tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post2293126329709921504..comments2023-10-11T04:59:14.482-04:00Comments on Wide Asleep in America: On Al Jazeera's "The Stream" with Kambiz Hosseini and Saman Arbabi, co-creators of Voice of America's "Parazit"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-61225912182647596692011-11-24T13:43:57.541-05:002011-11-24T13:43:57.541-05:00Thank you, Babak, for the comic relief. It was ne...Thank you, Babak, for the comic relief. It was needed here. And boy did you deliver.<br /><br />That said, I think this comment thread has run its course - there has been nearly nothing interesting or substantive posted here, most of the posts are angry, ugly nonsense, and the whole thing has wound up rather inane and unproductive.<br /><br />There is far too much name-calling, constant Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-90418551814960414422011-11-24T07:40:24.163-05:002011-11-24T07:40:24.163-05:00Sally you are a conformist, you obey your master, ...Sally you are a conformist, you obey your master, what ever laws and rules no matter how ridiculous they are.<br /><br />Useful idiots like you who live in Wealthy Democracies and go to North Korea and praise Dear Leader Kim Jong ill. You think it is cool to live under Theocratic leadership that tells you what to eat , what to wear and what to say, do yourself a favor and go and live in Iran or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-61179491308133051622011-11-24T06:28:24.751-05:002011-11-24T06:28:24.751-05:00Lots of laugh at 'gentlemen'!
(Im avoidin...Lots of laugh at 'gentlemen'! <br />(Im avoiding 'lame web abbreviations'!)Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00044262960624467331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-76581807280504254172011-11-23T05:39:36.121-05:002011-11-23T05:39:36.121-05:00Oh yeah totally! I'm TOTALLY a neoconservative...Oh yeah totally! I'm TOTALLY a neoconservative! You're a lunatic who calls us neoconservatives because we want democracy and human rights and Iran and when two young gentleman attempt to use a platform to convey their thoughts, you criticize them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-68354442808050643932011-11-23T00:18:19.124-05:002011-11-23T00:18:19.124-05:00Without a doubt, the best part of this whole conve...Without a doubt, the best part of this whole conversation, if it can even be called that, is the inescapable realization that many <i>Parazit</i> fans not only have a Manichaean worldview, they are also clearly neoconservatives.Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-85734503604261747882011-11-22T22:10:04.788-05:002011-11-22T22:10:04.788-05:00Hey Nima, I have an idea. Instead of giving the ta...Hey Nima, I have an idea. Instead of giving the talking points of the IRI, maybe you should actually GO on their show.<br /><br />I know you're one of those ultra-leftists that hates the US government, and yet, finds it SO HARD to criticize the IRI.<br /><br />It's almost like criticism of the IRI cannot come out of your mouth.<br /><br />So how about this, next time you go on a show and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-18927553305399754162011-11-22T19:42:22.611-05:002011-11-22T19:42:22.611-05:00How could someone attack the freedoms and core val...<i>How could someone <b>attack the freedoms and core values we have afforded to us here in the west</b> (whether the United States or Europe) and <b>justify the actions of such a brutal regime at every opportunity</b> rather than siding with the Iranian people who continue to shed their blood for freedom, secular democracy, and human rights? Therefore, <b>naturally I assumed you were referring toNima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-33476849675626315942011-11-22T18:14:30.343-05:002011-11-22T18:14:30.343-05:00"You know that the world has gone to a hand b..."You know that the world has gone to a hand basket, when wrong is right and right is wrong. I guess the normal now in this crazy world is that once someone is out of his country he must do everything he can to betray his homeland and his fellow countrymen. Some people say he dude, why not reach back and help your people, by helping to care for the poor, the sick or the downtrodden, by makingsasss31https://www.blogger.com/profile/17523266515320270934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-65318770130281205792011-11-22T13:42:42.861-05:002011-11-22T13:42:42.861-05:00You know that the world has gone to a hand basket,...You know that the world has gone to a hand basket, when wrong is right and right is wrong. I guess the normal now in this crazy world is that once someone is out of his country he must do everything he can to betray his homeland and his fellow countrymen. Some people say he dude, why not reach back and help your people, by helping to care for the poor, the sick or the downtrodden, by making a sammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-78026999523384166982011-11-22T01:47:02.014-05:002011-11-22T01:47:02.014-05:00بنا به نظریه شما هر کس که پولش از جایی می آید بی ط...