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Samprimary
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/02/iran-supreme-leader-music-islam

"While we are busy eroding away, we'd like to remind our mostly young and progressive national populace (whom we must occasionally maim and kill to keep in line) that music is bad"

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Geraine
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Look on the bright side...Schools there can now reallocate their budgets by cutting all of the arts programs!
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Wow...

... and I thought it was only Ahmadinejad who spouted the crazy on a regular basis.

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I'd like to hear them explain the extensive history of Islamic music.
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I'm pretty sure that this is actually just back story for a Persian remake of Footloose.
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Wingracer
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quote:
Originally posted by Noemon:
I'm pretty sure that this is actually just back story for a Persian remake of Footloose.

Hahahaha, I was thinking something quite similar. [Big Grin]
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Scott R
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This is beautiful:

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"They are afraid of my concerts because of those moments before the concert is begun, when the whole hall is in silence and darkness when someone suddenly shouts 'death to dictator' and everybody accompanies and they are unable to identify that person," Shajarian said.

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Indeed, Scott.

I can't help feeling that a good way to promote dissent is to ban things like music. Certain freedoms people can justify the loss of-- but taking people's music away?

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Epic flail.
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