Iran Issues Guidelines for Virtuous Haircuts for Men

[Juddog]

LOL at the OP saying that Iran garners support from the left; I have yet to meet a single leftist who supports the policies in Iran. Fail troll is fail.

 

[JEDIYoda]

i am so glad i want born there.

is seems like to me the governments of the world are getting stricter and stricter. more laws and more control. its getting scary.

no whats is scary is that they allow you to post on these forums....

 

[Moonbeam]

I've never once heard anyone on the left defending any crackpot religious laws in the Islamic world. On occasion, you might hear someone on the left saying he disagrees with the crackpot law but it's their culture and government and they can do what they want. At most.

Sometimes people on the left will defend Islam for one reason or another, on limited grounds. I would not defend every argument of the left with respect to Islam, nor would I defend every argument from the right. However, citing a crackpot law in an Islamic country as a blanket indictment of the American left is disingenuous at best.

- wolf

This post is left approved by me.

 

[Double Trouble]

The left doesn't support Iran and it's policies any more than the right does. What both extremes support is the total control of government over every aspect of their fellow man, so they can stop other people from doing things they don't agree with.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

I heard that two of the approved styles are the Mo-hawk and the Muh-llet.

 

[piasabird]

Who Cares? Iran is a Terrorism Supporter! They only care about controlling people. Most of Iran is probably a wonderful bunch of people. Too bad they support the murders and molestors of women in their country. How they choose to cut their hair is not really that important.

As an example, Iran just gave a woman 99 lashes for Adultry. Now they plan on stoning the woman to death. So what did they do to the man? (This was just on the TV Hannity Show)

 

[Zebo]

Why do they love totalitarian brown regimes you mean?

1. Love underdogs. Liberal Strive for a fairness and equality in all things. The Arabs cleverly redefined this whole conflict for Western Liberal consumption - where before it was little Israel getting attacked relentlessly by big bad nation states to one where the little Palestinians (who are nothing but shock troops still supported by those same Arab and Persian states with same goal, eradication of Israel) are getting brutalized by big bad Israel. So the underdog became the oppressor and the oppressor became the underdog with a simple change in tactics.

2. Western virtues like trying to overcome xenophobia and self criticism taken to the extreme and become harmful vices. Instead of supporting the culture from whence they came, the culture which allows them to be liberal in the first place - they sympathize w/ a foreign barbaric culture who would just as soon kill them as look at them in name of all cultural are equal. aka Useful idiots.

3. A small minority harbor anti Semitic views. You hear it slip every so often like "jewish media" or "jewish bankers" what they really mean is they don't like them as a whole. Old Habits die hard.

4. Genuine Muslim fundis taking the liberal route to overrun established order until they get a shot at power structure.

Even shaving habits can take on broader overtones. Beards or heavy facial stubble -- worn by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other officials -- are considered signs of religious piety and loyalty to the ruling clerics. But many men, including opposition activists, adopt a clean-shaven look.

Seems easy enough to invade pacify and change. Shoot everyone with a beard first day. Of course we are too pussified so the Fundis will continue dominance and oppression on these people.

 

[coreyb]

such a crap country. my hairstylist is from there and she had some pretty horrible stories to tell me about this place.

 

[Bateluer]

Crew cuts for all men?

 

[William Gaatjes]

I will never understand why these country garner leftist support over isreal. Seriously. They are the literal theocratic nightmare the left fears will come from the right wing... yet these countries get their support. Why???

Same with Chavez. The man stiffles any free speech and thought in his country, yet the left supports him. Why???

You asked a good question. When i look at history there is always the same pattern emerging :

If you wants power, when you are right it usually means you have to suck up against the already present leader and you can only hope he or she likes you enough that you can get a little bit of the pie. But you will not get the top position until the current leader is dead.

If you want power and you are left, you can create your own movement.
And when you have the power and are in control over a large group of people and resources, you become right.
That is basically how it works. If you take a look at a group of protesters, there is always 1 person standing out with sidekicks. That person wants power but does not have any or has acquired only a small amount in the local group. That is the fun thing. Right evolves from the left. Left people fight the establishment. When the left are themselves the establishment, they become right. Why ? because they like their power once in control and want to keep that power and control.

 

[pcgeek11]

Nope. More like this ....

Left Right
Freedom <--------------- --------------->Slavery
Right Left​

Now that is Funny!

 

[xj0hnx]

Now that is Funny!

What exactly is "funny" about it? Both left and right concepts for governments have been tried from socialism, fascism, communism, and in each at different times of maturity they retained the extreme ends of the spectrum between freedom and slavery. The myth is that left is freedom, and right is slavery, this is basic history.

 

[pcgeek11]

What exactly is "funny" about it? Both left and right concepts for governments have been tried from socialism, fascism, communism, and in each at different times of maturity they retained the extreme ends of the spectrum between freedom and slavery. The myth is that left is freedom, and right is slavery, this is basic history.

The far right is no more slavery than the far left is freedom.

The left is far from true Freedom.
The right is far from Slavery.

 

[Bitek]

"The enemies of my enemy are still a bunch of assholes"


I don't see how this is an impossibly hard concept to comprehend.



Has the Iranian Culture Ministry (MiniCult) ruled on the wearing of New Member jackets?

 

[ModestGamer]

The end result of big government.

Of course, someone will tell us we shouldn't be judging their culture, waahh.

but our gorvement per capita is like 10x bigger. what say you now ?

 

[ModestGamer]

Right of self determination.

