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Post by vkou » Sat, Nov 05, 2022, 8:15 PM UTC

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #33

koyanisqatsi wrote: post #24

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That's not their problem. Their problem is an oppressive government and people who can't get organized enough to make a difference, very similar to the US. No one outside of Iran can solve their problems for them, just like no one outside of the US can solve US problems.

> Their problem is an oppressive government and people who can't get organized enough to make a difference, very similar to the US. Thanks for bringing the parallels in the US to my attention. Really, I had no idea that the US was so similar to Iran. You are doing this this topic a great service by not using hyperbole.

Post by AlbertCory » Sat, Nov 05, 2022, 8:27 PM UTC

koyanisqatsi wrote: post #52

AlbertCory wrote: post #37

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The US, or Israel, or Saudi could probably negotiate a prisoner release. However, the price could be releasing some Iranian who's imprisoned there, at the very least.

That's incredibly naive.

Post by OJFord » Sat, Nov 05, 2022, 8:29 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #27

OJFord wrote: post #11

It's interesting to me having recently slightly broken a few years' stint of largely ignoring 'the news', at least more than I have for ages, that I've heard about the protests in Iran twice via HN now (previously via Rust 1.65 release note: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33451359 ) and not at all from the newspapers I've read. (I think I'll go back to largely ignoring it, satisfied that HN is a perfectly adequ…

not at all from the newspapers I've read. I find that very interesting, since in the national and local newspapers I read in the United States, the Iranian protesters have been extensively covered. There were multiple stories each day at the beginning, and even now at least two or three each week. In what country are you? Which newspapers are letting you down?

Post by layer8 » Sat, Nov 05, 2022, 8:33 PM UTC

mellavora wrote: post #29

OJFord wrote: post #11

It's interesting to me having recently slightly broken a few years' stint of largely ignoring 'the news', at least more than I have for ages, that I've heard about the protests in Iran twice via HN now (previously via Rust 1.65 release note: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33451359 ) and not at all from the newspapers I've read. (I think I'll go back to largely ignoring it, satisfied that HN is a perfectly adequ…

I see the merit in avoiding daily news sites, but I spend way to much time on HN, and this is the first time I've seen the Iran protests mentioned here. vs almost daily for the last while (week? month?) on CNN.

Post by layer8 » Sat, Nov 05, 2022, 8:39 PM UTC

OJFord wrote: post #65

reaperducer wrote: post #27

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not at all from the newspapers I've read. I find that very interesting, since in the national and local newspapers I read in the United States, the Iranian protesters have been extensively covered. There were multiple stories each day at the beginning, and even now at least two or three each week. In what country are you? Which newspapers are letting you down?

That is interesting. I'm in the UK, haven't noticed it at all - and I just double-checked The Times (centre-right) and The Guardian (centre-left) online homepages, and also grepped each for 'Iran' and 'protest'. The only hit was for Iran in The Guardian, but that's an article about the war in Ukraine - 'Iran says it supplied drones to Russia before war began'.