election in iran

[Sean]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

Do you remember a boy getting his head taken off with a machette whilste(oooops, spelt that wrong) on bus ride to Canada?

I'm guessing the killing you're referencing wasn't government sponsored. There's absolutely no correlation between random acts of violence by random people and organized efforts by the Iranian government to suppress thousands of demonstrators with the use of deadly force. The fact that you're trying to draw some kind of equivalency between these two stories only highlights the fact that your point is baseless.

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

No, you voted Republican and it keeps coming back to everyone that many who did vote that route, do not remember (or recall) much.

Well how can I argue with undeniable brilliance like this?

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

Lots more reminders, when needed.

If they're as irrelevant as the ones you've already cited, then please save your breath.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by myrrh

I am against protesting, as I view it as really just a lesser form of terrorism. Nor do I think that protesting is a right or anything like that. So with this in mind, the government there can just say that protesting is illegal, since it is their country, and then do whatever they want to end the protesting.

How is protesting a lesser form of terrorism? And isn't Iran already doing "whatever they want" to end the protesting - essentially through straight up terrorism against their own citizens? And isn't that exactly why the protesters are continuing to protest?

Originally Posted by myrrh

I am not really for the current regime, but even Time said that he most likely won the election, it was just that it would have been close enough to have a run-off, which then his opponents would have teamed up against him, and he may have lost.

This may be, but it doesn't justify the likely vote tampering that took place. The protesters have undeniable justification in speaking out against what's happened and what is happening now.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

OOOOh, the random word. Keep trying.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by Sean

I'm guessing the killing you're referencing wasn't government sponsored. There's absolutely no correlation between random acts of violence by random people and organized efforts by the Iranian government to suppress thousands of demonstrators with the use of deadly force. The fact that you're trying to draw some kind of equivalency between these two stories only highlights the fact that your point is baseless.

Well how can I argue with undeniable brilliance like this?

If they're as irrelevant as the ones you've already cited, then please save your breath.

& I will re-reiterate:

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

I never said identical. I have no problem you cannot relate to the similarities(sp?, just looks wrong). Others are getting it. Oh well.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

& I will re-reiterate:

John, someone's murder at the hands of a single crazy person with a machete isn't even similar to the Iranian government's violent suppression of thousands of protesters....or at least not beyond the fact that both stories involve fatalities. But then by that logic, the U.S. today is even worse than what's happening in Iran, because we have a LOT more traffic accident fatalities than they have deaths by government suppression.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Sean, there was nothing random about it.

[dubman]

sorry, when did reading, much less replying to one of John's posts become not a complete waste of time? you do know that he never has a real argument for anything.

thought everyone knew better and had him on ignore by now.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Truth hurts, don't it? It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

We've just reached a new high. Or low. Or something.

Denial's some peoples' best friend forever.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by dubman

sorry, when did reading, much less replying to one of John's posts become not a complete waste of time? you do know that he never has a real argument for anything.

thought everyone knew better and had him on ignore by now.

You are absolutely right. He's still the sole member on my ignore list, but every now and again, I click "view post". And even then, I've made it a general point to not bother replying. Not sure why I decided to give it a shot this time, but I did. Guess I needed a reminder as to why he's a waste of every second I've used replying.

Thanks for the kick in the rear dubman. Someone let me know if he ever posts a legitimate response....

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Do your own homework Sean. I've no time for blind, ignorant pride.*

You've been wrong with so many of your opinions on this board, I do ignore you. The only time I've responded to your posts has been when you've tried to...cannot come up with the right word for this at the moment...my posts. Maybe I'll come back to it.

& again, I've never been speaking to you who never understands a thing I say. Others do. Oh well.


*if this sentence looks off, I was responding to Sean's suggestion to make some points as to how certain aspects of America's recent past horrific events correlate to what is occurring in Iran which appears to have been deleted. Nevermind(j/k), the couple of posts which already do this, apparently as he has.