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With the British sailors out, I am going in.

Next Sunday I am leaving for Iran, for a two week visit.

Consequently, I was wondering;

do NSGers have any messages you would like to give me to the Iranian people?
Any tips on what I should visit, while in Iran?

With the British sailors out, I am going in.

Next Sunday I am leaving for Iran, for a two week visit.

Consequently, I was wondering;

do NSGers have any messages you would like to give me to the Iranian people?
Any tips on what I should visit, while in Iran?

Demand to see the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. Make sure you are very insistent, and make sure you're talking to a government official.

Tell them the UN will write a letter saying how disappointed they are if they don't let you see the facility.

Demand to see the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. Make sure you are very insistent, and make sure you're talking to a government official.

Tell them the UN will write a letter saying how disappointed they are if they don't let you see the facility.

I am actually visiting Natanz, not the nuclear facilities though...

Demand to see the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. Make sure you are very insistent, and make sure you're talking to a government official.

Tell them the UN will write a letter saying how disappointed they are if they don't let you see the facility.

In other words, visit the nuclear wessels.

Noo-clee-err wes-sels.

Not the ones in Alameda.

I've heard that the Eram Garden's a nice place to visit.

Thanx, I might just do that, as I will be visiting Shiraz

I've heard that the Eram Garden's a nice place to visit.

Tell them you're from Sparta :D

have fun!

you could do worse than to tell the people you meet that americans just want peace the same as they do and that we arent all the pigs we are portrayed as in the islamic world.

Tell them you're from Sparta :D

Perhaps I could even dine in Heck, heard it is great..

tell em they are pretty. well some of them. two in particular. well i told them already. but i'm sure there are other pretty people in iran too.

As far as I know, iranian women are astonishing, both extremely beautifully, polite, talented and smart. Try to make a conquest there.

have fun!

you could do worse than to tell the people you meet that americans just want peace the same as they do and that we arent all the pigs we are portrayed as in the islamic world.

Friendly messages are generally a good idea; though as i understand it the American people and culture are quite popular, it is the American govt they despise...

tell em they are pretty. well some of them. two in particular. well i told them already. but i'm sure there are other pretty people in iran too.

also, visit the south and come back with tales of Susa please. *academic interest*

tell em they are pretty. well some of them. two in particular. well i told them already. but i'm sure there are other pretty people in iran too.

also, visit the south and come back with tales of Susa please. *academic interest*

I cannot agrue with that Iranians can be very pretty.

As far as I know, iranian women are astonishing, both extremely beautifully, polite, talented and smart. Try to make a conquest there.

If he wants to be hung, that is.

As far as I know, iranian women are astonishing, both extremely beautifully, polite, talented and smart. Try to make a conquest there.

I know, but that would not be wise... Punishment is quite harsh...

I cannot agrue with that Iranians can be very pretty.

well all i can say is: take photos ;)

With the British sailors out, I am going in.

Next Sunday I am leaving for Iran, for a two week visit.
...
Any tips...?try to get yourself arrested for the 2nd week.. then you can sell your sexed-up story to the tabloids for $100000.

If he wants to be hung, that is.

Well, you can try with the SINGLE ones, and not the MARRIED ones. there is no punishment for that. there is a punishment for adultery.

With the British sailors out, I am going in.

Next Sunday I am leaving for Iran, for a two week visit.

Consequently, I was wondering;

do NSGers have any messages you would like to give me to the Iranian people?
Any tips on what I should visit, while in Iran?

I have a question you could ask of them; what is the correct reply to the Islamic greeting 'assalamu alaikum' (spelling?).
I'm curious and I've never been able to find the answer.
As for tips, no idea.

Oh, and tell them that I wish them well in the face of the increasing hostility coming from the West, and that should we end up going to war I would feel shameful for our nation resorting to such tactics.

I don't like the Iranian nuclear programme, but I'm certain it could be settled by diplomatic means.

I hope it's not too much to ask. :D

I know, but that would not be wise... Punishment is quite harsh...

... uhh, just curious, just what is it that you'll be doing there? If it's not high profile work and you won't be long in Iran, I think you can manage to find someone.

As far as I know, iranian women are astonishing, both extremely beautifully, polite, talented and smart. Try to make a conquest there.

And if it becomes public knowledge, both of them will get 20 lashes or shot.

Well, you can try with the SINGLE ones, and not the MARRIED ones. there is no punishment for that. there is a punishment for adultery.

