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Interesting point about the limits of freedom! Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with far eastern thought and philosophy. But I know that in the Abrahamic tradition, humans are seen as devoid of any freedom, unless expressly permitted by god or his representatives. Modern enlightenment...

"Freedom is a lot bigger than basic functions..." So does that mean you believe as humans, we have inherent free will to do as we please? And consequences flow from our actions. Does that negate our freedom to commit does actions? Does that mean we don't have the freedom. Are emotions some...

Well why not attacking or committing crimes against others? Shouldn't you have freedom to do that if you want to? Isn't that some sort of impingement on your freedoms, albeit it one that you consent to? Who decides what you can and cannot do? And criteria do you use to decide that?

Let me understand... So you're saying we have something akin to the inverse of absolute freedom? Like absolute 'un-freedom'? So if you wanna take a dump or have glass of water, you're unable to do so?

I know it may sound like a silly question. But I think it's a dead serious issue for all of us to think about. It seems like everybody says they want freedom. From communists, to Islamists, to Monarchists, to MEK and everything in between, everybody is fighting for freedom!!! We've been fighting...

hmm! But that's not what I'm asking you. The question is very clear. Yet you refuse to commit. Makes me wonder whether you believe in the sovereignty of a poeple over their country. Because you know, islamists don't. And they often use a whole lot of bull to cover their tracks... The question...

It's funny to see Israelis now increasingly propagating on the side of Daesh!!! lol Whoever said Hasbara work is easy!!! I can only imagine what goes on in shift meetings....

I see that you keep sidestepping my question, Madali jan! Please find the courage of your convictions and let me know in no uncertain terms. Do you agree or not, that it is wrong for the authorities to ban the vast majority or indeed a single potential candidate of any political stripe from...

Your opinion about 'reformists', 'conservatives' or the color blue is not the subject of debate here. You don't like reformists, you don't trust them, you don't like their principles... that's your business. But it is wrong for the authorities to ban the vast majority or indeed a single...

Reformist trolls! Can you argue your points without childish labels and worn out cliches? From the article published in a newspaper in the Islamic Republic of Iran: حســین مرعشی، رئیــس کارگروه اســتان ها، بعــد از پایــان نشســت کارگروه به میان خبرنگاران آمد و در پاسخ به این سؤال که نتیجه...

Well I don't know what a ban message looks like. But it said I didn't have permission to post..... I went back to take a screen shot after reading your message. But it was already gone... Anyway, done and over with... I'lll remove my message in Most Reformists Rejected From Running For...

hmm!!! @Minute by Minute 's message is now gone and I'm able to post to the thread!!! Do you have any possible explanations for that? And I apologize for my heated tone earlier, if you had nothing to do with this. You know that I like you and have thanked you even when you've issued me with...

Removing my message. Issue has been resolved.

Here we go again.... The fossilized brains want to keep anybody who can effect any kind of change out of power. The result is that our country remains backward, poor and with an incompetent management. I wonder how much longer people will put up with this.... Most Reformists Rejected From...

Dude this is a forum. You voice your ideas and some people will challenge you on them. And what you get out of it is maybe a little different perspective on things. That's why people come here. If you only want to hear your own ideas repeated over and over again, then maybe an echo chamber is...

Nice find Daneshmand! True strength comes from within. The Iranian people have been relearning that in small increments for the past 150 years or so. I had a cop friend who used to tell me he hated to be paired with women and smaller guys. Because the mere impression that they could be taken on...

Mr Khafee comes, up thumbs pan-arabic 'facts' and then asks mods to shut down the thread...lol... Let's not discuss anything.... Everything is going swimmingly in the region... Anyways, gotta go guys... have a good one... smell you later...

I think you missed a few more arab 'facts'... 7- god made a mistake in creating Jews, flies and Persians. 8- We attacked and managed to enslave Persians... so we own them. 9- Persians were killed off anyway, and replaced by beduin Arabs 10- Iran? What Iran?

Giving me sources? You've done no such thing. You've just thrown a few names around and blurted out a few crazy ideas far, far outside of conventional reading of history. Everybody can do that you know! Throw out a name and say whatever you want. Reminds of these eternal Shia-Sunni debates...

Why don't you stop worrying about what you think I want, and stick with what I'm telling you? We're not turkies here. We have a brain. We can think. We can reason our way out of dilemmas. If simplistic, general arguments do the trick for you, then by all means.... knock yourself out. But...