Sometimes I forget how lucky I am, not living in Iran.
July 23, 2010 11:33 AM Subscribe
Iranian kids brush off the government's approved hair cuts. For shame! A video at Al Jazeera's channel about hair drama in Iran. Read the Youtube comments if you have an intolerance-tolerant stomach.
Ugh, it's stories like this that make me think we aren't getting the whole story. I imagine the reality is not much different than some Iranian Sarah Palin acquiring some attention over some personal intolerance.
posted by rhizome at 11:55 AM on July 23, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by rhizome at 11:55 AM on July 23, 2010 [1 favorite]
Finally! This is actually a huge step in the right direction. I've long thought that government should ONLY be involved in regulating and enforcing haircuts. Nothing else.
posted by parallax7d at 11:55 AM on July 23, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by parallax7d at 11:55 AM on July 23, 2010 [3 favorites]
MORE government is ALWAYS the answer.
LESS government is NEVER the answer.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:59 AM on July 23, 2010
LESS government is NEVER the answer.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:59 AM on July 23, 2010
Iran, let my mullets grow.
posted by The Whelk at 11:59 AM on July 23, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 11:59 AM on July 23, 2010 [4 favorites]
Is Iran going to have its "In Soviet Russia"-type jokes now?
posted by meowzilla at 12:00 PM on July 23, 2010
posted by meowzilla at 12:00 PM on July 23, 2010
Bizarre Canadian link to Iran's haircut policy
posted by antifuse at 12:02 PM on July 23, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by antifuse at 12:02 PM on July 23, 2010 [3 favorites]
MORE judgment and context about government's role is NEVER the answer.
LESS government is ALWAYS the answer.
posted by DU at 12:03 PM on July 23, 2010
LESS government is ALWAYS the answer.
posted by DU at 12:03 PM on July 23, 2010
Well I noticed the male program hosts on Press TV have been sporting some serious spikes lately. I miss hoder.
posted by hortense at 12:06 PM on July 23, 2010
posted by hortense at 12:06 PM on July 23, 2010
Heh. Iran has nothing on North Korea where they trim their hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle
posted by I_pity_the_fool at 12:30 PM on July 23, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by I_pity_the_fool at 12:30 PM on July 23, 2010 [2 favorites]
I've long thought that government should ONLY be involved in regulating and enforcing haircuts.
Just wait till I'm in charge, everyone will be wearing a high top fade. Under penalty of death.
Everyone.
Pets too.
posted by quin at 12:32 PM on July 23, 2010 [3 favorites]
Just wait till I'm in charge, everyone will be wearing a high top fade. Under penalty of death.
Everyone.
Pets too.
posted by quin at 12:32 PM on July 23, 2010 [3 favorites]
Fucking (risking their lives and freedom) hipsters!
posted by Panjandrum at 12:49 PM on July 23, 2010
posted by Panjandrum at 12:49 PM on July 23, 2010
> Just wait till I'm in charge, everyone will be wearing a high top fade
We're all ahead of the game on that one here, even Pantagruel the fish. But we thought it was called the Eraserhead.
posted by jfuller at 12:55 PM on July 23, 2010
We're all ahead of the game on that one here, even Pantagruel the fish. But we thought it was called the Eraserhead.
posted by jfuller at 12:55 PM on July 23, 2010
I know a wonderful gay Irishman who went through Iran a couple of years ago on his trip around the world. He said Iranians had the best hair of any men anywhere.
posted by Catblack at 1:00 PM on July 23, 2010
posted by Catblack at 1:00 PM on July 23, 2010
bah, wonderful gay irishmen say that about every nation they visit
posted by mannequito at 1:48 PM on July 23, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by mannequito at 1:48 PM on July 23, 2010 [1 favorite]
Oh, Iran; Iran, so far away...
posted by prinado at 2:22 PM on July 23, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by prinado at 2:22 PM on July 23, 2010 [2 favorites]
In other great moments in state-mandated coiffure, Nurhaci says shave that forehead and get braiding.
posted by Abiezer at 7:56 PM on July 23, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Abiezer at 7:56 PM on July 23, 2010 [1 favorite]
Sometimes I forget how lucky I am, not living in Iran.
There are a hell of a lot of worse places to live. Good to see that they are resisting and subverting the government's controls.
posted by knapah at 11:47 AM on July 23 [+] [!]
Of course. I am also happy I wasn't born in Rwanda, Srebrenica, Irak, Bhutan, Cuba, etc.
And yes, I think they are extremely brave (and fabulous!)
posted by Tarumba at 6:38 AM on July 24, 2010
There are a hell of a lot of worse places to live. Good to see that they are resisting and subverting the government's controls.
posted by knapah at 11:47 AM on July 23 [+] [!]
Of course. I am also happy I wasn't born in Rwanda, Srebrenica, Irak, Bhutan, Cuba, etc.
And yes, I think they are extremely brave (and fabulous!)
posted by Tarumba at 6:38 AM on July 24, 2010
I knew a guy who escaped from Iran in the 80s. He said he was once forcibly kidnapped by morals police and taken to the barbers. Glad to see things are changing a bit.
posted by RedEmma at 11:42 AM on July 24, 2010
posted by RedEmma at 11:42 AM on July 24, 2010
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There are a hell of a lot of worse places to live. Good to see that they are resisting and subverting the government's controls.
posted by knapah at 11:47 AM on July 23, 2010