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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. It's a good thing... by Fyre2012 · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... that stuff like that doesn't happen in the good 'ol US of A

    oh wait...

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    1. Re:It's a good thing... by feed_me_cereal · · Score: 0, Troll

      No, in the US they don't explicitly censor bloggers they don't agree with, they just mod them 'troll' until their posts are invisible.

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  2. Re:Blogging in teh usa by mProbatus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, they did receive a lot of bad press from fans and other artists. The point is that in a society that is supposed to cherish free speech americuh is pretty backward. Btw your comment is totally unamerican.

  3. Re:Think of the Children by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    'Well, the trouble with ragheads is that their idea of "raising" a child is to force it to recite the Terrorists Handbook (qu'ran) verbatim without actually understanding a single fucking word.'

    You could of got away with that, but this :

    'Oh, and the boys get to suck cocks at the dinner table too!'

    Means your an asshole, but once I re-read your first line I realised your an asshole to start with. :)

  4. Fp taTco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They start3d to resound as fiiting OPENBSD WANKER THEO

  5. Re:Blogging in teh usa by EtherealStrife · · Score: 1, Troll

    Funny, I must've missed the "put to death" reference in TFA. In Iran people are permitted to express opposing POVs to those held by their government, so long as they don't cross certain lines that the government associates with radicalism. Kinda like in America, you don't want to get too radical in your opposition to the treatment of animals and the environment (PETA, Green Peace, ELFs, etc), nor do you want to call your friend Jack on an airplane, nor do you want to debate the validity of security arrangements in U.S. airports while standing near some security officers in a security check line (unless you enjoy being strip searched by the same sex and having your cavities searched, which some fetishists may). And the list goes on. Just because they have different restrictions doesn't mean the U.S. is any better than Iran. Same bullshit, in the name of national security (for both nations). What one calls a freedom fighter, the other calls a terrorist/radical (and vice versa).

  6. -fp gnaa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    would take about 2 Most. LLok at the= this is consistent are almost these challenges Continues to lose

  7. Iranian bloggers... by bayankaran · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hope Iranian bloggers are not using Opera.

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  8. Re:Iranian Blog Entries... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Whoever modded this down is an asshat.

    probably one of the same jackasses who finds that torching an embassy because some citizen in it's country made fun of that prick, allah.

  9. War Propaganda by kwrxxx · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is more FUD against Iran to justify a war with the country.