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Re:A record label bringing Iranian music to the world by EB-Barrington on Thursday April 08, 2021 @08:31AM (#26737905)
Just trying to spread the word that whenever Iran is mentioned positively, people will always, without fail, mention blown out of proportion things like the "risk" of visiting Iran (when the risk of visiting, say, Tehran as a tourist is measurably and quantifiably lower than say, visiting Chicago).

Cheers, all in good faith here.

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Re:A record label bringing Iranian music to the world by yyyk on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:58AM (#26738735)
>quantifiably lower than say, visiting Chicago

I remember these arguments from the Iraq War, and there was the same flaw: They ignore how one avoids risk.

You avoid risk in Chicago by trying not to visit crime-ridden areas, rather than treating them as a tourist attraction. You avoid risk of being taken hostage by the Iranian regime by trying to avoid areas it controls.

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Re:A record label bringing Iranian music to the world by EB-Barrington on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:43PM (#26745154)
You're now using a war from many decades ago to try and make a non-sensical point about being tourist in modern day Iran?

100%, you're Israeli, and not commenting with the good faith you previously claimed.

Incredibly predictable.

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Re:A record label bringing Iranian music to the world by yyyk on Friday April 09, 2021 @12:45AM (#26746823)
Irrelevant? You're the guy which suddenly popped up Chicago, as if that makes any sense. And for such a world-weary traveller, you should know that Iraq war wasn't that long ago; And your only reply to any arguments is to deflect. Readers can deduce for themselves what that means.
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