If they want to live there.

WHO FUCKING CARES !

I will never understand why these country garner leftist support over isreal. Seriously. They are the literal theocratic nightmare the left fears will come from the right wing... yet these countries get their support. Why???

Same with Chavez. The man stiffles any free speech and thought in his country, yet the left supports him. Why???

Iran Issues Guidelines for Virtuous Haircuts for Men

Published July 07, 2010
| Associated Press

AP


TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian fashion organization has issued a new list of culturally appropriate haircuts for men, possibly indicating a new crackdown on male attire after years of strict rules for women, Iranian media reported.

Although the Ministry of Culture has yet to officially adopt the styles presented by the Veil and Modesty Festival, the private organization said approval is pending. It would be the first such rules for men's hair styles since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

"We introduced the hairstyles to the Culture Ministry," said Jaleh Khodayar, head of the group, telling Iranian newspapers Tuesday that it had been approved informally and an official statement would soon be made.

Clothing and hair styles have become a highly visible political statement in Iran since the first stirrings of the reform movement in the late 1990s. Many young women have tested authorities by allowing more hair to spill out from under their head scarves and wearing shorter and tighter coverings. Some men, too, push boundaries with earrings and long hair and ponytails.

Even shaving habits can take on broader overtones. Beards or heavy facial stubble -- worn by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other officials -- are considered signs of religious piety and loyalty to the ruling clerics. But many men, including opposition activists, adopt a clean-shaven look.

Hard-line groups have repeatedly launched drives to reimpose more conservative codes for women, but often gave only passing attention to men until now.

The new hairstyles are aimed at confronting the "Western cultural invasion," according to Khodayar, by promoting cuts based on the "law and culture" of the Iranian society.

The group says the styles will be modified for Iran's provinces based on regional culture and the clean-shaven models will be displayed in barber shops for visibility.

Khodayar said female hair styles will be introduced in future and the styles would be featured in foreign exhibitions in hopes of spreading them to other Muslim countries.

Many trendy young Iranian men favor Western hair styles, including pony tails, inspired by Hollywood movie stars.

The introduction of appropriate hairstyles for men is the latest salvo in Iran's annual modesty campaign which peaks every year at summer time and is aimed at combating any deviation from strict Islamic attire.

Since 1979 revolution that brought Islamists to power in Iran, authorities have regularly detained young people, male and female, for "lack of virtue" in their clothing, hair styles and makeup.

Laws in place since the revolution require women to cover from head-to-toe in loose-fitting overcoats hiding their shape and cover their head with a scarf.

The rules are enforced by police and paramilitaries, who castigate women for showing too much hair, wearing makeup or figure hugging clothing.

 

[pcgeek11]

I think Iranian Men should cut their hair short... say just under the chin short.

 

[OCGuy]

Israel needs to hurry up and handle them.

We give them enough $$$ that for once someone should do our bidding.

 

[Fayd]

I tend to think that in alot of cases people take a position opposite what they see as the prevailing one under the guise that they're thinking for themselves, when in fact they're not examining the reasons behind the prevailing opinion and simply reacting to it.

 

[MotF Bane]

but our gorvement per capita is like 10x bigger. what say you now ?

They're trying.

 

[MotF Bane]

Right of self determination.

If they want to live there.

WHO FUCKING CARES !

But have they had self determination? No, they have not.

 

[xj0hnx]

The far right is no more slavery than the far left is freedom.

The left is far from true Freedom.
The right is far from Slavery.

That's what I am saying. If you look the left and right have their places in the middle, close to both, and through history both sides have crept close to both freedom, and slavery, but neither is one or the other. I think people nowadays seem to be confusing a classical liberal with the modern liberal, and confusing liberal with liberty.

 

[hal2kilo]

You asked a good question. When i look at history there is always the same pattern emerging :

If you wants power, when you are right it usually means you have to suck up against the already present leader and you can only hope he or she likes you enough that you can get a little bit of the pie. But you will not get the top position until the current leader is dead.

If you want power and you are left, you can create your own movement.
And when you have the power and are in control over a large group of people and resources, you become right.
That is basically how it works. If you take a look at a group of protesters, there is always 1 person standing out with sidekicks. That person wants power but does not have any or has acquired only a small amount in the local group. That is the fun thing. Right evolves from the left. Left people fight the establishment. When the left are themselves the establishment, they become right. Why ? because they like their power once in control and want to keep that power and control.

God you post major amounts of nonsense!!

 

[ModestGamer]

But have they had self determination? No, they have not.

Yes they have.

Republican forms of goverment are not what most peoples around the world want and for most peoples simply will not work.

 

[ModestGamer]

Very good observation !

the only thing anyone in power wants more of is power.

Which is why I firmly bevlie the House of Reps should be a national lottery and you just go and serve for 90 days and you come home.

You asked a good question. When i look at history there is always the same pattern emerging :

If you wants power, when you are right it usually means you have to suck up against the already present leader and you can only hope he or she likes you enough that you can get a little bit of the pie. But you will not get the top position until the current leader is dead.

If you want power and you are left, you can create your own movement.
And when you have the power and are in control over a large group of people and resources, you become right.
That is basically how it works. If you take a look at a group of protesters, there is always 1 person standing out with sidekicks. That person wants power but does not have any or has acquired only a small amount in the local group. That is the fun thing. Right evolves from the left. Left people fight the establishment. When the left are themselves the establishment, they become right. Why ? because they like their power once in control and want to keep that power and control.