The views expressed round here about the Grauniad are, shall we say, not uniformly favourable. But it is, after all, a house with many mansions, and it's pleasing to note that at least the paper's gossip columnist has the measure of Mad Mahmoud:-
'Possibly the world's unlikeliest blogger has been revealed by the New York Times as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, who has apparently promised to work on his site for at least 15 minutes a week. US readers have not been slow to post their comments - "You are an evil leader," says one contribution which would count as meek indeed on the Guardian's Comment is Free - but the site lacks a certain irony. The president apparently praised a protest against him at Amir Kabir University last year: "It was a joyous feeling to see a small group insult the elected president fearlessly amid a majority," he wrote, without adding that many of them ended up in prison as a result.'
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Mmm... I could insult him for free for a week or two, provided I get breaks for food and beer intake.
If he enjoys it so much...
"It was a joyous feeling to see a small group insult the elected president fearlessly amid a majority," he wrote, without adding that many of them ended up in prison as a result.'"
It reminds me of Christiane Amanpour's documentary entitled "Revolutionary Journey." about Iran in 2000. In it, her aunt, an Iranian journalist, is seen saying: there is indeed freedom of speech in Iran. We (journalists)are free to print whatever we like and they (the mullahs) are free to throw us in jail for it.
Democracy works both ways, says Ahmandine for which he has every reason to feel joyous.
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