Meta Blog Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 In a rather vaguely written article, the BBC takes an underhanded swipe at America, and whitewashes Iran. Apparently some twenty Americans are playing basketball in Iran. Most black, I presume. The writer notes that these American stars are cheered regardless of their ties to The Great Satan. From the pictures in the article, I presume most Iranian basketball fans are young men. Not mentioned in the article is what the West has known for a long time: Iranian youths are pro-West and actually quite antagonistic toward their theocratic government. Mentioning this, however, would undercut the main point of the article, which is: Iran ain't so bad after all, "[it] has always said it has a problem with the American government, not with its people, and this is an example of that." But can one have a problem with the government of a free nation and not with the people... http://ObjectivismOnline.com/blog/archives/000474.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 How can this basketball player evade so much that his comment about the US not having an embassy in Iran is wonderment: "what's that all about?" He should watch this: a clip from Iranian TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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