swhx7
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Elbonia
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Re: Seperate from the rest of the world!
On one level it's about morality, according to the norms in Iran. Narrowband-only makes it a little harder for Western culture to influence the population (fewer images with the text, less music and movies). They've started enforcing the longstanding ban on satellite dishes too, which used to be very lax.
But it's really about maintaining the power of the clerics who control the government. There's a system of religious councils or something similar, parallel to the formal government, which more or less dictates domestic policy. But the younger generation want more freedom, in male/female relations and other areas. There was a trend to liberalization before the US started threatening Iran. Now it's going more conservative again.
The internet might become more valuable for communications if the US attacks. |
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Mercurybird
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Hooks, TX
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| I agree with your points of view. Even their El Presidente doesn't utter a syllable that isn't preapproved by their Mullas.
You want to see what the internet will do to their country, just look at China. If I were trying to bring down a massive dam, a crack would do, if I'm patient.
Over here we take the internet so for granted. Over there, the internet is the voice of democracy. And that voice is a megaphone. Its the proverbial 800 lb gorilla in the room. |
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