tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6222821863788228330..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Songs of rebirth defy the mullahsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-23541521916236406782010-08-06T09:48:36.167+01:002010-08-06T09:48:36.167+01:00Thanks, again, for your support Billoo.
I take on...Thanks, again, for your support Billoo.<br /><br />I take on board the point as to whether my describing the Iranian regime as 'totalitarian' is harsh. My judgement was possibly swayed by re-reading the article that I linked to in the side-bar. <br /><br />That article contains a photo of two young Iranians in the process of being hung for the the crime of <i>lavaat</i>, which is sex between two men. <br /><br />I pondered as to whether I should display that image in the sidebar, but almost certainly wrongly, I used another.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-52978191020370766232010-08-06T08:20:08.105+01:002010-08-06T08:20:08.105+01:00Great post, pli. Agree with your point about funda...Great post, pli. Agree with your point about fundamentalism and its opposition to culture, art-which it sees as innovation ('bidat'). But I'm not sure if Iran is a 'totalitarian' regime. Sounds a bit harsh.Khair... <br /><br />Thought you might like: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWyteHk0uho&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">this</a><br /><br />best wishes,<br /><br />b.billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-5147479582298435742010-08-05T17:41:40.249+01:002010-08-05T17:41:40.249+01:00Topical link - http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/en...Topical link - http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2010/08/irans_ayatollah_ali_khamenei_c.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com