6/4/2003: Iranian sews himself shut

Undertoad · 06-04-2003, 12:50 PM

This is Abas Amini. He's a Kurdish political poet from Iran, where he was jailed for his views. Two years ago he fled to the UK, but recently the UK was refusing to grant him asylum. So a week ago he sewed up his eyes, mouth and ears in an attempt to get some publicity for his cause.

Two days later he was granted asylum, and the following day a nurse cut him open again.

I don't know whether his protest was what got him asylum. more info

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2003, 04:31 PM

He's did this for the "rights of asylum seekers"? Since when do asylum seekers have rights? Asulum seekers beg for help. If someone gives it to them, fine. If not then they must beg elsewhere. They have rights to nothing. The right to human dignity. Sure, he can beg in a dignified manner.

Bitman · 06-04-2003, 05:32 PM

He missed a few. Might as well be thorough. Taste no evil, feel no evil, smell no evil.

Leah · 06-04-2003, 06:24 PM

Give them all a sewing kit then all our problems will be tidied up. It's amazing how more and more Australians and citizens are finally coming to reality and have voiced that "enough is enough".

Bitmap · 06-04-2003, 11:05 PM

Your going to fit right in. Leah

wow how skilled one must be to sew one's eyes shut. but if some one helped him do it then there must be more than one person that has his view point.

novice · 06-05-2003, 12:41 AM

The first thing he did after the stitches were removed was CHAIN SMOKE.
As an ex smoker i'm more impressed by the length of nicotine self deprivation than the minor irritation caused by a few stitches.
Seriously, after the described whipping, wouldn't the scars lend weight to his argument rather than self mutilation akin to the afore-posted whirling dervish.
Yeah, we need those in the country, come one come all, send us your poor, your needy, your flagellators, your zealots, your darners.
First impressions...

wolf · 06-05-2003, 12:45 AM

I don't know about him being committed to his beliefs, but I really would think he needs commitment.

Amazing the amount of leeway people are given when what they are doing is described as a "political statement" rather than just "plain crazy behavior." (I include flammable buddhist monks and that tax fast guy here).

Wondering ... UT, is there a

icon ... little guy making a circle with his index finger near his temple? Would probably get a lot of usage. There are situations were

doesn't quite provide the right tone.

novice · 06-05-2003, 01:11 AM

[quote]Originally posted by wolf

Amazing the amount of leeway people are given when what they are doing is described as a "political statement" rather than just "plain crazy behavior."

Much like the difference between an act of political terrorism and plain old murder

wolf · 06-05-2003, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by novice
Much like the difference between an act of political terrorism and plain old murder

There isn't one. Am I missing your point?

Oooh .. and I forgot to make this obligatory wiseass comment in my previous post ... Wasn't this guy on one of the final season episodes of the X-Files?

novice · 06-05-2003, 02:03 AM

[quote]Originally posted by wolf
[b]

There isn't one. Am I missing your point?

Heck no, that is precisely my point !

wolf · 06-05-2003, 02:17 AM

Oooooh. Sarcasm. I get it!

(your little angryface threw me off there ...)

novice day off · 06-05-2003, 05:20 AM

Yeah. i see what you mean. Now i've re-read it it makes bugger all sense. Oh well, bear with me. I'll get up to Cellar speed eventually.
ps. can anybody tell me why, when I try to highlight for a "quote" it picks up the entire post.

Griff · 06-05-2003, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by novice day off
bugger all sense

gotta love Aussie Engrish

I usually just quote the whole thing and delete the extraneous stuff on the post reply page.

novice day off · 06-05-2003, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Griff

gotta love Aussie Engrish

I usually just quote the whole thing and delete the extraneous stuff on the post reply page.

Testing your method Griff

Griff · 06-05-2003, 06:36 AM

He he, I just found this. The Aussie language gets biblical.

The Virgin Mary is a "pretty special sheila" who wraps her nipper in a bunny rug and tucks him up in a cattle feed trough, according to a new Australian version of the Bible.

06-04-2003, 12:50 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/4/2003: Iranian sews himself shut This is Abas Amini. He's a Kurdish political poet from Iran, where he was jailed for his views. Two years ago he fled to the UK, but recently the UK was refusing to grant him asylum. So a week ago he sewed up his eyes, mouth and ears in an attempt to get some publicity for his cause. Two days later he was granted asylum, and the following day a nurse cut him open again. I don't know whether his protest was what got him asylum. more info

06-04-2003, 04:31 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He's did this for the "rights of asylum seekers"? Since when do asylum seekers have rights? Asulum seekers beg for help. If someone gives it to them, fine. If not then they must beg elsewhere. They have rights to nothing. The right to human dignity. Sure, he can beg in a dignified manner. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-04-2003, 06:24 PM	#4
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	supply more sewing kits and blunt needles Give them all a sewing kit then all our problems will be tidied up. It's amazing how more and more Australians and citizens are finally coming to reality and have voiced that "enough is enough".

06-04-2003, 11:05 PM	#5
Bitmap Look who thinks he's clever Dan. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington DC Metro Area. Fairfax city Posts: 226	Your going to fit right in. Leah wow how skilled one must be to sew one's eyes shut. but if some one helped him do it then there must be more than one person that has his view point. Last edited by Bitmap; 06-04-2003 at 11:07 PM.

06-05-2003, 12:45 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't know about him being committed to his beliefs, but I really would think he needs commitment. Amazing the amount of leeway people are given when what they are doing is described as a "political statement" rather than just "plain crazy behavior." (I include flammable buddhist monks and that tax fast guy here). Wondering ... UT, is there a icon ... little guy making a circle with his index finger near his temple? Would probably get a lot of usage. There are situations were doesn't quite provide the right tone. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-04-2003, 05:32 PM	#3
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	He missed a few. Might as well be thorough. Taste no evil, feel no evil, smell no evil.

06-05-2003, 12:41 AM	#6
novice Ignorance is bliss and I'm orgasmic Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perth, australia Posts: 296	The first thing he did after the stitches were removed was CHAIN SMOKE. As an ex smoker i'm more impressed by the length of nicotine self deprivation than the minor irritation caused by a few stitches. Seriously, after the described whipping, wouldn't the scars lend weight to his argument rather than self mutilation akin to the afore-posted whirling dervish. Yeah, we need those in the country, come one come all, send us your poor, your needy, your flagellators, your zealots, your darners. First impressions...

06-05-2003, 01:11 AM	#8
novice Ignorance is bliss and I'm orgasmic Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perth, australia Posts: 296	[quote]Originally posted by wolf Amazing the amount of leeway people are given when what they are doing is described as a "political statement" rather than just "plain crazy behavior." Much like the difference between an act of political terrorism and plain old murder

06-05-2003, 02:03 AM	#10
novice Ignorance is bliss and I'm orgasmic Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perth, australia Posts: 296	[quote]Originally posted by wolf [b] There isn't one. Am I missing your point? Heck no, that is precisely my point !

06-05-2003, 02:17 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oooooh. Sarcasm. I get it! (your little angryface threw me off there ...) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-05-2003, 05:20 AM	#12
novice day off Writer of Writings Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: aussie aussie aussie Posts: 14	Yeah. i see what you mean. Now i've re-read it it makes bugger all sense. Oh well, bear with me. I'll get up to Cellar speed eventually. ps. can anybody tell me why, when I try to highlight for a "quote" it picks up the entire post.

06-05-2003, 06:36 AM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	He he, I just found this. The Aussie language gets biblical. The Virgin Mary is a "pretty special sheila" who wraps her nipper in a bunny rug and tucks him up in a cattle feed trough, according to a new Australian version of the Bible. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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