Their president hates the US (or rather, the 'West'). Sorry, call me pessimist, but I don't think much can come of any discussions when one side of the table views the other as 'infidels' simply because they have a different way of life.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Yes, those are brutal and savage laws. I fully support trying to get > them changed there just like I support changing the same laws in Saudi > Arabia and other countries. Yet we are able to negotiate with Saudi > Arabia and Oman and the UAE. > > As for your link about a law banning conversion from Islam to another > religion (doesn't actually have to be Christianity, the author is just > biased there) it is a horrible law, I agree. Iran also has established > laws to protect its Christian minority including representation in > Parliament. You don't see that mentioned in the article, do you? Being > non-Islamic in Iran is tough. There has been persecution at times and > many people have fled but it is not a theocracy that does not tolerate > other religions. > > The government of Iran is not nice. They are not our allies. But to > dismiss them as savages and say that negotiation with them is futile > is both ignorant and unhelpful to both our country and the Middle > East. > > Judah > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > http://www.wfafi.org/laws.pdf > > > > That is enough for me. > > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > Scott wrote: > >> > The people who 'govern' the country of Iran. > >> > > >> > >> Like what have they done that's "savage"? > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287998 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
