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What is this cartoon trying to say?
No gays in Iran? Ahmadinejad's encouter with a gay man in an Iranian toilet.
Winner: Cyrus. 100 Afarin!

from Omar Khan
06-Oct-2007
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Further explanation

by Bahram on Wed Oct 10, 2007 07:03 PM PDT

Cyrus' response is basically correct, but I think he makes a mistake in saying that the scene is from an Iranian toilet. Rather, this cartoon juxtaposes two separate events involving denials regarding homosexuality. Senator Craig denies that he is gay and Ahmadinejad denies there are gays in Iran. By placing Ahmadinejad in the toilet scenario where Craig was "caught" it suggests that Ahmadinejad knows that there are gays in Iran, the same way Craig knows that he himself is gay.


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why does it have to be an iranian toilet??

by sunshine45 (not verified) on Wed Oct 10, 2007 07:07 AM PDT

first of all, there are these type of toilets in iran!
second, why does the picture have to be in iran... it DOES say "new yorker" on the cover. so, using deductive reasoning, he is in a stall in new york and he is being approached by an iranian gay man in the stall.
third, those type of sandals can be worn anywhere... by anyone. they resemble a popular german brand called birkenstock.
LOL, did i over analyze that picture or what??


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answer to quiz

by annonymus (not verified) on Tue Oct 09, 2007 05:38 AM PDT

Not a good choice of answer.This can not be an Iranian toilet.
Did you forgot how Iranian's toilets look like?
You can only wish they be this clean.
Most importantly, where is AFTABEH???
Sara, Miami


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-------correction to sandal-----------!

by roobah (not verified) on Mon Oct 08, 2007 05:23 PM PDT

also the sandal style is NOT in use in Iran


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those sandals

by roobah (not verified) on Mon Oct 08, 2007 05:21 PM PDT

also the sandal style is in use in Iran


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Pffft.......wrong answer

by roobah (not verified) on Mon Oct 08, 2007 05:18 PM PDT

Pffft.......wrong answer dude. I wonder if people have forgotten what an Iranian toilet establishment looks like. mageh majboorin???


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This is not an Iranian toilet

by Omid Entezar (not verified) on Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:29 PM PDT

This is not an Iranian toilet because the toilet is not a squat toilet, there is a partition instead of a wall between the two toilets whereas the toilet walls in Iran is all the way to the floor, there is toilet paper dispenser on the wall, and there is no water vessel in the toilet. This is a toilet in a Western country (USA). But the conclusion is correct that there is an encounter with a gay man.


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