بنا به نظریه شما هر کس که پولش از جایی می آید بی طرف نیست... نتیجه تلویزیون ایران بی طرف نیست پس هر خبر در مورد آمریکا می دهد دروغ است. دو در انتخاب ایران تقلب شده است چون تلویزیون ایران بیان کرده که نشده و تلویزیون ایران پولش ازطرف دولت ایران پس در نتیجه تلویزیون ایران داره دروغ میگه... یکی از نمونه های جالبش این موضوع که تمام خبر گذاری های ایرانی این موضوع رو در مورد کانال بی بی سی و صدای Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-1574829222905331212011-11-22T00:24:07.275-05:002011-11-22T00:24:07.275-05:00Nima, my friend. You're way too smart to answe...Nima, my friend. You're way too smart to answers back some of these really creepy weird people here in the comment section. Just let them say whatever they want. Do what you're great at , teaching people who have an open mind and want to learn on your blogPaymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-40989161167534249602011-11-21T21:24:17.343-05:002011-11-21T21:24:17.343-05:00Yup, Rameen, you nailed it. It's because of my...Yup, Rameen, you nailed it. It's because of my embarrassment that I think you're an ignorant bigot.<br /><br />I've already watched the <i>Al Jazeera</i> documentary "Letters from Iran" but thanks for link anyway.Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-26247668578320888432011-11-21T20:53:27.510-05:002011-11-21T20:53:27.510-05:00Hi dear Nima, I hope u read my comment and can sen...Hi dear Nima, I hope u read my comment and can send back some answers to me, I am not one of your usual guests in here, I comed in here trow severeal links that the first of them was from Parazit, I am a fan of the show and everything that you said in the show is truth but one question remainds, does we have anything else like that right now?if they quit, who will talk on behalf of us, iranian? Arman Taghvaeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230216237148322676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-22906425137965537002011-11-21T20:22:29.756-05:002011-11-21T20:22:29.756-05:00Sorry to hurt your feeling dude, you look pretty o...Sorry to hurt your feeling dude, you look pretty outstanding on Aljazeera!!!, but you felt embarrassed after i said that "your Arab friends", i didn't know that you feel bad about that, but anyway i do have friends with different background and nationality, but never felt bad being friend with them. <br /><br />Anyway as long as we are on Aljazeera subject, it is not bad to watch Rameennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-10438244316163338472011-11-21T10:51:11.545-05:002011-11-21T10:51:11.545-05:00i just watched Aljazira's program stream which...i just watched Aljazira's program stream which you were in and the hosts that were kambiz and saman , i should tell you that i see your argument but the logic behind it falls flat , i really do not understand some points you made like the US government is the same government that sanctioned iran in this 30 years and put pressure in iran , i didnt understand it because by saying this things mattie habibiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-79454884819066441912011-11-21T04:56:06.184-05:002011-11-21T04:56:06.184-05:00After watching the program I got very interested a...After watching the program I got very interested and started to follow the "debate" even if reading all the comments here is quite exhausting (I don't even want to check the Facebook page a lot of people mention here). So much time is missed in extreme points, insults and ideas that change the subject!<br /><br />I was sorry you didn't have much time or opportunity to go furtherLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292880672457993960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-80485152511303863802011-11-21T01:35:24.368-05:002011-11-21T01:35:24.368-05:00My comment was directed to everyone on this thread...My comment was directed to everyone on this thread, Fidel, Rameen, and you included.<br /><br />"Islamicist culture"? Honestly, sasss31, do you have <i>anything</i> interesting to say or is it all this trolling nonsense?<br /><br />Actually, don't answer that, this is all way too stupid.Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-73959694375329608732011-11-21T01:26:32.900-05:002011-11-21T01:26:32.900-05:00I think that there is no doubt that you have been ...I think that there is no doubt that you have been exhibiting narcissistic tendencies. <br /><br />Moving on...so, it is okay for this "fidel" moniker to make a blanket statement in calling us "Zionist Jews" and in addition calling us "fake Iranians"? So, it's okay for bigoted comments to be directed towards us in questioning our Iranian identity along with makingsasss31https://www.blogger.com/profile/17523266515320270934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-55912923715531368182011-11-20T23:28:58.413-05:002011-11-20T23:28:58.413-05:00I hardly consider "Rameen" a fanboy.