Sadly there is, you should be married, if only for a week. However, since I am not a Muslim I can not marry a Muslim woman... Not even for a week.

And if it becomes public knowledge, both of them will get 20 lashes or shot.

No.

Tell them that Xerxes was really a woman who had lesbian sex with Ms. Garrison. They didn't know what to do so they just sort of scissored.

I could have gone the rest of my life without remembering that, thank you.

All I can say to anyone visiting another country: Be polite.

Tell them that Xerxes was really a woman who had lesbian sex with Ms. Garrison. They didn't know what to do so they just sort of scissored.

No.

You do realize this is a theocracy where they passed a law mandating that men and women are required to use separate elevators.

I have a question you could ask of them; what is the correct reply to the Islamic greeting 'assalamu alaikum' (spelling?).
I'm curious and I've never been able to find the answer.
As for tips, no idea.

Oh, and tell them that I wish them well in the face of the increasing hostility coming from the West, and that should we end up going to war I would feel shameful for our nation resorting to such tactics.

I don't like the Iranian nuclear programme, but I'm certain it could be settled by diplomatic means.

I hope it's not too much to ask. :D

I study arabic so the reply would be

Alaykumu s-salam, (wa rakhmatu-llah wa barakatu)

I do not think they use it in Farsi, never heard it before :)

I could have gone the rest of my life without remembering that, thank you.



Oh yeah! scissor me timbers. :D

South Park has done a whole lot worse to warp our minds.

Tell them you're from Sparta :D

Nice one. ;) :D

You do realize this is a theocracy where they passed a law mandating that men and women are required to use separate elevators.oh my God!! the horror!! I never herd of that!!
at least they are not required to use separate washrooms... are they? :D

Tell them you're from Sparta :DYEAH.. tell them you are an old Gay Greek Warrior..

and if they don stop uranium enrichment .. Tell them you are going to do their underage sons. :D

and if they don stop uranium enrichment .. Tell them you are going to rape their underage sons. :D

I wonder how Sharia Law would prosecute that one? Would the sons be lashed for being too provocative, would they behead you for raping their sons and not daughters, or would would they behead their daugthers for a scapegoat?

Friendly messages are generally a good idea; though as i understand it the American people and culture are quite popular, it is the American govt they despise...

i dont blame them. we certainly have given the world the impression that we are unstoppable bullies who have it out for islam.

I study arabic so the reply would be

Alaykumu s-salam, (wa rakhmatu-llah wa barakatu)

I do not think they use it in Farsi, never heard it before :)

And what does it mean? I don't study Arabic. :)
(I know what 'assalamu alaikum' means, obviously. It'd be rather silly if I didn't.)

I wonder how Sharia Law would prosecute that one? a year ago there was a thread about that..
iran has the Death penalty for rapists.
Its some kind of hanging with a blue rope.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4353449.stm
An Iranian serial killer who murdered at least 20 children has been executed in front a large crowd of spectators.

Mohammad Bijeh, 24, dubbed "the Tehran desert vampire" by Iran's press, was flogged 100 times before being hanged.
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So far this year, Iran has executed at least 42 people, according to an AFP tally based on witness and press reports.

In 2004 at least 159 people were executed in the Islamic republic -- the highest rate in the world after China -- according to Amnesty International.

At least one was a minor, the rights group said.

Iran's capital offences include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy, blasphemy, serious drug trafficking, repeated sodomy, adultery or prostitution, treason and espionage.

Sources: BBC/AI/AFP

And if it becomes public knowledge, both of them will get 20 lashes
Hawt.
or shot.
Hawter.

Hawt.

Hawter.

"In other news, H N Fiddlebottoms today revealed that not only is he into BDSM but he is also a necrophiliac/necrophile."

With the British sailors out, I am going in.

Next Sunday I am leaving for Iran, for a two week visit.

Consequently, I was wondering;

do NSGers have any messages you would like to give me to the Iranian people?
Any tips on what I should visit, while in Iran?

I saw a stellar documentary called "Mystic Iran, the Unseen World" - if I were going to Iran I'd want to dance with the Kurdish Sufis, but they're kind of hard to get to...maybe just visit some of the awesome shrines, the tomb of this Shi'a woman saint comes to mind...oo and definitely go see Persopolis! and try to find a Zoroastrian cave-shrine, they're cool too. tell them some americans think they're cool and that Farsi poetry and Azam Ali both pwn.

