This has to be a joke: Proposed Iranian law requires minoriities to wear colour bands

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Oerdin
The original source for this article was The National Post which is a noted right wing paper which typically shills for the hard right. Currently it is looking like a complete lie.

Actually, the Post published an article written by an Iranian.

They then pointed out it was untrue the next day.

[Vince278]

Even if untrue I hope it doesn't give them any ideas.

[DRoseDARs]

Well, the real story has come out. It targets women, trying to undo some of the work done by the once-strong reformists. Not shocking in the least.

[DRoseDARs]

DP

[Provost Harrison]

Sieg Heillatolla!

[Ecthy]

A friend of me (German, no Iranian or anything family) is one of those:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahai

[Provost Harrison]

Oh I've seen them before...bit odd.

Do you know any scientologists?

[Ecthy]

Blech. She's a nice girl and Bahai seems to be a rather agreeable religion to cope with as a non-member.

[Provost Harrison]

Evidently you haven't witnessed their baby eating ritual?

[Winston]

She's a nice girl and Bahai seems to be a rather agreeable religion to cope with as a non-member.

It's not very nice to refer to girls as "non-members".

[Dinner]

Originally posted by GePap
The only thing that surprises me is that the Canadain and Australian Right's were the first to get to this "story". I would have thought Rightwingers in Europe or the US would have made these claims first.

The story did originate in a right wing American news paper or atleast was first published in a righ wing American rag. The Canadians and Australians just reprinted it without bothering to check the basic facts.

[notyoueither]

Where do you get that from, Oerdin?

[Dinner]

The quote I gave earlier came from the Huffington Post but it has been varified by several other sources. The article was originally printed in the National Post then other papers reprinted it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/05/19/montreal-news-station-say_n_21299.html

[Dinner]

Oh, and by going to the National Post's web site I know see they are a Canadian paper and not American.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6626a0fa-99de-4f1e-aebe-bb91af82abb3

[notyoueither]

You now see. Refreshing that you will check facts at a later date.