Ari Siletz

Dear ARJ!

I could not agree with you more!

Trouble is that we are from a CULTURE that preaches modesty and exercises humbleness; yet WE should not allow that to be interpreted as signs of weakness or cowardice.

Although, we can never change the behavior of the CONGENITAL and degenerate A-Holes, but by being aware of, and excercising our LEGAL rights would enable us to stand our ground.   This would sent a strong message to these coward IMBECILES.

Don't forget that;  The BEST defense is a GOOD offense!

Truth vs reality!

You are absolutely right Ari, but unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world! Not all racist A-holes come in KKK costumes or Neo-Nazi/skinhead outfit. Racism and prejudice come in different shades and forms. However, there are certain circumstances that allow the prijudicial treatment of specific groups and individuals to be taken for granted or even appear justified. IRI's gross mirepresentation of our nation is one of the circumstances that create the suitable grounds for our people becoming the whipping boys of the international community.

Let's look at this from a different angle; why would these guys not be as easily able to disqualify a Saudi athlete or have the courage to make similar presumptions about the Israeli nuclear program?! The reason is that the cost of disqualifying a Saudi athlete (which are well represented in athletic organizations, thanks to generous flow of petro-dollars) or talking freely about the Israeli nuclear program (which dispite its proven military component, is guarded as an off-limits media issue by powerful lobby groups) is quite high, and in some cases career ending!

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PJ, as per the old saying: "Dar masal monaghesheh nist!" Az ma'st keh bar ma'st does not mean that these athletes are at fault for their rights being taken away from them --nor is our nation whose right to peaceful nuclear energy is being ignored -- due to IRI's misdeeds. Whether Islamofascist or not, IRI is the government that represents these people for as long as it exists in the eyes of the international community. The point, however, is that without the utter misrepresentation of our nation, bigots and racist A-holes the world over, would not have the audacity to mistreat us with sheer impunity! 

Ari, don’t be so hard on this poor soul

Ted McClelland is doing his job: the job he is trained for,
hired for, and paid for. He is following the traditions, if not the
regulations, of his profession. His career and worthiness depend on his doing exactly that. And, you don’t want to see him in the unemployment line. Do you?

Salon.com is published where the politically correct term for ‘nuclear technology’ is ‘nuclear warhead’; politically correct term for ‘nuclear energy’ is ‘nuclear weapon’; politically correct term for propaganda is journalism; and politically correct term for bullying, blackmailing, sabotage and assassination is diplomacy. You shouldn’t expect Ted McClelland to ignore the rules of the game, unless you want him lose his job.

Just imagine what would have happened if pitiful fellows like Ted McClelland – if not he – had not propagated GWB’s lies about Iraq’s non-existing WMDs, or about Saddam’s purchase of uranium yellow cake from Niger, or about the “nuclear mushrooms over American cities” story? Aren’t you expecting too much from him?

Give him a break. He wants to be “patriotic.”

Agree & Diagree!

These CHARACTERS are, CLEARLY, taking out their frustration(s) with the Mullahs on our athletes.

I disagree with the "Az ma'st keh bar ma'st!" statement.   These young men... totally innocent of what their LOUSY government is doing...out of frustration and feeling discriminated against, were taking the law in their own hand…wrong approach.

Iranian coaches should have been more knowledgeable/vigilant and should have exercised their RIGHTS under the auspices of the Olympic and International Law and promptly protested the incident.

I am all with you, on double standards against Iran and the Iranians that has been going on for the past 30+ years.   It is all due to the MISHANDELING of international affairs…poor judgment and terrible public relation, all done by the BACKWARD thinking ISLAMOFascist Akhoonds.   And our nation has been suffering the consequences! 

We CAN NOT/SHOULD NOT feel INADEQUATE in taking LEGAL action(s), against aggressor(s), just because we come from the same country that the ISLAMOFACISTS are.

We live in countries that believe in, and exercise the supremacy of the rule(s) of LAW...let's not be afraid of TESTING and putting them to GOOD use.

Valid point, Arj

The IRI bears much responsibility for the current state of affairs with the West. Of course this does not absolve anyone from the responsibility of ethical conduct towards innocent Iranians who are caught in the situation.

Right purpose or wrong style?!

Indeed, not only the German referee was suspended for five matches, but the IOC officials noted that had the Iranian officials not failed to file an official protest in time, they would have considered reviewing the result of the match.

Mutch like the nuclear issue in which our rights are being trampled on due to our representative government's -- and in broader terms the ruling regime's -- utter ineptitude and by misrepresentation, our nation has become the Pariah nation in the international community, so that any two-bit, racist A-hole like the German referee and this Mclelland guy feel free to unleash their frustrations at us!

As Rumi's anciet epic goes: Az ma'st keh bar ma'st!