I know, but that would not be wise... Punishment is quite harsh...

only if there are 7 witnesses. Sharia takes the right to privacy more seriously than western law does. they have a hell of a lot more respect for their citizens and more dignity over there - which is part of why it's so harsh, methinks. as a gay man, I sure wouldn't like to live there, but there's a lot we could learn from them.

Mohammad Bijeh, 24, dubbed "the Tehran desert vampire" by Iran's press, was flogged 100 times before being hanged.

what was the point of flogging if your hanging them

In 2004 at least 159 people were executed in the Islamic republic -- the highest rate in the world after China -- according to Amnesty International.

actually texas under bush had a higher per-capita execution rate than red china or iran.

what was the point of flogging if your hanging them

Pain.

Wars have been started for less.Helen of Troy?

Insist on partyboying* everyone.

*Wearing nothing but a small thong and thrusting at them from about 3 inches away.


Also, bring pictures of goatse to hand out.

As far as I know, iranian women are astonishing, both extremely beautifully, polite, talented and smart. Try to make a conquest there.

Wars have been started for less.

what was the point of flogging if your hanging themhavent you heard?
The Iranians are Savages!!
They flogged this poor lad before hanging him. [/sarcasm]

I am sure they would have hanged him 20 times (one per raped child) if it was possible.

well all i can say is: take photos ;)

Yes take photos and please post here on NSG. We expect a full report on Iran.

Pain.

I've heard that hanging is a very painful way to die in any case.

Helen of Troy?

The War of Jenkins' Ear* is my favourite.

*Look it up if you have no imagination to guess the gist of the cause.

Sadly there is, you should be married, if only for a week. However, since I am not a Muslim I can not marry a Muslim woman... Not even for a week.

Yes. Shia's have a thing called "Mutah" (temporary marriage). You can enter into a temporary marriage contract with all its conditions specifically laid out. Both have to be Shias for this to be Islamically allowed.

Enjoy Iranian music! I heard such music on a webradio a looooooooooong time ago and liked it.

only if there are 7 witnesses. Sharia takes the right to privacy more seriously than western law does. they have a hell of a lot more respect for their citizens and more dignity over there - which is part of why it's so harsh, methinks. as a gay man, I sure wouldn't like to live there, but there's a lot we could learn from them.

Sharia law is not all bad... It has a huge corpus, which aimes at restricting some of the harsh religious punisments...

And what does it mean? I don't study Arabic. :)
(I know what 'assalamu alaikum' means, obviously. It'd be rather silly if I didn't.)
Explaining the meaning, forces me to be more precise

I used batakatu; which should be barakâtu-hu

The “hu” refers back to (a)llah meaning God

Let me restate the full sentence:

wa ‘alaykumu s-salâm wa rakhmatu-llâh wa barakâtuhu

working translation:

wa: and
‘alaykumu: upon you
(a)s-salâm: the peace
Rakhmatu-llah: the merci of God
Barakâtu-hu: the blessings of “him” (God)

Full translation would be:

And peace, God's merci, and blessings be upon you

Or

And peace, the merci, and blessings God be upon you

Buy me candy.

Kindly ask that if America's dumb enough to attack them, can they please not cut off oil supply lines to the rest of the world.

In other words, visit the nuclear wessels.

Am I the only one who read this as 'nuclear weasels'?

Sharia law is not all bad... It has a huge corpus, which aimes at restricting some of the harsh religious punisments...

Nazism wasn't 'all bad' either, you can find a few positive points in even the most foul ideology. I'd consider any system which is willing to execute sixteen year old girls for "crimes against chastity" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5217424.stm) to be beyond any kind of justification.

Insist on partyboying* everyone.

*Wearing nothing but a small thong and thrusting at them from about 3 inches away.

I wouldn't recommend it, Iran still prescribes the death penality for homosexuality.

If he wants to be hung, that is.

Hanged? Probably not. Whipping is a distinct possibility though.

Bring back a nice carpet! Err, with Iranian nuke plant plans hidden in it.

Bring back a nice carpet! Err, with Iranian nuke plant plans hidden in it.

