tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post4914883844568835187..comments2023-10-21T06:13:57.457-07:00Comments on For a democratic secular Iran. For peace and prosperity in the Middle East.: Children of LabourAzarmehrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111103133622095142noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-86528248315546197532008-10-23T11:41:00.000-07:002008-10-23T11:41:00.000-07:00Cyra,I dare to say whatever I please. I'm tired of...Cyra,<BR/><BR/>I dare to say whatever I please. I'm tired of having these nonsensical back and forths about who has the right to talk about Iranian society. We all have that right, and you are just as bad as a socialist or a mullah telling me I don't have that right because I live in the states. Get a clue.<BR/><BR/>Azarmehr,<BR/><BR/>You are twisting what I am saying. It has everything to do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-30606211407905918012008-10-23T01:08:00.000-07:002008-10-23T01:08:00.000-07:00I personally don't understand how socialists could...I personally don't understand how socialists could fabricate the notion of Iran being better off economically today, than it was before the revolution.<BR/><BR/>If anything, the mollahs have restored the very same kind of primitive capitalistic society which Marx's writings were against.<BR/><BR/>Obviously you can only survive in Iran if you come from a rich family; if you are a part of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-42877086943138262942008-10-22T22:28:00.000-07:002008-10-22T22:28:00.000-07:00stupid Barmakidhow the hell on earth poverty in Ir...stupid Barmakid<BR/><BR/>how the hell on earth poverty in Iran has any thing to do with Iranian culture ? <BR/><BR/>claiming being an Iranian how could you say child labour has anything to do with Iranian culture?!!!!<BR/>i will not be surprise if in your next comment you say prostitution, drug addiction and ... are Iranian culture too!!!<BR/><BR/> <BR/>enjoy your SALAMAT(peace) in USA <BR/><BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-10992124810336709212008-10-22T20:05:00.000-07:002008-10-22T20:05:00.000-07:00my god, this kid has no brain. leave him alone.my god, this kid has no brain. leave him alone.Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058643406189544769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-38072281698215690712008-10-22T17:58:00.000-07:002008-10-22T17:58:00.000-07:00Azarmehr: So nothing to do with bad management and...Azarmehr: So nothing to do with bad management and disastrous policies, financial mafia, wrong priorities, widespread corruption and nepotism which lets child labour happen in such a rich country, just the Iranian culture which is responsible?!<BR/><BR/>Hidden Author: I already explained for the benefit of everyone that hardly any Muslim nation has any real wealth except what they suck up throughHidden Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039410618383593927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-33523344995029340272008-10-22T15:35:00.000-07:002008-10-22T15:35:00.000-07:00So nothing to do with bad management and disastrou...So nothing to do with bad management and disastrous policies, financial mafia, wrong priorities, widespread corruption and nepotism which lets child labour happen in such a rich country, just the Iranian culture which is responsible?!Azarmehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111103133622095142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-61740017468716291632008-10-22T14:11:00.000-07:002008-10-22T14:11:00.000-07:00Yikes, You are right about the Quakers/pilgrims. B...Yikes, <BR/><BR/>You are right about the Quakers/pilgrims. But that Pendulum you speak of, are you talking about when the Ron Paul Revolution finally comes through? :)<BR/><BR/>John,<BR/><BR/>I never said child labor was legal. And my comments weren't meant to criticize the U.S., but simply to highlight how culture (in this case, Iranian culture)is the main determinant of how poverty develops andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-7905064383402960792008-10-22T13:50:00.000-07:002008-10-22T13:50:00.000-07:00Barmakid,Child Labour in US is forbiden, children ...Barmakid,<BR/><BR/>Child Labour in US is forbiden, children instead are required to attend school which is free. no matter how poor you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-23695907976138900572008-10-22T11:43:00.000-07:002008-10-22T11:43:00.000-07:00you wont be publishing this as usual. barmakid and...you wont be publishing this as usual. barmakid and you poti are chips off the same old block. both stupid to max. enjoy yer debates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-40681726248851634742008-10-22T11:32:00.000-07:002008-10-22T11:32:00.000-07:00kid -"in America those in poverty receive welfare ...kid -<BR/>"in America those in poverty receive welfare and other government aid and never take part in working collectively for the collective benefit of the family. It's not in American culture."