'We don't have homosexuals'
Asked about executions of homosexuals in Iran, Ahmadinejad said the judiciary system executed violent criminals and high-level drug dealers, comparing them to microbes eliminated through medical treatment. Pressed specifically about punishment of homosexuals, he said: “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country.”
With the audience laughing derisively, he continued: “In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don’t know who’s told you that we have this.”
Listen, this guy is in CHARGE of Iran. If he says they arent there, who are we to judge? ;)
My problem with this whole issue is the double standard. It's not ok for the ROTC to be on campus, or the minuteman guy...but a dictator who supports terrorism is A OK. That's puzzling to me.idiot.
There's a lot of gays in iran (proportionally). And Ahmadinejad isn't the leader. Khomeini is. Ahmadinejad is just a figurehead.My problem with this whole issue is the double standard. It's not ok for the ROTC to be on campus, or the minuteman guy...but a dictator who supports terrorism is A OK. That's puzzling to me.idiot.
what kind of message does it send when you don't let the president of iran speak at a university?
There's a lot of gays in iran (proportionally). And Ahmadinejad isn't the leader. Khomeini is. Ahmadinejad is just a figurehead.My problem with this whole issue is the double standard. It's not ok for the ROTC to be on campus, or the minuteman guy...but a dictator who supports terrorism is A OK. That's puzzling to me.idiot.
what kind of message does it send when you don't let the president of iran speak at a university?
What does ROTC usually do on campuses? RECRUIT. President of Iran? We don't really know. You want to slap him in the face and you're pissing off his entire country for no good reason.
I think there's a difference between simply not inviting someone to speak, and disinviting them, once the invitation has been extended (this goes for Amaninajar as well). Or, in the case of the ROTC folks, who (even though I've barely been keeping track of the issue) should have as much of a right to recruit / speak about their organization as any other campus group, and not be banned on the grounds that people OMG JUST NOW remembered the whole "don't ask don't tell" thing, which of course has absolutely nothing to do with an anti-war, anti-Bush, etc ideology, and therefore isn't hypocritical.
Of course, as this thread shows, it's not like the President of Iran has enlightened views about homosexuality either...