# Memo to Iranian government, re: 300 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212 "2007-03-16T16:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/61 "2007-03-20T17:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] You know, personally, up until this point I really thought of Iran as a great place full of people and leaders that do great things. Frankly, I was considering giving up my citizenship and boarding a plane over there next summer. Not only is it clean, safe, and with tons of opportunities for women, I also hear there are just oodles of jobs in the nuclear sector. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Andrew Bird] Too bad there are no jobs in nuclear sector in Mongolia. Have fun being unemployed, dumbass [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=dropzone] Jeeze, Andy, you really ain’t all that bright, are ye? That faint sound you’re hearing? That’s Diosa’s post whooshing past, WAY over your head. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Andrew Bird] Or the sound on my post flying over your head. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Marley23] Okay, this should be a laugh. What were you saying in your post? [/QUOTE] Did this ever get cleared up? It was pretty clear to me that **Andrew Bird** was making a joke and I am little surprised that some have reacted as if he were intentionally insulting **DiosaBellisima**. I mean it was a joke, you know, his accepting at face value her intentionally ludicrous assertions about Iran only to “correct” her regarding Mongolia’s lack of nuclear ambitions. I’m not the only one that saw that, right? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/62 "2007-03-20T17:53:22Z")
I guess you haven’t read many of his other posts. **Andrew Bird** defaults to “really bloody stupid and offensive” so IF this was supposed to be a joke it resembled his serious posts too closely to tell, except it lacked his usual antipopery. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/63 "2007-03-20T18:39:12Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] I guess you haven’t read many of his other posts. **Andrew Bird** defaults to “really bloody stupid and offensive” so IF this was supposed to be a joke it resembled his serious posts too closely to tell, except it lacked his usual antipopery. [/QUOTE] ah! you’re right. I have no familiarity with his catalogue. My appologies. BTW, I am pretty sure it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/64 "2007-03-20T20:03:19Z")
[QUOTE=whole bean] I am pretty sure it was a joke. [/QUOTE] Since he has not yet demonstrated anything resembling a sense of humor, I’m not sure I can join you in that assessment. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/65 "2007-03-20T23:38:03Z")
[QUOTE=col\_10022] They don’t have idiots where you come from? Shit son, you can come to America and take some of ours, you can recognize them by the Bush/Cheney stickers on their cars. [/QUOTE] My English ancestors were negatively portrayed in the movie _Braveheart_!!!111one _Outrage._ _Seething resentment._ _Public ejaculations of hostility._ _Morose grumbling._ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/66 "2007-03-20T23:43:18Z")
You joke, but I seem to recall reading reports of actual English grumbling over the way the Brits were portrayed in _The Patriot._ ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/67 "2007-03-20T23:47:44Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] You joke, but I seem to recall reading reports of actual English grumbling over the way the Brits were portrayed in _The Patriot._ [/QUOTE] Well, **I** know one type-cast actor doesn’t represent the whole of the nation… (That was the stupidest movie…) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/68 "2007-03-21T04:10:39Z")
[QUOTE=Knorf] _Public ejaculations of hostility._ [/QUOTE] So you masturbate like a motherfuck in public, and you’re really angry about it? Sounds like you got some issues. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/69 "2007-03-21T06:09:18Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] So you masturbate like a motherfuck in public, and you’re really angry about it? Sounds like you got some issues. [/QUOTE] > **[Definition of EJACULATION](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ejaculation)** > > an act of ejaculating; specifically : a sudden discharging of a fluid from a duct; something ejaculated; especially : a short sudden emotional utterance… See the full definition > [@](#): > > Main Entry: ejac·u·la·tion > Pronunciation: i-"ja-ky&-'lA-sh&n > Function: noun > 1 : an act of ejaculating; specifically : a sudden discharging of a fluid from a duct > 2 : something ejaculated; especially : a short sudden emotional utterance I was sort of going for meaning #2. But, take it as you wish! