Comments on: Bahrain: Newspaper closed for publishing a report that insults Iranian President Ahmadinejad

By: funkybarfly

funkybarfly — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:54:47 +0000

My mistake,hellosnackbar.As towels are generally used after one WASHES,it makes perfect sense that baboons would have no need for such items.

By: funkybarfly

funkybarfly — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:54:47 +0000

My mistake,hellosnackbar.As towels are generally used after one WASHES,it makes perfect sense that baboons would have no need for such items.

By: hellosnackbar

hellosnackbar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:51:34 +0000

Hear ! Hear! FBF and come to think of it.
What the fuck have Muslims in general and Arabs in particular have to be proud of?
Maybe I haven't experienced the esoteric thrill of passing my camel riding test!
I'll be singing Tutti Fruiti all day!
Viva La Revolution or whatever the Farsi equivalent is.
And it's not a towel( as one middle eastern gent once reminded me)it's a little SHEET.

By: funkybarfly

funkybarfly — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:14:07 +0000

Why should Ahmadinejad's supposed Jewish ancestry proclude him from being any less Muslim today?.I was brought up Catholic even though my family tree suggests I have some Jewish ancestry along the way;my Catholicism was never questioned.I am Atheist now.The point is that Muslims have an irrational hatred of Jews,you ludicrous moron.

By: funkybarfly

funkybarfly — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:02:49 +0000

My schadenfreude is off the scale!.The fact that there appear to be some cracks forming in the Muslim esprit de corps is very heartening;the more infighting the better.Even though the newspaper has been censured,it still means the jounalist had the gumption to put the idea forward in the first place:Kudos!
Ahmadinejad's self professed bigotry coming back to bite him on his own hairy ass is delicious in it's irony.
It is nothing short of astounding to me that the one nation in the Middle East that can be used as an example of what can be achieved when there is real democracy and intelligence is used as a means to slur someone!.
It is hoped that if Ahmadinejad is ousted then Mousavi and the bogus band of towel-headed clerics summarily follow.
The Iranians have come this far,they might as well keep going.All or nothing must be the battle-call now.They may never get another chance.I hope subversion catches on in the Arab States like Rock'n'Roll did in the West in the 50's.A WOP BOP ALOOBOP A WOP BAM BOOM!

By: nomadiqueMC

nomadiqueMC — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:16:08 +0000

okay, so if your point was solely that shutting down the newspaper was an overreaction, and an assault on the freedom of the press to editorialise on matters which they believe to be significant, then you would have my full agreement.

but your assertion that "...only in the Arab world would some imbecile consider that an insult..." is total tripe. seriously boys and girls, you are clutching at the proverbial straws here.

let me clarify - because jewish people have made a significant contribution to the development of western civilisation (a point on which you will get no argument from me), then any person regardless of their religion, or nationality for that matter, should be proud and grateful to be called jewish?

how ludicrous.

men and women of all nationalities, faiths and races have the right feel, and express, pride in their origins. this goes to the very heart of issues of both individual and collective identity. to suggest that a proud and prominent catholic, for example, was islamic would create an equally strong and vitriolic reaction from the catholic community, and rightly so. people of all creed should have the right to assert and defend their identity.

to suggest that Ahmadinejad should simply 'suck it up' because jewish people are good people is pointlessly provocative, and simply insults your presumably loyal audience, branding them as mindless zealots, without contributing to the broader issues at hand.