<BR/><BR/>It USED to be in American culture; in fact it was part of our culture since the Pilgrims landed. But the more LIBERAL our country has become, the MORE handouts people are promised and grow to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-9899808234940609532008-10-21T23:52:00.000-07:002008-10-21T23:52:00.000-07:00Barmakid,My struggle against the SWP and the idiot...Barmakid,<BR/><BR/>My struggle against the SWP and the idiots it churns out is not just based on that one photo, its a long going thing, just read some of Hanif Leylabi's comments and my replies.<BR/><BR/>As for how child labour builds character and how it helped your parents in Abadan build their characters, shame they didn't apply it to you and send you to brick factories, and if it was so goodAzarmehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111103133622095142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-49894690716406120612008-10-21T17:19:00.000-07:002008-10-21T17:19:00.000-07:00One more point: This kind of poverty has very much...One more point: This kind of poverty has very much to do with our culture as much as it does with economic policy and educational oppurtuntiy.<BR/><BR/>For instance, in America those in poverty receive welfare and other government aid and never take part in working collectively for the collective benefit of the family. It's not in American culture. <BR/><BR/>Then there's Israel, a culture more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-73468971018595891742008-10-21T17:06:00.000-07:002008-10-21T17:06:00.000-07:00I don't really know much about Elaheh Rostami or S...I don't really know much about Elaheh Rostami or SWP, but I will tell you that even in the world's richest country, i.e. The United States, the same kind of poverty exists, but in a different context. <BR/><BR/>Of course if we can help these children extricate themselves from such poverty, we should. But you assume that these kids are only building bricks, when, in fact, they are also building Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-59304414988662932602008-10-21T16:02:00.000-07:002008-10-21T16:02:00.000-07:00Soon the Iranian people will have to sell drugs to...Soon the Iranian people will have to sell drugs to the West to survive! Let me explain.<BR/><BR/>The oil wealth actually HAS benefitted Iran--the tens of millions of people haven't yet starved to death! In a state of nature, many Muslim countries would have be to claim more than a third or a half of its current population! With the exception of the unusually secularized Turkey, any Muslim nation Hidden Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039410618383593927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-33310844716134719382008-10-21T15:36:00.000-07:002008-10-21T15:36:00.000-07:00Why should there be such poverty in our country wh...Why should there be such poverty in our country when we have 10% of the world's oil reserves and we are the second in the world in gas reserves, and so much more natural wealth as well as skilled personnel. Its due to nothing but bad managenment and an outdated theocracy. <BR/><BR/>What makes my blood boil however is the phoney Soviet style statistics that the likes of Socialist Workers Party andAzarmehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111103133622095142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-7118375333286319472008-10-21T11:27:00.000-07:002008-10-21T11:27:00.000-07:00Maybe you think this kind of labor never took plac...Maybe you think this kind of labor never took place under the Shah? Or even under Kourosh-e bozorg? These kids are not slaves, they work to help sustain their families. Why would they be playing with toys when their family can't afford to eat? They work as a family and they live as a family.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, it's very unsettling to see it, but we also see it in many democratic Latino Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-47395391196404603532008-10-20T15:47:00.000-07:002008-10-20T15:47:00.000-07:00Shameful. Breaks my heart so muchShameful. Breaks my heart so muchWinstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058643406189544769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-22959543391915398882008-10-20T15:17:00.000-07:002008-10-20T15:17:00.000-07:00Lets hope soon those bricks will be replaced with ...Lets hope soon those bricks will be replaced with toys and books and these children will never have to endure this hardship in this oil rich countryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-1939371291653507112008-10-20T14:52:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:52:00.000-07:00And still there are those who defend the Islamic r...And still there are those who defend the Islamic regime; and still, there are those who claim that since there is nothing one can do, one might as well settle with what is, in Iran.<BR/><BR/>Cowards, morons, and traitors to King Kourosh the Great.<BR/><BR/>The downfall of the ruling clerics is creeping up on them...Mehrtashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531035524036560657noreply@blogger.com