Proof that Iran has dumbf**k leaders who hate tolerance too.

[Armstead]

Further proof that extreme fanatical fundamentalism -- and those who would impose it on everyone else -- is a root cause of many of our problems today.

The real battle, IMO, is not betwen Islam and Judeo Christianity, or the West versus the Arab world, or any of the otehr permutations of that.

It's actually between the forces of liberal tolerance (in the generic sense) and fascist rigidity and authoritarianism in whatever guise it chooses.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060729/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_foreign_words

Iran bans foreign words

AP --Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.

The presidential decree, issued earlier this week, orders all governmental agencies, newspapers and publications to use words deemed more appropriate by the official language watchdog, the Farhangestan Zaban e Farsi, or Persian Academy, the Irna official news agency reported.

The academy has introduced more than 2,000 words as alternatives for some of the foreign words that have become commonly used in Iran, mostly from Western languages. The government is less sensitive about Arabic words, because the Quran is written in Arabic.Among other changes, a "chat" will become a "short talk" and a "cabin" will be renamed a "small room," according to official Web site of the academy.

[smirkymonkey]

1. What do they have against Italians?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. "Tyrants have strong thumbs, weak fingers."

I don't remember who said that, but it certainly is true of most "leaders" (aka - bosses) of whatever stripe.

[flowomo]

3. this makes me so mad I almost choked on my

Freedom Fries

[bloom]

4. yeah

It's good we live in such a tolerant country. We are so much better than they are. :sarcasm:

[Armstead]

6. Note the word "too" in my original post

[Armstead]

5. You had an involuntary movement of your throat muscles...

The word "choke" is probably not acceptable to someone somewhere.

[flowomo]

7. as a Red Sox fan....

that word will be banned i when I'm king.

[AnOhioan]

8. Bush, Olmert, Blair, Ahmadinejad.....

One big happy family of bloodthirsty psychopaths. These guys are looking to rival Stalin, Pol Pot, Amin, Hitler, Saddam and Mussolini.

[glitch]

9. We are all suffering from far right extremist leadership, whether it's US

Israel or Iran. Hezbollah and Hamas are also far right.
We have got to grow beyond these limited imaginations.

[niceypoo]

10. It's Iran's equivalent to "freedom fries"

...

[Armstead]

11. ....And it's just as stupid