Comments on: Iran threatening expat critics in the US via email http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 21:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-655135 teapot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655135 <i>what forum or method can we use to exact the dissidents' revenge?</i> <a href="http://www.twitpic.com/aed1y">I</a> <a href="http://www.twitpic.com/890nn">encourage</a> <a href="http://www.twitpic.com/88v29">childish</a> <a href="http://www.twitpic.com/85uha">mockery</a>. what forum or method can we use to exact the dissidents’ revenge?

I encourage childish mockery.

]]> By: acb http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-655142 acb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655142 That's hardly surprising. Throughout the 1980s, the Iranian regime sent assassins around the world to kill dissidents. Now, with the pretence of democratic reform done away with, the hardliners seem to be back in power. That’s hardly surprising. Throughout the 1980s, the Iranian regime sent assassins around the world to kill dissidents. Now, with the pretence of democratic reform done away with, the hardliners seem to be back in power.

]]> By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-655197 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655197 Hard to overstate the importance of anonymity in political criticism. Hard to overstate the importance of anonymity in political criticism.

]]> By: phenomenon http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-654980 phenomenon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-654980 Maziar Bahari was recently released from Iranian fun camp (err prison) after 118 days of enhanced interrogation: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-30-2009/maziar-bahari Iran's Revolutionary Guard (or whatever) is whacky as fuck but serious at the same time. Crazy. I wonder if they have a whole Facebook Squad. Maziar Bahari was recently released from Iranian fun camp (err prison) after 118 days of enhanced interrogation: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-30-2009/maziar-bahari

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (or whatever) is whacky as fuck but serious at the same time. Crazy. I wonder if they have a whole Facebook Squad.

]]> By: phenomenon http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-654986 phenomenon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-654986 I should have added, among the evidence of espionage used against Maziar Bahari was an interview/skit he did with The Daily Show a while ago, and the fact that he admitted to have been to New Jersey (Sex capital of the world, Paradise, no Jews). Iran would make a really funny movie. I should have added, among the evidence of espionage used against Maziar Bahari was an interview/skit he did with The Daily Show a while ago, and the fact that he admitted to have been to New Jersey (Sex capital of the world, Paradise, no Jews).

Iran would make a really funny movie.

]]> By: Xanthippas http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-654991 Xanthippas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-654991 Those f*ckers. I wish we could e-mail back to them a punch in the nuts. Those f*ckers. I wish we could e-mail back to them a punch in the nuts.

]]> By: phenomenon http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-655251 phenomenon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655251 Oh I know, that just wasn't the funny part. Oh I know, that just wasn’t the funny part.

]]> By: Joe http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-655013 Joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655013 phenomenon: I think that they were exaggerating the impact of the Daily Show interview since they were, after all, on the Daily Show (though the fact that they took it seriously at all makes the interrogators look really bad). Bahari's main "offense" was his serious coverage of the Iranian situation for Newsweek magazine. phenomenon: I think that they were exaggerating the impact of the Daily Show interview since they were, after all, on the Daily Show (though the fact that they took it seriously at all makes the interrogators look really bad). Bahari’s main “offense” was his serious coverage of the Iranian situation for Newsweek magazine.

]]> By: knodi http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-655026 knodi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655026 These kinds of tactics are supposed to fail because they generate a bigger reaction than they tried to suppress, as backlash. (e.g. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS">DeCSS</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy">AACS</a>) But in this case, the offended parties cannot, because their relatives will pay the price. Does that mean the burden of PR punishment falls on us, the average boingboing readers and our ilk? If so, what forum or method can we use to exact the dissidents' revenge? These kinds of tactics are supposed to fail because they generate a bigger reaction than they tried to suppress, as backlash. (e.g. DeCSS or AACS)

But in this case, the offended parties cannot, because their relatives will pay the price.

Does that mean the burden of PR punishment falls on us, the average boingboing readers and our ilk? If so, what forum or method can we use to exact the dissidents’ revenge?

]]> By: jessemoya http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-655038 jessemoya Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-655038 God bless America, where I can say FUCK THE GOVERNMENT all I want. God bless America, where I can say FUCK THE GOVERNMENT all I want.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/03/iran-threatening-exp.html#comment-656329 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-656329 Actually, if you read Bahari's article in Newsweek after he was released, there was an emphasis on his interview with the Daily Show. Not really surprised that the Revolutionary Guard lacks a sense of humor. Actually, if you read Bahari’s article in Newsweek after he was released, there was an emphasis on his interview with the Daily Show. Not really surprised that the Revolutionary Guard lacks a sense of humor.

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