[Buddha-l] Re: buddha-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 17

[curt]

Joy Vriens wrote:
>  Isn't he the man who said: "In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you that we have it." Denying their existence is one thing, executing them another.
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> I think he got a proper reception and that all leaders of countries where people are executed and who talk and act agressively ought to be received in the same manner. 
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In all likelihood what Ahmdinejad said was "There is no homosexual 
social movement in Iran like the one in the US." Since there are severe 
laws against being gay in Iran - and these laws are enforced - obviously 
Iranian political leaders are aware that such people exist.

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I think he got a proper reception and that all leaders of countries where people are executed and who talk and act agressively ought to be received in the same manner. 


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It would be extremely hypocritical of we Americans to treat anyone in 
that way unless and until we start with our own Supreme Beloved Dear Leader.

Curt Steinmetz