so i heard something interesting is happening in Iran

[Melody]

apparently, the election was rigged in favor of some jackass, and the people got pissed, and the government shut down communications but somehow Twitter is still up (http://hashtags.org/tag/iranelection/messages)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/tocca/ena/12327753-72879cabb98b2c2d0215a23f47.jpg (http://tehranlive.org/)

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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/06/laura-secor-irans-stolen-election.html

ahhhhh. the internet. how i love thee and the power thy diffuse

[Technical]

Maybe everyone was right about Twitter after all.

[ciphersort]

Maybe everyone was right about Twitter after all.

Please elaborate...

[Resonance]

...that it could survive 50 years in a nuclear reactor and still be edible?

[Technical]

Please elaborate...

Oh, just everyone all "Twitter this, twitter that," and it turns out it's The Salvation of Iran, so to speak.

[Anonymous]

Ahmadinejad clearly doesn't know how to rig an election. You avoid this by having it so close that it's too difficult to tell right away, like Bush.

[CEOofRawness]

Ahmadinejad clearly doesn't know how to rig an election. You avoid this by having it so close that it's too difficult to tell right away, like Bush.

So that's the difference between us and them. They keep their corruption out in the open.

[Anonymous]

So that's the difference between us and them. They keep their corruption out in the open.

It's the only way to keep the people out of the streets and inflicting such grievous acts of sedition as burning their bicycles!

http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images//2009/6/14/2009614121020436738_3.jpg

(Not a news story until they raid a police station, IMO)

[edge walker]

So that's the difference between us and them. They keep their corruption out in the open.
Have you read 1984?

[CEOofRawness]

As long as they don't send the military there (not that I think they would), I really don't care.

[Melody]

this seemed relevant: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/police_slog_through_40_000

[DoomBagel]

Have you read 1984?

That book bored me. I found Animal Farm to be much more relevant.

[Anonymous]

Interesting commentary here: http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2009/6/13/18512/4480/Diary/Iranian-Elections-Were-Obviously-Rigged

Though that looks like it could be a lot of hot air to me. I don't really think you could compare the Iranian political scene to the American one given how much more powerful the sway of religion is there.

[Sureshot]

I doubt this would spur the second Iranian revolution but seeing the Iranian people upset is most pleasing....I wonder how much they'll take.