I try to avoid bringing politics or strong nationalistic feelings into this blog, but I have just read one of the funniest things I've seen in months.
Iran is threatening to rethink their relationship with the Netherlands if one of their TV channels broadcasts a show which shines, as they call it, "Insulting views of the Holy Koran" which was produced by one of its politicians.
Okay...let me start with this: I condone insulting anyone's "holy book" about as much as I would someone doing it to my Bible.
That being said....
This is the same country that, just last year, hosted a national art exhibit that called the holocaust a lie.
This is the same country whose president, Akmadijamdijadimaidjadiadad, at a speech at Columbia University, said that there was not a "homosexual problem" in Iran...only days before videos and reports of beatings and tortures of Iranian homosexuals emerged.
This is the same country whose government and religious leadership (which, by the way, are interchangeable) have cried out for the total destruction of Israel and the U.S.
My question is, what type of relationship does the Netherlands have with Iran which they would even care if they jeopordized over a question of freedom of speech?
Oh, yeah...oil....
Well, no one has seen the show yet. The producer has said it is a 10 minute film which is"a call to shake off the creeping tyranny of Islamicization, " so it probably does have a slant. I just hope that freedom in Europe can't be shut down for a price...
And, it is funny that a country like Iran can display all of the freedom of speech it wants, such as declaring that the slaughter of millions of Jews was a lie, but refuses to let anyone else enjoy the same freedom.
At least other Islamic countries are zooming headfirst into the future...Saudi Arabia declared this week that women can check into a hotel by themselves, without a guardian, for the first time. hooray for progress!
After a lengthy sabatical, he sits in front of his computer, fingers ready at the keyboard. So much to say...so much to write. Topics race wildly through his mind, each fighting for the right to take their rightful place on the field of honor...the blog. Many will read the entries. Some will cry. Some will laugh. But one thing is certain...he must write, because he is...the Media Pastor.
Monday, January 21, 2008
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