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Re:Coursera blocks access to students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan a... by smnrchrds on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @01:44PM (#7145847)
Exactly.

گر حکم شود که مست گیرند

در شهر هر آنکه هست گیرند

Sorry, I couldn't help citing this particular piece of Persian poetry. Trust me, it's relevant.

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Re:Coursera blocks access to students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan a... by selimthegrim on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:24PM (#7147877)
"If they tell you to get drunk, everyone in the city is the boss"?
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Re:Coursera blocks access to students in Cuba, Iran, Sudan a... by mehrdada on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @07:16PM (#7148175)
The literal translation would be something along the lines of "if they rule to arrest drunk people, they'd have to arrest everyone in the city."
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