Iran: Before

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edited August 2006 in A Moving Train
Hopefully there wont be an "After" thread; if so we'll be able to see what the city was like before the US/Isreal strikes. The Iranian gov is a piece of shit, the people are not. That's why this axis of evil crap and letting the gov use the nuclear issue to unit the people behind the gov is such a mistake. There have been so many near uprisings by students against the goverment that doesnt get reported here in the US. Given time the people will rise up and overthrow the goverment; given of course, that f'd up cowboy that we call president doesnt f it up.

You can find the pictures here: http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=351718
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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    odd.. they look alot like us.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    and why wouldn't they. :)
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  • Open
    Open Posts: 792
    Btw..on page 2 you can see the Xmas pictures; the savages.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Is it true that 80% of Americans don't own a passport and a similar percentage aren't able to find Italy on a map?
  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Is it true that 80% of Americans don't own a passport and a similar percentage aren't able to find Italy on a map?


    Why own a passport, when almost everything you could ever want to see or do is right here in our home country? As far as Italy goes, I'd think alot more than 80% of people here know where the boot is.
    Why go home

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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Why own a passport, when almost everything you could ever want to see or do is right here in our home country? As far as Italy goes, I'd think alot more than 80% of people here know where the boot is.

    Ahhhh ha ha ha ha ha ha. Beautifully said. If you can equate taking a vaction from NYC to Florida as a cultural enlightment well then maybe you could be correct. I tend to disagree.
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Why own a passport, when almost everything you could ever want to see or do is right here in our home country? As far as Italy goes, I'd think alot more than 80% of people here know where the boot is.


    If you think almost everything you could ever want to see or do is right there in the US, than I think you should definitely get a passport and travel and discover how wrong you are.
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  • 1970RR
    1970RR Posts: 281
    Open wrote:
    Hopefully there wont be an "After" thread; if so we'll be able to see what the city was like before the US/Isreal strikes. The Iranian gov is a piece of shit, the people are not. That's why this axis of evil crap and letting the gov use the nuclear issue to unit the people behind the gov is such a mistake. There have been so many near uprisings by students against the goverment that doesnt get reported here in the US. Given time the people will rise up and overthrow the goverment; given of course, that f'd up cowboy that we call president doesnt f it up.

    You can find the pictures here: http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=351718
    Nice pictures. Its refreshing to see pictures of what normal life is like in Tehran, instead of the typical media shots showing flag-burning radicals. I had the opportunity to live there in 1977 & 78 and have good memories of the people that I met and the city in general. Its unfortunate that things are moving in the wrong direction and, as usual, it will be the people in those pictures who will suffer the most.
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    i say this right wing hard liiner doesn't get elected in the last election if the people don't see the cluster fuck that is afghanistan and iraq (their neighbours) ... and this whole axis of evil marketing campaign ...
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Is it true that 80% of Americans don't own a passport and a similar percentage aren't able to find Italy on a map?

    I love it when geniuses get sucked in by stereotypes, spit out at them by mindless morons with an agenda.

    Is it true all Brits are toothless, pompus drunks who spend all their time at the pubs and staggering aimlessly for hours on end, trying to find their way home? :D
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    NMyTree wrote:
    Is it true all Brits are toothless, pompus drunks who spend all their time at the pubs and staggering aimlessly for hours on end, trying to find their way home? :D

    Yes, see if you travel you can see it for yourself:D
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Why own a passport, when almost everything you could ever want to see or do is right here in our home country?

    This speaks volumes - worryingly.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    NMyTree wrote:
    Is it true all Brits are toothless, pompus drunks who spend all their time at the pubs and staggering aimlessly for hours on end, trying to find their way home? :D

    No. We sometimes take taxi's home. ;)
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Collin wrote:
    Yes, see if you travel you can see it for yourself:D

    :D

    Oh I've traveled.

    Truth is, there is British blood in my veins and in my DNA. Not 100%, but just enough to know better:D
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Byrnzie wrote:
    No. We sometimes take taxi's home. ;)

    Are you sure you Brits can see straight enough, to find those cabbies?

    :D
  • Open
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    polaris wrote:
    i say this right wing hard liiner doesn't get elected in the last election if the people don't see the cluster fuck that is afghanistan and iraq (their neighbours) ... and this whole axis of evil marketing campaign ...

    polaris - The only reason he got is elected is b/c the supreme council (neo-cons) kicked all the progressives/moderates off the ballot. The majority of the people protested by not showing up and voting. This the kind of stuff that is just a blip in the news here, but totally changes the picture.

    1970RR - Very cool, we moved from their in 1978, im sure we both got out for the same reason (the revolution) but it is a beautiful country; it is sad that it is the people suffering.
  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    1970RR wrote:
    Its unfortunate that things are moving in the wrong direction and, as usual, it will be the people in those pictures who will suffer the most.

    another way they are just like us.
  • bmc31
    bmc31 Posts: 1
    Byrnzie wrote:
    This speaks volumes - worryingly.


    Its not really worrying. Yes, everyone everywhere should travel abroad to enlighten themselves culturally. The fact is they don't. Not in America or anywhere else. Why does a higher percentage of Brits have passports? Because they need them to go on a beach holiday in Spain, or a Booze Cruise to France. Don't be fooled into thinking the majority of them are travelling the globe for spiritual enlightenment. America has as much geographic and climate variation as most Brits (or other people) are looking for for their holidays. Culture is a bit different, though it does vary massively as well. My point is just don't assume that owning a passport makes you 'well travelled'. It could just mean there're no sunny beaches in your own country...
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    bmc31 wrote:
    Its not really worrying. Yes, everyone everywhere should travel abroad to enlighten themselves culturally. The fact is they don't. Not in America or anywhere else. Why does a higher percentage of Brits have passports? Because they need them to go on a beach holiday in Spain, or a Booze Cruise to France. Don't be fooled into thinking the majority of them are travelling the globe for spiritual enlightenment. America has as much geographic and climate variation as most Brits (or other people) are looking for for their holidays. Culture is a bit different, though it does vary massively as well. My point is just don't assume that owning a passport makes you 'well travelled'. It could just mean there're no sunny beaches in your own country...


    Running into Spanish speaking people in Little Havana dosen't make it the same as Spain. Nor running into French people in LA dosen't make it France. I think you are smart enough to realize that.
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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    bmc31 wrote:
    Its not really worrying. Yes, everyone everywhere should travel abroad to enlighten themselves culturally. The fact is they don't. Not in America or anywhere else. Why does a higher percentage of Brits have passports? Because they need them to go on a beach holiday in Spain, or a Booze Cruise to France. Don't be fooled into thinking the majority of them are travelling the globe for spiritual enlightenment. America has as much geographic and climate variation as most Brits (or other people) are looking for for their holidays. Culture is a bit different, though it does vary massively as well. My point is just don't assume that owning a passport makes you 'well travelled'. It could just mean there're no sunny beaches in your own country...

    I agree, the more you travel, the more you understand that the differences are mostly cosmetic. We are all very similar in our habits and beliefs, and in our misconceptions about each other.

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