• Art35ian@lemmy.world
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      ” Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

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      “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.”

      – Steven Weinberg

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    I tried to come up with a more palatable comment, and all I can think of to say is “fuck these stupid jackasses”.

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      It’s got to be hard to maintain the momentum once the government decides they’re fine with murdering the protesters. The Iranian government also let women go without headscarves for this long, I imagine as a way to let the temperature cool. They never intended to repeal the law, only let the protests disperse letting the protesters think they’d won that small concession.

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      They’re probably banking on protesters not being able to use Twitter to organize.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    As I said months ago. In a war between the diet version of something and the pure version, the diet one always loses.

    It wasnt about a secular government and freedom to not worship, it was about the rules being relaxed a bit. You don’t fight to the death for showing your hair you fight to the death for sky-daddy.

    Until they are willing to burn korans they will continue to live in a theocratic state.

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    Dumb question, but the headscarf’s purpose is to cover the women’s hair, right? So what if all protesting women go bald to piss the religious guys off, would that work?

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      I agree it should be taken seriously. Just like cancer and global warming. Any active threat to humans should be given a great deal of attention.

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    Religious fundamentalism is a poison, that should not exist. Pure and simple. Freedom to the Iranian women.