So that he can now be rightfully ridiculed for his absurd beliefs that there "are no gay people" in Iran, no such thing as the holocaust, and that women enjoy "the utmost freedom" in Iran?
I think his official title should be "the Jerry Falwell or Iran"
2007-09-25 01:56:50 · 20 answers · asked by Free Radical 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
*the Jerry Falwell OF Iran*
2007-09-25 01:57:12 · update #1
the ONLY reason Falwell didn't was because he wasn't the religious dictator of the US. if he had had the power of the state behind him we ALL know that being gay would have been made a capitol crime. THATS what i mean by the Falwell of Iran...their hearts were in the same place.
2007-09-25 02:06:09 · update #2
JimSock-
good point...in Iran the youth probably use the Koran creation myth as science, and are taught that Iran was founded as a Muslim nation....just like the fundies in this country would have it if they could, just with the bible instead
2007-09-25 02:08:16 · update #3
lol, good one roach cop, also fitting....
thats a good neocon....what a good little neocon you are, thats right boy, gooooood neocon
2007-09-25 02:12:03 · update #4
He is an excellent example of what happens when you allow religion into your government and to run your education system. I imagine Christians would love to teach that gay people aren't real people and I shutter to think what else. But most of all, he's stirred discussion by hearing from the other side. The value of which has been mostly lost in America.
2007-09-25 02:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by Holy Cow! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Honestly I think it was just to show all the terrorists and those who support terrorist how easy it was to get on American soil and talk alot of crap, and who really knows what he was really saying, his tranlator could have been reading from a scipt while he was say anti-american saying to the audience or telling sleeper cells that are already here to bomb their next targets. And by the way, all those college students that cheered and appauded him are retards.
2007-09-25 02:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by acot_anthonym 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that we should be open to all cultures and their viewpoints regardless if we find them offensive or absurd, it is how we learn. We as a society tout our openness to diversity yet are quite closed minded when it comes to other cultures. i do not agree at all with Ahmadinejad's viewpoints, i also do not agree with fundamentalists who chatise a person's lifestyle if it differs from their own [which is prevalent in our country]. What was the premise of having him come here to speak? Was it to prove a point or was it to attempt to understand how they view the world, to look beyond our own selves?
2007-09-25 02:07:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You forgot the best part.
He tried to make the connection in a sermon between religion and science and said he was an acting teacher.
If any of that is true, the youth of Iran is in serious trouble and there are more of him in the making.
2007-09-25 02:01:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
He should not have been allowed to speak period. No telling how he may be able to use it as propoganda back in Iran. It certainly won't make him feel less hatred towards the US for being invited to speak only so he can be lambasted and laughed at, not that I care how he feels. Inviting somebody to speak at one of our Universities with the only intent being to ridicule seems to show a lack of maturity.
2007-09-25 02:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
here's to "don't tease me bro"
Why have respect for Falwell? he had very little or no respect for most other people.
and as for this question
wtf?
no gays, no holocaust, and women's freedom? riiight
2007-09-25 03:16:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am, it went better than I could have supposed.
I had hoped we would have shown our scorn by not going and I had hoped he would face an empty hall.
Instead he got laughed at.
Ridiculed to his face.
That suits.
2007-09-25 02:04:20 · answer #7 · answered by justa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More likely, the Spleenwater of Iran. He has the same endearing qualities.
2007-09-25 02:04:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
He said his piece, the context was no surprise, and he accomplished nothing by it other than proving to the whole world he's the Ayatollah's attack dog.
I'm satisfied.
2007-09-25 02:03:23 · answer #9 · answered by tiny Valkyrie 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we need to set polital differences beside us now, WE HAVE A COMMON FOE
2007-09-25 02:11:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