[lbo-talk] The Sexual Clash of Civilisations

[James Heartfield]

"I know you're trying to get your boy off the hook for saying
something so transparently ludicrous, but if even a minority of
Iranians have adopted the "Western" identity, then Ahmadinejad's
statement is factually wrong. There *are* Western-style homos in his
country, whether he likes it or not."

Yes, but I bet it sounds a lot less ludicrous in Teheran than it does in New 
York.

I could almost say that I am looking forward to seeing the US Marines 
('don't ask, don't tell') going to war for the rights of


> men in Iran who suck cock
> and women who munch box.

I would say that it would be good to see that slogan scrawled on the side of 
a bomb, nestling in the womb of a B-52 - but that the day might come sooner 
than one would think.

After all, who would have expected Vietnam War hero Wes Clark fighting a war 
to set up a rape crisis centre in Kosovo.