Co...I hardly consider "Rameen" a fanboy.<br /><br />Comments like "...your Arab friends..." and "...mind your own people..." are appalling.<br /><br />Similarly, any comments that include lame web abbreviations like "lol" and "lmfao" will also not be tolerated.Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-19649961137169039452011-11-20T23:02:52.235-05:002011-11-20T23:02:52.235-05:00lol Nima, the only people being racist are your fa...lol Nima, the only people being racist are your fanboys. In fact, we were all under a big fat blanket called "Zionist Jews". lmfao.sasss31https://www.blogger.com/profile/17523266515320270934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-62024320142735302892011-11-20T21:47:19.692-05:002011-11-20T21:47:19.692-05:00Hey Nima, this is amoo joon , I'm very sorry i...Hey Nima, this is amoo joon , I'm very sorry if I might have offended you. I just feel its really unfair of these people who attack you , while they're lying about who they really are. If they were a man they would not hide behind a keyboard, they would come out and identify their real agenda like a real man. Just tell us that you're an Israeli or their sayar( helper). And then maybe amoo joonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-14440304666679635062011-11-20T21:21:10.219-05:002011-11-20T21:21:10.219-05:00I see this thread quickly devolving from its alrea...I see this thread quickly devolving from its already inane profanity and boring <i>ad hominem</i> into even more sinister racism, tribalism, nationalism, nativism, and ethno-cultural supremacism. <br /><br /><b>This will not be allowed.</b><br /><br />If I see anymore of this here, I will not only reinstate the "approval" mechanism and refuse to post anything of that sort, but I may Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-1105515062416961352011-11-20T21:03:35.046-05:002011-11-20T21:03:35.046-05:00Way to go Fidel , man I agree with you. As you sai...Way to go Fidel , man I agree with you. As you said;<br /><br /> Listen you F' ers sitting in tel aviv or some settlement in Palestine mistreating the poor Palestinians and at the same time pretending to be Iranians trying to brainwash the real Iranians just doesn't work anymore.(Yes some of you traitor 5th column are from Iran, now as so typical of your people, have moved to Israel and Amoo joonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-65655489241297368602011-11-20T20:44:09.913-05:002011-11-20T20:44:09.913-05:00OH Great Nima, your Arab friends already start pra...OH Great Nima, your Arab friends already start praising you like "Roqayah". I told you mind your own people, we,Iranians, currently have more serious local issues at home, as all Iranian patriots call on streets full of bloodshed in Iran: <br /><br />No Gaza, No Lebanon, I will give my life for IRAN. or in my beautiful farsi language:<br /><br />نه غزه نه لبنان جانم فدای ایرانRameennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-21703034444818407952011-11-20T20:05:57.771-05:002011-11-20T20:05:57.771-05:00^LMFAO, we must now be Jews? LOL. In fact, I have ...^LMFAO, we must now be Jews? LOL. In fact, I have a great respect for the Jewish culture as it has produced such great minds and scientists such as Albert Einstein and 10-20% of Israelis are estimated to be atheist Jews. In addition, we have historical ties to them dating back to Cyrus The Great. Saying this, I was "born" Muslim and I am a kafar - YUP! Like more and more Iranians these sasss31https://www.blogger.com/profile/17523266515320270934noreply@blogger.com