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February 21st, 2008

Those Crazy Iranians

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Aussie Dave

When they are not threatening Israel with destruction and calling Israel a “filthy germ” and “cancerous bacteria,” the Iranians are busy maintaining law and order.

You know, doing things like arresting a man for walking his dog and charging him with “disturbing the public order.”

And by walking his dog, I really mean walking his dog, and not a euphemism for something else.

Although, I’m sure there’s a law against that too.

A 70-year-old Iranian man was arrested and sentenced to four months in jail and 30 lashes for walking his dog, Adnkronos.com reported Tuesday. Police caught the man on the street with his dog in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran.

Owners of domestic animals are forbidden from taking them on the streets of the city because Islam considers dogs to be impure. An Islamic judge later charged the man for “disturbing the public order,” Adnkronos.com reported.

Despite repeated warnings by the police, dog owners continue to defy authorities by taking their dogs outside their homes. Typical punishment for people caught with dogs outside is a fine or the “detention” of their animals in a pound, Adnkronos.com reported.

Mind you, what’s good for the goose, is not good for the gander gorilla.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently provoked debate in Iran about dog ownership when he took possession of four guard dogs, bought in Germany for approximately $161,040 each.

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4 Responses to “Those Crazy Iranians”

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    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently provoked debate in Iran about dog ownership when he took possession of four guard dogs, bought in Germany for approximately $161,040 each.

    Good lord! Prices have gone through the woof!

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    Four German bitches… I guess he’s planning on his “retirement” when he flees to Saudi Arabia like Idi Amin.

    After all, under Islam in Saudi Arabia, four wives is the accepted limit, right?

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    “And by walking his dog, I really mean walking his dog, and not a euphemism for something else.

    Although, I’m sure there’s a law against that too.”

    Not necessarily. Didn’t Ayatollah Khomeini say it was okay for Muslim men to schtup animals?

    As long as it’s a female animal, anyway. Because a man screwing a male animal, well that’s just perverse.

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