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<blockquote data-quote="SeniorGeek" data-source="post: 175636" data-attributes="member: 4823"><p>If you do not have the "Section Quote" button, it is probably not supported by your internet browser.*Double duh, there was <u>never</u> a country that called itself Persia. It is the English-language name for Iran. (You might ask some of the Persians. I did, about 25 years ago. As you guessed, many were afraid to be associated with the things that were happening in their country/former country. At least one person I talked to had been granted asylum.)</p><p> </p><p>According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_naming_dispute" target="_blank">Iran naming dispute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>, the Nazis pushed to call Persia by its native name, Iran. I guess <u>we</u> caved in to the Nazis on that one.</p><p> </p><p>While we are striving for consistent labels of country and people, can we do something about the Dutch?I thought we were talking about "wrong" in the eyes of the government that performs surveillance. Clinton once held the highest office in our government, and there is the remote possibility that a Clinton will hold that office again. Power you give to a government you trust is hard to take back from a government you don't trust.</p><p> </p><p>You may think that nobody would have a reason to watch you. But how do we expect to eliminate the terrorists unless everyone is treated as suspect?What if you are doing something that <em>someone else thinks is wrong</em>, and has enacted into law? (Spanking children? Eating meat? Peeing in the shower? Not eating right? Spanking meat in the shower? Insulting people? Enslaving animals? Insulting animals?)I think both are losing ground on their main battlefronts.</p><p> </p><p>*<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/wink.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="Wink :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeniorGeek, post: 175636, member: 4823"] If you do not have the "Section Quote" button, it is probably not supported by your internet browser.*Double duh, there was [U]never[/U] a country that called itself Persia. It is the English-language name for Iran. (You might ask some of the Persians. I did, about 25 years ago. As you guessed, many were afraid to be associated with the things that were happening in their country/former country. At least one person I talked to had been granted asylum.) According to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_naming_dispute"]Iran naming dispute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL], the Nazis pushed to call Persia by its native name, Iran. I guess [U]we[/U] caved in to the Nazis on that one. While we are striving for consistent labels of country and people, can we do something about the Dutch?I thought we were talking about "wrong" in the eyes of the government that performs surveillance. Clinton once held the highest office in our government, and there is the remote possibility that a Clinton will hold that office again. Power you give to a government you trust is hard to take back from a government you don't trust. You may think that nobody would have a reason to watch you. But how do we expect to eliminate the terrorists unless everyone is treated as suspect?What if you are doing something that [I]someone else thinks is wrong[/I], and has enacted into law? (Spanking children? Eating meat? Peeing in the shower? Not eating right? Spanking meat in the shower? Insulting people? Enslaving animals? Insulting animals?)I think both are losing ground on their main battlefronts. *:wink: [/QUOTE]
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