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Blogging in Iran Takes Courage

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the making-yourself-a-target dept.

netbuzz writes "This morning's Boston Globe has a thought-provoking profile of Iranian bloggers who are risking everything, quite literally, to bring a modicum of openness and truth to a society where the former is not tolerated and the latter strictly defined by government/religious authorities."

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  1. Re:Can we send some of our muslims over there? by DittoBox · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is there a Christian equivalent country where we can send our fundies?

    Middle-America?

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  2. pray for the rapture by misanthrope101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    In theory, the rapture could happen at any second and they'll all vanish. I was going to start a petition to get the ball rolling, but I didn't know where to submit it.

  3. Re:Fucking grow up. by nightfire-unique · · Score: 2, Funny

    So from "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave," to "Land of those doing better than Iran."

    How nice.
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  4. Re:Think of the Children by tehcyder · · Score: 3, Funny
    You know, I'm a parent. My two daughters know all about pornography. They CHOOSE not to look at it because they think it's gross and crude, rather than have my beliefs imposed on them by telling them it's "WRONG".
    Yes, because obviously children don't need to be taught anything at all by anyone at any time, as they come into the world just knowing everything already, with fully developed moral, aesthetic and social awareness.

    Heaven forbid that as their mere parent you should dare to interfere with this perfect knowledge by imposing old-fashioned ethical standards on them.

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