Geopolitical Darwin Awards
ken
bbrow07 at students.bbk.ac.uk
Fri Sep 17 05:45:18 PDT 2004
Tyler Durden wrote:
> Who, the Iranians? Which ones are fanatics?
>
> I'll grant there are some fanatics left in Iran, but Iran seems
> increasingly dominated by fairly sleezy clergy/judges. Like any
> government, theirs is deteriorating into a mere racket. And if you ask
> me, fanaticism never lasts very long anywhere, only for about a
> generation during turbulent times. Iran in particular is a special
> case...seems to me their cultural momentum will always outweigh any
> temporary fanaticism. A country that has a small but thriving
> prostitution industry can't be all that fanatical.
Prostitution industry?
Iran has rebooted its swimming-pool maintenance industry.
Its just this place, you know.
Apparently the best thing about is the lack of American tourists -
just like Cuba ;-)
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