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    Hard-core fundamentalist leads Iran presidential vote

    Even though this is largely a symbolic post, it still is dismaying to me. Iran appears to be heading right back into islamofascism...

    Early lead for Iranian hardliner
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    The ultra-conservative mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has taken an early lead in Iran's presidential run-off, election officials say.

    Results based on slightly more than a tenth of the vote show Mr Ahmadinejad on 60% compared to his more moderate opponent, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

    Officials said 3.1m ballots had been counted out of an estimated 29m votes.

    Earlier, supporters of Mr Rafsanjani, a former president, said victory for Mr Ahmadinejad would voting fraud.
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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    Islamofacism as a result of a democratic vote

    You crack me up, Dan.
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
      Islamofacism as a result of a democratic vote

      You crack me up, Dan.
      Considering how Hitler got into power, I don't see what's funny.
      Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

      It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
      The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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      • #4
        It's funny, really. Everytime President Bush opens his mouth, all he manages to do is rile up the fundamentalists. Apparently, this works on Iran too.
        The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

        The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
          Islamofacism as a result of a democratic vote

          You crack me up, Dan.
          The Iranian vote was not reasonably democratic. All except 6 candidates were barred from the vote.
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #6
            So Dan, are you not in favour of democracy? The US has levelled most of Iraq to give it to the people

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            • #7
              So wait... when you have a moderate candidate and a reform candidate freely allowed to run, it was rigged for the reactionary candidates?!

              Just because the reform candidate couldn't get into the runoff, doesn't make it a 'fascist' government.

              Considering how Hitler got into power, I don't see what's funny.


              Hitler got into power through fascist means? I thought his party was elected in democratic elections of the Weimar Republic?
              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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              • #8
                Reds:
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by reds4ever
                  So Dan, are you not in favour of democracy? The US has levelled most of Iraq to give it to the people
                  Troll baiting at its worst

                  Reds4EVER!!!
                  "I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
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                  "I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                    Hitler got into power through fascist means? I thought his party was elected in democratic elections of the Weimar Republic?
                    That's the point.

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                    • #11
                      Imran: Are you really going to argue that this election was reasonably democratic?
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Kuciwalker
                        That's the point.
                        That Hitler was elected through democratic means?

                        Imran: Are you really going to argue that this election was reasonably democratic?


                        Yep. While the Ayatollahs really controlled the executive, the parliament is a democratically elected body, as is the President.
                        “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                        - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                        • #13
                          Neither the Iranian presidency nor parliament are democratically elected in any way that I perceive the term. Almost all the candidates for the reformers were barred from running for parliament! All but 6 candidates for president were barred from running.

                          What kind of fvcked up democratic process is that?
                          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


                            That Hitler was elected through democratic means?
                            To be really technical, that Hitler became Chancellor thanks to his party's strong showing in democratic elections.
                            Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                            It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                            The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                              That Hitler was elected through democratic means?
                              Yes.

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