In Reply to: Iranian born woman will be the next space tourist posted by Anousheh Ansari on August 25, 2006 at 11:52:28:

You can just tell by looking at her that she is a right terrorist as are all Iranian, sorry Persian, people?

Speaking as one who has visited more than one country besides the one I was born in. (And while we are at it a little quiz - can you name a famous person who had only visited one other country apart from his native land when elected President of his own land?).

Anyways: Once upon a time I spent an exquisite evening at a dinner conversing with an Iranian woman who was placed next to me at a function. She was a lot prettier than the photo of the spacer above. She was sophisticated, intelligent, well-versed, well-educated, charming and able to discuss politics, art, music, any topic you care to mention without fear or favour - thoroughly engaging. I gathered that Iran has an active political opposition, and freedom of speech so even their exquisitely pretty, well-educated women are allowed to to say whatever they want - whatever they believe in or are interested in? And she did....

Today of course she is an obvious candidate for elimination - as are all Iranian terrorists. What else because she was born in a country that belongs to the 'Axis of Evil'? It's obvious therefore that she doesn't really have any legitimate right to life or to the pursuit of happiness?

The George W Bush digital divide dictates this - you are either a zero or a one - for or against - in other words.

If you come from Iran/Persia and speak Pharsee (as well as about 10 other languages as in this particular case) you are obviously against us and not very valuable to those who really count.

So you are just a zero and deserve to be canon fodder just as surely as if you were a dead Lebanese child born on the 25th of August 2005?