Yesterday, in a show of solidarity with pro-democracy demonstrators in their native country, Iranian soccer players sported green armbands at a World Cup qualifying match. Even though armbands probably won’t win the Iranians a new regime election, we still commend the players for their ballsy move (especially since they failed to qualify for the Cup).
Sporting events have long been a podium for politically-minded athletes to make a statement about injustice or oppression (ever since Moses wrote “Let me people go” on his headband prior to Super Bowl 1300 BC). As a salute to the courage of the Iranian soccer team, we take a look at The History of Athletes Taking a Stand at Sporting Events…
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With President-Elect Obama well on his way to the White House, it’s time to start thinking ahead to restoring America’s place in the world. We suggest starting with a diplomatic thaw with Iran'and we don’t mean Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
We would run all up in Tehran, no preconditions, if it meant having a chance to sit down with any of these Iranian (and Irani-American) sirens. It’s all in the name of world peace, our dudes. And if we should happen to sneak in a covert mission around the Fertile Crescent, so be it, nahmeeeeean?
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Apparently Barbie has Iran's main prosecutor shook. In a letter to Iranian Vice President Parviz Davoudi, General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabada said that the plastic doll leads to negative social consequences. Duh!
The sensitive prosecutor said “The displays of personalities such as Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter…are all warning bells to officials in the cultural arena.” When dressing, Iranian women are required to cover their whole body, a rule Barbie’s skanky ass has yet to follow. One of the Middle East's answers to Barbie has been Fulla, a “classier” chick who remains fully covered at all times. To see Fulla in action, check her commercial after the jump.
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