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| Iran destroys 100,000 illegal satellite dishes | |
| 2016-07-25 | |
The destruction ceremony takes place in Tehran in the presence of General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, head of Iran’s Basij militia, who warns of the impact that satellite television is having in the conservative country. “The truth is that most satellite channels… deviate the society’s morality and culture,” he says at the event, according to Basij News. “What these televisions really achieve is increased divorce, addiction and insecurity in society.” Under Iranian law, satellite equipment is banned, and those who distribute, use, or repair it can be fined up to $2,800. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Control the population's access to, and ability to share information, and you control what they can believe to be true. Case in point: The Mainstream Media's near monopoly on information delivered to the American Public before the widespread use of the internet. A lot of lies were published during that time (including that the 'Tet offensive was a major defeat of America' - Walter Cronkite) and a lot of people got killed as a result. Back in the '60s and early '70s I was taught that Kennedy and Roosevelt were saints incarnate and Nixon was Satan incarnate, The Vietnam war was American colonialism and a whole lot of other crap. Remember the gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Watergate scandal (yet the much more serious email story of Clinton is barely mentioned. And how much coverage is the DNC's operation to list sexist job offers in Craiglist in Trump's name getting in the MSM?). And lets not forget the gavel-to-gavel coverage of 'a pubic hair on a coke bottle' comment. They are still trying to put stuff the internet jeannie back into the regulated bottle. Still might succeed. For the children of course! They may not be destroying satellite dishes but they sure will try to restrict who has broadcast access on the originating earth stations. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-07-25 10:55 |
| #8 Interest? someone is really drawing interest? Oh, that fifty cents on 50K. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-07-25 09:58 |
| #7 Control the population's access to, and ability to share information, and you control what they can believe to be true. Interest bearing bank accounts could be NEXT ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-07-25 09:51 |
| #6 Control the population's access to, and ability to share information, and you control what they can believe to be true. So, its just like American colleges and universities. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-07-25 09:48 |
| #5 Comcast has too much sway with the politicians. And crappy service. |
| Posted by: Clyde Whaiger4948 2016-07-25 08:34 |
| #4 There's gotta be a whole comedy routine here. Something about registering your pattern, orphaned cups and saucers, etc. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-07-25 08:23 |
| #3 "Now how will we get to watch 'Girls'?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-07-25 07:26 |
| #2 Line'em with foil and make parabolic solar ovens. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-07-25 07:22 |
| #1 There's an actual ceremony, like ritual, for this? With an actual Genaral officiating? "Avaunt thee Netflix!!!!" Does the crowd get to lob stones at the exorcised dishes? |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-07-25 02:21 |