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Originally posted by Starchildren
reply to post by Jameela
lol there are a LOT of places on the internet where one can speak with and get to know Iranians, but I'm sure that our leaders don't like that, as they want us to hate all of these people so they can bomb them to kingdom come. You start taking a people and put names to faces and see a facebook campaign going where you see real humans saying...... HEY I DON"T WANT TO BOMB YOU...... that just creates a little problem..... we can't have people saying I love you, when war drums have been beaten for months. People sense this war coming and they don't want it and they are going to say so. Let the psychopaths in power deal with that, however they may, but the truth is, the citizens do not want this.
Originally posted by Jameela
reply to post by Jameela
You are correct, the America/Israeli government want people scared of Iranians and thinking the government is bad, it best serves their 'interest' which is annihilating the Iranian people.
But I do not see much love from the peoples of the world, too much hatred, too many lies believed, the people support their governments, very very few rare people do not support the death of Iranians and shia.edit on 21-3-2012 by Jameela because: (no reason given)
The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders based upon the organization's assessment of their press freedom records. Small countries, such as Andorra, are excluded from this report. A smaller score in the index corresponds to greater freedom of the press. The 2011-2012 index was published on 25 January 2012. Unlike indexes from previous years, the 2011-2012 index allowed for negative scores and has a wider overall spread of scores (-10 to 142, with previous years having 0 to 115.5).
But what will it actually take? Opossing war and educating the general population is obviously the first step, I think that's where we are now. But there will come a time for action....
Originally posted by Jameela
Originally posted by hp1229
Nice thought but how many of them are able to use the Internet from Iran?
Didn't the Iranian government blocked the access some time ago? (Assuming it was turned back on afterwards).
Iranians have internet access, there are some sites that are blocked from Iran but only a few. And yes you have posters here who post from Iran.
Originally posted by hp1229
Originally posted by Jameela
Originally posted by hp1229
Nice thought but how many of them are able to use the Internet from Iran?
Didn't the Iranian government blocked the access some time ago? (Assuming it was turned back on afterwards).
Iranians have internet access, there are some sites that are blocked from Iran but only a few. And yes you have posters here who post from Iran.
Yes I know they have the access. I wasn't sure if they had implemented a kill switch as they had used few months ago to cut off the mass from posting images and reports of political turmoil within Iran. I'm thinking it was a year or two ago??
I think I have seen couple of users whose profile indicates Iran but who knows. Where there's a will, there's a way
Originally posted by watchdog
reply to post by el1jah
Ok, I am a little confused. If this is legit, then I say "GREAT JOB!!" on the part of the people trying to begin initiating contact and becoming representatives of their countries and hopefully setting the example for their leaders. BUT, here is where I am confused and a little weary of this "movement." Iranians and Israelies do not speak English. All of the "posters" I have seen are in English. I have been to the facebook page and the blog, there are some posts in Hebrew, but none of the these "I love Iranians" posters. And all of the posts and responses are in English. The Israelis speak Hebrew and the Iranians speak Persian (Farsi). These are the official languages of these two countries. Yes I know that most of our international brothers and sisters are much more savy when it comes to languages and speak English as well as it seems to be the universal language, BUT if this were me, I think I would create the posters in the native dialect of the country I was trying to initiate conversation with. It just makes better sense.
So here's my question: Why did these people create posters in English?
Here is where my logic has me at this very moment:
!) This is 100% legit and it has all been conveniently translated for us Americans OR
2) This is NOT legit and the American people are being manipulated by either our own country, another country, or a combination.
I teach about "Missions" locally, nationally, and internationally once a week. I am also a full time student and will be studying at a local University next semester pursuing a degree in Biblical and Related Languages with a focus in Hebrew. I do not tell any of you this to say "look at me," but rather to show that I am familiar with quite a few of the geographic languages associated with different regions which is part of the reason why I have taken an interest in this "movement."
I really hope my gut is wrong on this and it is 100% legitimate and not a mere manipulation tool of whoever to blindside not only Americans but also the rest of the world. But I can't discount the side of my logic that is sending up a red flag right now in regards to the promotion of this "movement" in the English language. Maybe I am just misinformed and it was originally in Farsi or Hebrew, but that it just caught on like wildfire and it's being translated into English for us. Just my two cents worth. If anyone has an explanation and is better familiar with this, please feel free to enlighten me. Knowing me, this will bug the snot out of me all day.edit on 20-3-2012 by watchdog because: (no reason given)edit on 20-3-2012 by watchdog because: (no reason given)edit on 20-3-2012 by watchdog because: stupid gramatical and spelling erros...it's early
Originally posted by yuppa
reply to post by Fylgje
Israel started off as shared land. The jews there already in 1947 before the leaugue of nations said it was OK fo rthe jews from Germany and Poland to move there. I still do not know why its so hard to understand that "palestine" and Palestinian was used by the Romans to describe the ,jews,and anyone living in that country because it was easy. The land was shared back then as well. SO i do not see how its stolen land when the name palestine was not used until the romans named it so. As for zionist. Isnt that a bit of racial slur against people of jewish descent? Not all of them are rich,and wanting to rule the world. Such blanket statements make you look weak and racist.
Originally posted by Jameela
reply to post by Fylgje
I know Palestinians who can prove their family history in that land going back 3,000 years and I have heard some can prove their existence in that land for longer... It is quite probable that many (not saying all) of the Palestinians in Palestine were 'Palestinian' and originally Jewish decent but converted to Islam.edit on 24-3-2012 by Jameela because: (no reason given)