I still want a nuclear weasel. :(

I still want a nuclear weasel. :(

Why don't you ask Kim Jong Il? :p

Why don't you ask Kim Jong Il? :p

I'm not sure if he has any weasels, he had some giant bunnies though:

http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/images/big_bunny.jpg

Maybe he'd let me have one. :)

Nazism wasn't 'all bad' either, you can find a few positive points in even the most foul ideology. I'd consider any system which is willing to execute sixteen year old girls for "crimes against chastity" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5217424.stm) to be beyond any kind of justification.

I was speaking of Sharia law not, the way of implementation in certain regimes; for example, in Sharia law, it is possible for the foetus to sleep for years in the womb before becoming active. This is a protection for women getting pregnant while their husband was away for years on the Hajj for example, or when he did not return,

Bring back a nice carpet! Err, with Iranian nuke plant plans hidden in it.

We should not be too worried about their nuclear program, though proliferation is not good, we should be more worried about the current troubles in Pakistan.

Remember to take them a gift (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6297713.stm)

I wish I could go to Iran, that would be pretty neat.

Just keep assuring them that they won the Iran Iraq war.

With the British sailors out, I am going in.

Next Sunday I am leaving for Iran, for a two week visit.

Consequently, I was wondering;

do NSGers have any messages you would like to give me to the Iranian people?
Any tips on what I should visit, while in Iran?


Tell everyone you see there, that I said hi. :D

Well I think Iran has a problem with the US Government, not it's people. You only need to get out the long list of the US foreign policy to Iran and it's effects. I am sure they are an ordinary people.

With the British sailors out, I am going in.

Next Sunday I am leaving for Iran, for a two week visit.

Consequently, I was wondering;

do NSGers have any messages you would like to give me to the Iranian people?
Any tips on what I should visit, while in Iran?

Garrote a mullah, win a prize - an evil ayatollah, ten prizes!

At any rate, have a great trip, it is a country I would love to visit some day.

If you somehow stumble upon any US Special Forces, trying to blow up another bus, inform your local Revolutionary Guards immediately.

Oh Oh! And get Ahmadinejad's autograph!

I was speaking of Sharia law not, the way of implementation in certain regimes; for example, in Sharia law, it is possible for the foetus to sleep for years in the womb before becoming active. This is a protection for women getting pregnant while their husband was away for years on the Hajj for example, or when he did not return,

:confused:

What the hell is that supposed to mean ?

:confused:

What the hell is that supposed to mean ?

I think it means that if a woman got pregnant while her husband was away or dead it was said that her husband impregnated her but the foetus was just a bit slow getting started. Basically *wink wink*.

I think it means that if a woman got pregnant while her husband was away or dead it was said that her husband impregnated her but the foetus was just a bit slow getting started. Basically *wink wink*.

That's not an example of Sharia's generosity or justice.

It is just stupidity.

Why have a stupid law of stoning a woman for adultery and then have another stupid provision to escape the stoning leaving a huge gap for people to enforce both in whichever way they want to.

After all, two wrongs do not make a....

two wrongs do not make a....

...compelling argument for a U.S.-led invasion.

do NSGers have any messages you would like to give me to the Iranian people?
'Why do you hate freedom? :( '

I envy you your visit; I'd love to visit Iran.

Tell the people you meet there's one guy in San Francisco who loves their music, their food, and their history; who respects their culture and their intelligence; and who hopes to hell that both the US and Iran manage to get through the idiocies of their current governments unscathed so that both our countries can be friends.

And have fun.

Don't do anything that can be construed as "unIslamic".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6557679.stm

The Iranian Supreme Court has ruled that anyone can kill you if you do so, provided they warn you 2 times. After that, all they need is the suspicion you've done something unIslamic (and there's no trial) and they can take you out and feed your remains to animals.

According to their confessions, the killers put some of their victims in pits and stoned them to death. Others were suffocated. One man was even buried alive while others had their bodies dumped in the desert to be eaten by wild animals.

The accused, who were all members of an Islamic paramilitary force, told the court their understanding of the teachings of one Islamic cleric allowed them to kill immoral people if they had ignored two warnings to stop their bad behaviour.

But there was no judicial process to determine the guilt of the victims in these cases.

The group even killed a young couple they thought were involved in sex outside marriage, but media reports say the couple were either married or engaged to be married.

Lawyers for the victims' families say the Supreme Court has five times overturned the verdict of a lower court that found all the men guilty of murder.

Now the Supreme Court is reported to have acquitted all the killers of the charge of murder on the grounds that their victims were all morally corrupt.