Iran’s parliament has continued to follow the religious dictates of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali no matter how bizarre or repressive. So, when Khamenei ordered people to procreate “strengthen national identity” and counter “undesirable aspects of western lifestyles,” the parliament responded by banning permanent forms of birth control like vasectomies and tubal ligations while also banning advertising of birth control in the country.
Khamenei direction to procreate reverses the earlier policy of “fewer kids, better life.” If that seems an odd contradiction, just remember that is why he is “supreme.”
Khamenei wants to reverse a decline in Iran’s population. Some reformists however believe it has a different purposes. Iranian women continue to seek higher education and leadership roles. The new directive is viewed as a conservative effort to force women back into more traditional roles.
Of course, it also denies one of the most basic human rights over privacy and individual rights in the area of procreation. However, when you have an individual setting government policies in the name of good, such individual rights become virtual blasphemy in the eyes of the faithful.
Source: Salon
And I suppose that all the bureaucrats, like Lois Lerner, are controlled by corporate puppets, too.
Darren Smith
There is a vast difference between living in Iran and in the United States, not to mention the civil liberties differences.
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Sure, there is a vast difference. Does that mean that we shouldn’t be ever vigilant about governmental attacks on our civil liberties? Jonathan has written about that subject many times. Here’s a link to one of Jonathan’s posts:
Obama and the Decline of the American Civil Liberties Movement
http://jonathanturley.org/2011/09/29/obama-and-the-decline-of-the-american-civil-liberties-movement/
Elaine:
No, it means that we should not ignore extreme human rights abuses around the world because the political dialogue immediately shifts to domestic squabbles and those suffering death and extreme injustice are left out of the focus and forgotten; especially because there are those who immediately swoop in to grandstand their local political ideals and denounce the domestic opposition–ignoring the tragedy abroad.
Darren Smith
There is a vast difference between living in Iran and in the United States, not to mention the civil liberties differences.
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Difference is good or bad … depending.
So long as the culture is good (Hypothesis: The Cultural Amygdala – 4) it is all good.
“Poor but good” is better than “rich but wicked” and vice versa.
Max-1,
Here’s one for you…of a troll working at a computer:
Elaine M.
Corporate puppets are in charge of the mainstream media.
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Weapons dealers own outright or control the right wing main stream media (GE Serves The Pentagon On TV Near Yoo).
Correction *and grandmothers, not grandchildren* gosh I wouldn’t want Samantha to say I forced my five year old granddaughter to comment online! Whew!
Darren, Thanks for your sanity.
on 1, August 12, 2014 at 2:36 pmNick Spinelli
Elaine, Read your comments on the threads of late. As I have said to you, they are bereft of substance.
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Projection is also pathological.
Yep, the Trolls, little ugly guys, need to be fed once in a while. Let no one say we women, mothers and grandchildren and good patriotic breeders, neglect little folks.
Elaine, Read your comments on the threads of late. As I have said to you, they are bereft of substance. It’s all on the record. Now, JT is on vacation just like our President. Let’s cut him slack and stop the flopping and victimhood women, @ least for a few days.
Elaine M.
Jut for you… LOL
samantha
Would that be corporate puppets like Halliburton? That makes the media 95% liberal? Bull$hit!
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Republicans started that “liberal media” horseshit that is fertilizing the meme garden between you ears (Origin Of The “Liberal Media” Meme).
The same person who fertilized your cognition by starting that meme also started the southern strategy:
Mike Appleton
One might infer from Squeeky, that men might like MORE contraception…
“where they can have sex free of any worry about being responsible for a child”
… Yet, puritan in the resolve that men don’t need more contraception.
Dichotomous positions… at best.
Max-1,
I’m well aware of what “whats-his-name is doing”. Sometimes, I just like to have a little fun with the little creatures who live under bridges.
Running that SCROTUS video up the flagpole here to see if even one person will salute?
Elaine,
Yeah, that too.
Elaine M.
It’s an attention device. aka TROLLING!
Annie,
Are you sure you didn’t mean to type “pathological” instead of “pathetic?”
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Truly Elaine, it just is pathetic.
Once again, someone is getting personal and making an accusation about another individual instead of putting forth a good argument. Some things never change.