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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