Full of (Middle) Eastern promise: Iran bans Western music

on all music from the west (or is it nothing, as we're here? ah fuck it, west). i fear that's the only way we can stop some artists.

Yes, Send Dotherty to Iran, dressed as George Bush.

Chris Martin could drive him there

about its nuclear program in exactly the same way so what's good for the goose is good for the gander, or are we only allowed one nuclear bully, Israel, in that part of the world ?

Its the whole "If your friends with America" thing. Friends with America - oppress whoever you want with whatever you want, we'll call them terrorists. Not friends with America - you're terrorists too unless you obey us. (What do you mean, obedience doesn't come into friendship? Of course it does!)

But doesn't make it right for everyone else to get weapons. It's difficult for us to criticise anyone seeking nucleur weapons when we are signed up to the NPT and yet continue filling our stocks(ings). However, the fact Israel has weapons doesn't make it any less worrying that Iran may be seeking them. Israel has committed crimes but hasn't threatened to wipe anyone else off the map... America is a baddy. Yes, yawn. Iran is a baddie too.

isreal has already suceeded in wiping another country of the map whereas iran only intends to :)

banning western music is great. can we ban all iranian music of our tv and radio in response...

GET A JOB.

Er.

"promised" a load of money for the poor allegedly. Anyways it was only between him and the president that was before the last one, who is probably more hated in Iran then he is.

All the half-decent forward thinking candidates basically got banned from standing for election.

Anyway the cunt is basically taking it too far now, he seems to believe he is the second coming of some important Imam, which is pissing a load of people off, and even the mullahs are regretting letting him win.

I mean, um, turkish delight

Israel's Britain's child. But America seem to have 'adopted' them.

was very popular in Iran.

I think, or maybe ive just made that up.

Rock the Casbah, anybody?

was huge in Albania during Enva Hoxa's rule. There is something about the guy that attracts the love of totalitarian regimes. Pol Pot's favourite movie was "Trouble In Store."

So Iran gets nuclear power, putting aside the LONG amount of time it'll take before that translates into nuclear weapons - how much of a threat would you imagine that poses to you or I snuggled as we are in the safe tits of Great Britain? Iran ain't got any subs or planes or missiles to deliver any nuclear weapons with. Consider also that the "president's" only purpose is to mouth off at the west to keep the general population happy while the supreme religious leaders who actually run that country spend their time thinking of an ingenius plan to stem democratic reform by installing puppet hardline presidents AND keep US troops out of the country by trying not to make its meddling in Iraq too completely blatant.

I recommend we start a sweepstakes on how likely it is they'll pull it off.