his alliegence with Iran, or be rejected by Iranians too.
The shame is that he's swinging from the wrong wicket and is therefore doomed as the present Govt in Iran will fall. He's clearly set on a life of self destruction.
//www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1167172/The-high-society-psycho-come-haunt-Boris-Johnson.html
Javaneh
That Assar gene
by Farah Rusta on Mon Aug 31, 2009 07:03 AM PDTWhat is common between Darius Guppy and Hooman Majd?
Good looks (OK, arguably)? Islamic regime apologists? - no offence to my friend pino-Q - Hooman takes the reformists side while Darius is on the side of the conservatives. Both are coming from privileged, westernized, well connected, well-heeled, well educated AND well stocked in Assari genes. Yes folks, lo and behold, Hooman and Darius are first cousins.
Through their mothers they are both grandsons of the late Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Kazem Assar. Mr Assar was a turban wearing, unassuming, frugal living and highly respected member of the grand clergy who was influential in formulation of the Constitutional laws and was later appointed as the professor of Isalmic philosophy at Tehran University (see //islamicscience.blogfa.com/post-131.aspx). But like his grandsons Mr Assar was a bit a of rebel. What many do not know is that Assar was a pleasure loving brash student of medicine in France before, towards the end of his medical studies, he suddenly quit the Parisian medical school, headed for the religious town of Najaf in Iraq and, like his father - another prominent Ayatollah, pursued a lifelong dedication to Islam and Islamic studies.
So in perspective, Hooman and Darius are simply following a well-established family tradition of reversion to their Islamic roots. What does this prove? It proves that no amount of western education and all the liberal thinking that it is supposed to give you, can change one thing: your genetic inheritance. All that Eton, Oxford, Bullingdon and hobnobbing with the English upper class failed to change Darius Guppy's Assari genes. In the words of Rumi:
"har kasi koo door maand az assle khish"
"baaz jooyad roozegaare vassle khish"
FR
Yeah right Pino-Q!
by Farah Rusta on Mon Aug 31, 2009 04:31 AM PDTAnd my full Iranian name is Farah Parviz (LOL)
FR
Darius is Iranian
by Q on Mon Aug 31, 2009 02:52 AM PDThis Iranian full name is Dariush Abnoos.
Lance
by ex programmer craig on Sun Aug 30, 2009 06:58 PM PDTI don't get the Glendale reference. Are you talking about Glendale,
Wisconsin?
Nope! I'm talking about Glendale, California.
I
don't know why you think what I've said is so unreasonable.
You said "millions", Lance. How manywomen in Iran are married to foreigners? How many Iranian women are there outside of Iran? That number seems like it has to be off by several orders of magnitude.Even if EVERY Iranian women outside of Iran married non-Iranians, I doubt you could come up with a figure in the millions for their offspring in the last couple of generations.
For what it's worth, though, I wholeheartedly support the concept!
//xbradtc.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/catheri...
Iranian women + foreign guys = nice looking kids!
Craig
by LanceRaheem on Sun Aug 30, 2009 05:27 PM PDTI don't get the Glendale reference. Are you talking about Glendale, Wisconsin? My parents got married well...before my sister was born and she's 27. There are thousands of first, second and now, third generation immigrant Iranian women who'ver married foreigners in America, Canada, England, Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland, the Persian Gulf countries, especially Bahrain, Kuwait, and the UAE. I don't know why you think what I've said is so unreasonable. Lastly, I wouldn't know if foreign guys are popular with Iranian girls where you live. All I know for sure is that my dad was popular with my mother.
eh...
by ex programmer craig on Sun Aug 30, 2009 04:48 PM PDTLike him and millions of other people who were born of an Iranian mother's womb and to a foreign father...
Millions, Lance? Seriously, I had no idea foreign guys were so popular with the Iranian ladies! Thanks for the info! I think I'm gonna head to Glendale and try my luck next weekend!
azadegan
by ex programmer craig on Sun Aug 30, 2009 04:43 PM PDTDaruis is an Iranian and he has the right to express his views.
