Iranian crisis

[oldwoodcutter]

If the yanks drag us into it, any arbtalkers between 18 and 45 had better soon learn how to stand up straight, chin in, chest out

[Haironyourchest]

Maybe the Iranian people will get out from under before that happens. Hopefully. For no particular reason, a statistic about Iran: highest opiate use per capita in the world, at 3.3 percent. My guess: it's a pretty depressing place to live. Stunning architecture though, in fairness.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_prevalence_of_opiates_use

Edited June 22, 2019 by Haironyourchest

[scotspine1]

3 hours ago, Mark J said:

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/02/the-tessellated-and-elaborately-detailed-ceilings-of-iranian-mosques/

 

While you venerate and promote Islamic art maybe take a few moments to reflect on the destruction of the 1400 year old Bamiyan Buddhas at the hands of the Islamist Taleban or ISIS obliterating ancient artifacts in Iraq and Syria. 

 

 

 

[Rough Hewn]

Go read a history of the British empire from anyone else's point of view.
Isis was small potatoes.
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[Haironyourchest]

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

Go read a history of the British empire from anyone else's point of view.
Isis was small potatoes.

If Isis had been a/the world superpower back then, as Britan was...do you think the colonies would have preferred to have been colonized by Isis? (Not trying start a row - promise!)

[Rough Hewn]

If Isis had been a/the world superpower back then, as Britan was...do you think the colonies would have preferred to have been colonized by Isis? (Not trying start a row - promise!)

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They are all evil bar stewards.
Who wants to be colonised?
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[Haironyourchest]

7 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

They are all evil bar stewards.
Who wants to be colonised?

I can think of a few countries...but it would be very un - PC to "go there!" ??

[scotspine1]

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

They are all evil bar stewards.
Who wants to be colonised?

 

If Britain didn't have an Empire during WW2 we've have lost the war against the Nazis, but if you add another 5 laughing/crying emojis and three more hand signs your argument might be more powerful. 

 

[Mark J]

8 hours ago, scotspine1 said:

 

While you venerate and promote Islamic art maybe take a few moments to reflect on the destruction of the 1400 year old Bamiyan Buddhas at the hands of the Islamist Taleban or ISIS obliterating ancient artifacts in Iraq and Syria. 

 

Aye,
Fundamentalists should have no platform.
If you have no appreciation of the beauty of those buildings, you need your eyes tested.

Edited June 22, 2019 by Mark J

[scotspine1]

11 hours ago, Mark J said:

If you have no appreciation of the beauty of those buildings, you need your eyes tested.

 

History of Art Photo Exhibition by students of Northumbria University. 

 

'The Ceilings of Oppressive Theocracies' by Mark J. North East England. 2019. 

 

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