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Ash_F

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30. You seem quite disheveled

Mon May 27, 2013, 01:14 AM

May 2013

No need to get so emotional. There was no real content in your last post as a result. My point about the trains comment is that the Shah deserves no credit for the gains in women's rights up to the revolution. He didn't have anything to do with it.

You and I probably want the same thing for Iran; one free from right wing extremism. I'm not so sure we want it exactly the same though. When the Shah was brought down, a lot of upper class Iranians lost a lot and that was painful for them. Most moved to the US or Europe. Too this day, many are still bitter. Very bitter, as we can see. But in the end, Shah's monarchy was just another form of right wing regime. That is an era gone past, and it is time to let it go. Iranians want democracy now.

Also these posts are not just for you. This is a public discussion forum.

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Brave women. Keep up the pressure. /nt Ash_F May 2013 #1

love those gals Skittles May 2013 #2

It's in their idiotic constitution that women can't be President. MADem May 2013 #3

Hmm? no Ash_F May 2013 #4

Well, having lived there before and after, I beg to differ with Wikipedia on that score. MADem May 2013 #5

While it is true that there are some Iranians who pine for the days of the Shah. Ash_F May 2013 #6

I am not talking about 'pining' for the days of the Shah. MADem May 2013 #8

A clarification Ash_F May 2013 #7

Women had rights under Shah. They're treated like shit under the Guardian Council. MADem May 2013 #9

Your premise is John2 May 2013 #10

No they didn't. MADem May 2013 #11

I'm not naive because John2 May 2013 #12

You plainly have serious gaps in your understanding of how the government works in Iran, MADem May 2013 #13

The only point John2 May 2013 #14

The RG was not part of the Army in 1978, any more than the Baseej is part of the Army now. MADem May 2013 #17

Yeah you are not getting it. Ash_F May 2013 #15

No. Not true at ALL. But "the country" is not "the leadership." MADem May 2013 #16

And that is where you are disconnected from reality due to wishful thinking. Ash_F May 2013 #18

Don't be foolish. The one who is "disconnected from reality" here isn't me. MADem May 2013 #19

You might be more effective if you cut your posts down. Ash_F May 2013 #20

Ah, now you don't like the length of my posts. MADem May 2013 #21

You denigrate the female candidates Ash_F May 2013 #22

You're making things up yet again. MADem May 2013 #23

Another word salad Ash_F May 2013 #24

When you can't rebut the point, you come up with a "pithy" insult. MADem May 2013 #25

So.. 40 years of your strategy has gotten you what exactly? Ash_F May 2013 #26

What "strategy?" See, there you go again. MADem May 2013 #27

Rings hollow. Ash_F May 2013 #28

What rings hollow is your childish attempts to pick fights, replete with snark and empty commentary. MADem May 2013 #29

You seem quite disheveled Ash_F May 2013 #30

You 'seem' to be wearing out your dictionary--"disheveled" you say? MADem May 2013 #31

Quoting Mitt Romney? Ash_F May 2013 #32

Now you're going about as low as you can manage--first you use personal insults, and then you MADem May 2013 #33

"But....but....this one is worse!!!" Ash_F May 2013 #34

You read what you want to read. And your understanding of the country is MADem May 2013 #35

Again with the links.... Ash_F May 2013 #36

I shouldn't bother because you don't read them. MADem May 2013 #37

OK, I went ahead and read them Ash_F May 2013 #38

Those are the poor who live in the south of the city. MADem May 2013 #39

this thread has been an interesting read treestar May 2013 #40