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Post by bormes on Nov 6, 2010 21:37:28 GMT -1
I agree with alot Nota says Peony but I have to say the West is the lseer of the two evils I think, having seen them as they were and yes the Shah did have a sinister side, he was keeping down the ones in power and yes oil was the reason but as Nota said any religion telling the people what they should do is wrong, I also detest any country that treats women as a lesser being. Reading history I genuinely feel if more women had been in power we may have had an easier time and less wars!! After all the moon is meant to be the earth mother is she not? She is the one we should be worshiping no? Well it is as feasible as some of the other lots!!
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Post by westender on Nov 6, 2010 22:17:54 GMT -1
Nota, when I left the forces my new wife and I bought an old 11A series Land Rover S/Wheel Base. We fitted a full length roof rack and often slept up there. This, I like. The boyf lived with his dad in the west end, in the very Asian subcontinental Woodlands Road area, way before he and I ever met... back when that enclave was predominantly full of peaceable non-proselytising Sikhs and Hindus. Apparently both those groups had absolutely nothing good to say about the Muslims... did not want them moving into the area because they cause strife and unrest. Woodlands is I believe now full of Muslim-run businesses, and the Sikhs and Hindus are now largely gone. Sectarianism was rife.
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Post by peony on Nov 6, 2010 22:44:41 GMT -1
Well, I'm not really talking about the ordinary people of Iran, just as we don't talk about the ordinary people of the US when we wail and gnash teeth about their policies.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollahs don't hesitate to kill reporters, women and anyone who disagrees with them. Why would they hesitate to set off a nuclear bomb?
No one can really predict the behavior of someone, but past performance is the predictor of future behavior and I suppose we are all in trouble. I still wouldn't trust Iran with nuclear bombs.
At least the US makes an attempt to control religion's influence via the constitution. . . .
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