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Iran Tries To Pacify Protesters With Lord of The Rings Marathon

Posted by samzenpus on from the chip-the-glasses-and-crack-the-plates-that's-what-Ahmadinejad-hates dept.

Iranian state television's Channel Two is playing a Lord of the Rings marathon in an attempt to keep people inside watching hobbits and not protesting in the streets. Normally, people in Tehran are treated to one or two Hollywood movies a week, but with recent events the government hopes that sitting through a nine-hour trilogy will take the fight out of most of the protesters. Perhaps this was not the best choice in films if you want your people not to believe that "even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

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  1. Re:Drivel by conspirator57 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    LoTR is allowed in Iran? I thought it was too secular, or blasphemous, or something.

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    "If still these truths be held to be
    Self evident."
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay
  2. Re:Drivel by monsterinlaw · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Most Iranians love Americans, love Hollywood, etc. They just hate our government.

    In that respect, they're a lot like most Americans...

    Well, I am an Iranian and I'd say using the word "love" carries a bit of exaggeration. I think Americans are as cool and any other nationalities including Israelite. Actually, my best friends where I live are Americans, not because I love them but because we have common concerns. Also "hate" is exaggeration. I personally see Obama's administration a legitimate thing and his policies seem much wiser than Bush's. And AFAIK most educated Iranians agree with me on those things. In fact as someone else has put, I mostly hate my own governors than those of any other country.