In the interests of clarity, this man does NOT have the right to express his views, in Iran. The IRI can put him on trial and execute him for expressing his views, if they decide they wish to do that. What kind of defense is it when you use Western standards of freedom and liberty to defend a man who is attacking the West? Isn't it obvious he doesn't want to be held to western standards? That he doesn't approve of western standards?
I'm no fan of the UK, but the day when some asshat in Iran gets to talk about how much better the Islamic Republic is than Britain without me calling bullshit will never come.
Minoo66
by LanceRaheem on Sun Aug 30, 2009 01:23 PM PDTFor whom, may I ask? American Dream is the one who brought the subject up. I merely thanked him (tongue in cheek) for his astute observations.
Payandeh Iran & Iranians
No Racial Slur Intended
by Minoo66 on Sun Aug 30, 2009 01:11 PM PDTInterestingly enough the subject of one's citizenship, is mostly discussed by those who suffer from "Identity Crisis".
When raised in a so-called biracial home, a child is prone to develop a sense of grudge against one race; which is in fact against half of him/herself.
A psychiatric evaluation and help has to be sought.
American Dream
by LanceRaheem on Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:01 PM PDTI would like to thank you for pointing out that Darius isn't Iranian. Like him and millions of other people who were born of an Iranian mother's womb and to a foreign father, I find it it is deliciously ironic that one who goes by the moniker, American Dream, points out the fact that we aren't Iranians.
Next time I'm in Tehran, I will be sure to tell my baba and maman borzorg (in Parsi, of course) that they ought to treat me differently (less than) than they treat my cousins, who are Iranians. They have been laboring under the mistaken belief as has my maman that since their blood flowed through my viens that I am as much Iranian as the child of an Iranian father and an American mother or even the foreign born child of two Iranian parents. Of course, not growing up in Iran, I would never presume myself to be as culturally proficient as someone my age who was born and rasied there.
I guess with this information that you've shared with the world regarding our lack of Iranian-ness, I have no legitimate right to claim pride in my Iranian ancestry anymore. Someone has to be the one to set people like me straight on what we are not. Thank God it is you! God only knows that the hundreds of generations of my ancestors buried in Iran will be turning over in their graves if you tell them this little secret. Let's keep it between the two of us, you the American Dream and the me Iranian whose not really Iranian.
Payandeh baad Iran
More About Him
by Minoo66 on Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:21 AM PDT//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Guppy
You civilised Persians! Lets hang Daruis if it feels better?
by azadegan on Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:10 AM PDTSo, tell me what is the difference between your mentality and the rulling Mullas?
Daruis is an Iranian and he has the right to express his views.
Let's practice freedom of speech, at least outside of Iran. "That belongs to you, can not be taken away from you, so relax". We all make mistakes and we all have the power to imagine better.
Daruis's mother was an Iranian woman (highly educated, intelligent and progressive for her time, where majority of Iranian women were still illiterate) and if we know how to respect women in our society, that is a good enough reason to call Daruis a handsome Iranian man too (if you're not jealous!).
How dare we to deny this man's DNA? After all Shusha (her Iranian mother, in case you never listened to her velvety voice or read her books or watched her documentary about Iran) for 9 months carried and then delivered him to this world, who else?
I am disgusted to see these kind of hostility, narrow mindedness and prejudices towards another fellow being. I thought pure Persians are free from all these nasty qualities, unless you guys are all enemies of Iranians and are taking advantage of this Iranian site!
I believe Daruis is making interesting comparisons/points in his essay. The point that I would like to make is, that Iran and Iranians can still enjoy what and who they are, Daruis Jaan, and show their depth, qualities and uniqueness as a nation to the whole world to learn from, without needing to adhere to a brutal dictatorship and Islam Mohamadi.
I suggest let us give back Islam to whom it belongs to - the muslims.
Let us revolt against those who are trying to Islamize this unique and peaceful nation.
I personally believe that our nation is suffering in the hands of so called 'FREE WORLD', helped by their nearby foot soldier, the Israel's government (not its people),to push down the type of prescribed Islam they want, down our throats. Why? Because the financial and political corporates (thieves such as Madoff-ha) are the only beneficiaries of Iran-eh Islami, Full stop.
Ba dorood to those who know how to hold a pen and write - always.
Azadagan Iran