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Ahmadinejad’s Camp Revisits, Revises Gay CommentPosted on Oct 11, 2007
An aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is attempting to work some spin-control magic on what was probably (and unintentionally, according to the aide) Ahmadinejad’s biggest headline-grabber from his speech at Columbia University: his assertion that, “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country.”
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By Wayfaring Stranger, October 12, 2007 at 7:59 am # The man meant what he said. No need to reinterpret it- the videotape clearly says ‘in our country such a thing does not exist’. Besides, homesexual activity is punishable by hanging until death in Iran. It is simple and cruel. I’m concerned that Columbia’s students did not raise the question of Iran’s 1979 kidapping and terrorizing Americans to add to his litany of American actions that he finds objectionable. Perhaps they should have extended that courtesy to him and kept him terrorized in the US for 444 days.
By thomas billis, October 11, 2007 at 4:47 pm # Of course their are gays in Iran.Just the other day on Iranian radio I heard an hour of Iranian show tunes.Ahmadinejab is not even aware of Moslem history.There is much moslem poetry from back when they could think that alludes to homsexual behavior.To say there are no homosexuals in Iran is just an indication how far from reality he is.Of course the rapture and armagadon that our moron believes in of course is mainstream.The good thing is that the Iranian moron is virtually powerless not so here.
By Kevin James, October 11, 2007 at 3:04 pm # The title of this article is misleading. On another point.. there is quite a large section of the population that if given more power, would do to Gays the same as they’ve done to Blacks and worse.
By rage, October 11, 2007 at 1:48 pm # Lemme guess, he meant to say the Iranian GLBT community has yet to organize Pride Week festivities that compare to those NYC Pride Week pictures Columbia students kindly shared with him.
By PACRAT, October 11, 2007 at 12:32 pm # Hey, the man is certifiable, but anyone who has spoken with the aid of a translator has to wonder how accurately his/her words are translated, including cultural and political nuances. It’s possible that the translation was inaccurate. Right? It’s possible! The tone of the meeting was set by a hostile college president and perhaps the translator followed his example and style. I have used translators in several foreign countries and to this day remain uncertain about what I might or might not have said in meetings with government and corporate officials or in speeches to the public - or what they said to or about me. Don’t you wonder how the immature and insulting introduction by the president of Columbia was translated to his guest? I am not defending the man, but I wonder how many wars are started inadvertently by translators?
By Peter RV, October 11, 2007 at 11:42 am # Of course, those who invented “wiping Israel off the map”, were expected to produce something similar this time. Ahmadinejad could have only meant that Iranian homosexuals are not as obnoxious as American ones and that is true of any other country.
By Alex, October 11, 2007 at 11:28 am # Yes...except ‘cultural difference’ in this case means killing them vs not killing them. How quaint. Add Your Comment |
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