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/70 "2007-03-21T07:02:24Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Actually, if a review I read the other day was accurate, this movie is killing across the entire spectrum of audience types- … and a huge number of women. [/QUOTE] That doesn’t surprise me, considering how many chiseled studs are in it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/71 "2007-03-21T08:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=Knorf] I was sort of going for meaning #2. But, take it as you wish! 🙂 [/QUOTE] I am aware of that definition, but it’s pretty uncommonly used these days. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/72 "2007-03-21T17:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] I am aware of that definition, but it’s pretty uncommonly used these days. [/QUOTE] I refuse to succumb to the limitations of others … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/73 "2007-03-22T03:37:13Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] an easy 98% of Americans thought Persia was an imaginary land made up by Disney [/QUOTE] To gist your OP: Americans are incredibly stupid. The stupidity of Iranians is in not realizing just how stupid Americans are. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/74 "2007-03-22T03:59:12Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Pakistan borders Iran, after all. [/QUOTE] The Indian battle scene (in which everything turned red) in Oliver Stone’s _Alexander_ movie showed events that took place in what is now Pakistan. I don’t recall hearing a peep of protest from Pakistan at the time. The offenderati for that movie were Greek prudes who were outraged at the depiction of bisexuality. Also, I read criticism at a Tajik website who said that even though Puerto Rican actress Rosario Dawson is beautiful, she didn’t look the part of Alexander’s wife from what is now Tajikistan. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/75 "2007-03-22T04:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=Johanna] The Indian battle scene (in which everything turned red) in Oliver Stone’s _Alexander_ movie showed events that took place in what is now Pakistan. I don’t recall hearing a peep of protest from Pakistan at the time. The offenderati for that movie were Greek prudes who were outraged at the depiction of bisexuality. Also, I read criticism at a Tajik website who said that even though Puerto Rican actress Rosario Dawson is beautiful, she didn’t look the part of Alexander’s wife from what is now Tajikistan. [/QUOTE] Well, since Islam had yet to reach the subcontinent (or even to exist) at the time, and said battle scene involved a proto-Hindu army, I doubt Pakistan cared much about what was depicted therein. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/76 "2007-03-22T05:05:04Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] You joke, but I seem to recall reading reports of actual English grumbling over the way the Brits were portrayed in _The Patriot._ [/QUOTE] How did they feel about Star Wars? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/77 "2007-03-22T05:08:38Z")
[QUOTE=Johanna] To gist your OP: Americans are incredibly stupid. The stupidity of Iranians is in not realizing just how stupid Americans are. [/QUOTE] Nope, Americans are incredibly ignorant about anything that doesn’t directly involve America (we are pretty ignorant about stuff that directly involves America too so maybe its OK) and Iranians are pretty ignorant not to realize how frikiing ignorant we are (I mean ask anyone). ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/78 "2007-03-22T05:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=col\_10022] Nope, Americans are incredibly ignorant about anything that doesn’t directly involve America (we are pretty ignorant about stuff that directly involves America too so maybe its OK) and Iranians are pretty ignorant not to realize how frikiing ignorant we are (I mean ask anyone). [/QUOTE] As an American, I have to say that I resemble your remarks. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/79 "2007-03-22T14:16:44Z")
[QUOTE=col\_10022] How did they feel about Star Wars? [/QUOTE] I hear the Dianoga representative complained. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212/80 "2007-03-22T16:21:43Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Well, since Islam had yet to reach the subcontinent (or even to exist) at the time, and said battle scene involved a proto-Hindu army, I doubt Pakistan cared much about what was depicted therein. [/QUOTE] Likewise, Islam had yet to reach Persia (or even to exist) at the time, and the war involving a Zoroastrian army, what’s up with Iran caring about the depiction? Edit: I should amend that. The Achaemanid Empire was composed of many nations and had freedom of religion for each one-- it would have been an army of many religions. Presumably the command was Zoroastrian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-iranian-government-re-300/396212.md?page=5)