Okay, I apologize.

[Bicoastal]

Poll is cancelled on account of the OP's feeling guilty about making DU look bad. Not my finest hour here, in hindsight...

Still, I wish the 5 who voted yes would explain to me how they came to their opinion. And I know you're not ALL lurking FReepers, since some of you have been posting.

[NoodleBoy]

1. this has got to be the 2nd or 3rd dumbest thing I've ever seen on DU

Would you like to have to wear a veil at all times?

This is beyond ridiculous. Do you know anything about Iran? Or even the United States?

[Bicoastal]

13. Well, I'm a man, so I wouldn't have to...

Do cops carry tasers in Iran? Someone should look that up right away.

[NoodleBoy]

17. Good for you, big boy, because you won the penis lottery, you don't get to be oppressed

how'd you like your sister, wife, mother, daughter, any woman you know to be forced to wear a veil?

[Bicoastal]

30. OK, I might as well tell you...

...I would pick the US any day of the week, of course, no matter who our President is! Under Ahmadinejad, Iran's civil rights record is abysmal--gays, Jews, women, atheists, etc. have it way worse there than they do here. These are cold hard facts, and there's simply no comparison.

Honestly? I just wanted to see if any DU'ers would choose Iran over this country--and they did! Call it a stupid, biased, FReeper-bait poll if you will, but it's eye-opening that, as of this post, five of our ranks have voted blindly against Bush.

I'm shocked...sort of...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. Which would you pick?

Iran under Ahmadinejad, or Iraq under Bush?

[NoodleBoy]

32. Then you should be ashamed for baiting people, instead of adding anything of substance to a debate.

[BootinUp]

39. As I pointed out below, you never know

how many freepers sign up at DU and skew polls, and look for chances to make DU look like a nuthouse. Therefore if there are no comments below justifying the choice of Iran, I look at those votes as unvalidated.

[bdamomma]

14. why are questioning another country, when we have no idea

what kind of culture they have?

[NoodleBoy]

19. We have no idea? Iran is not a giant question mark on a map.

Any place whose constitution proclaims it to be eternally dedicated to an authoritarian form of religion should not rank high on an American's good places to live list.

[bdamomma]

40. but how do you know how those people live?

wouldn't our country to be added to that list of not ranking high on good places to live right now too.

[NoodleBoy]

44. Gee, I don't know, it's not like we've got this massive web of information with millions of sources

connecting the entire globe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iran#Gender_Issues

"As an Islamic state, Iran's legislation, which is derived from a highly conservative interpretation of Islamic law, re-enforces male supremacy."

"For example, in 2003, Iran elected not to become a member of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) since the convention contradicted the Islamic Sharia law in Clause A of its single article."

"This creates numerous problems in issues regarding rape, where the female is at fault by default. In such cases, the act of sexual penetration must be attested by at least four male Muslim witnesses of good character."

"Legal imbalances such as this can be seen in the case of individuals such as Atefah Sahaaleh who was executed by the state for 'inappropriate sexual relations', however was most probably a rape victim."

You want to live there? Fine. Then go there, vote for Dennis Kucinich and hope to Allah that you or a member of your family is never raped.

[Junkdrawer]

2. I'd rather live under a rock. n/t

[Tyler Durden]

3. Can I beg the question and just O.D.?

I'll take an ounce of stinkweed and an overdose of barbs for "$100," Alex.

[wndycty]

4. Polls like this are stupid. . .

Either we vote for an evil dictator or we vote for an evil dictator.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Neither.

I purposely added the option, because it's a dumb question.

[SteelPenguin]

6. Pointless Poll

Anyone who votes for Iran is utterly ignorant and/or stupid.

The only reason I can see that would be preferable to live there is say a sick mother that you can't get out and you need to take care of. Something like that. Even then it's not 'preferable' to live there, just necessary.

[NoPasaran]

7. I'd have to go with the country that's not about to flattened by nukes! n/t

[mod mom]

8. Neither.

[hlthe2b]

9. Next poll: would you rather have your right or left arm amputated?

:eyes:

[tjwash]

38. More along the lines of "would you rather be shot, stabbed, or burned sat the stake"

NT

[leftysopaw]

10. hmm

sounds like GB himself made this pole

[LSK]

11. lame

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=473721

[Marrah_G]

12. Who the heck are the 2 who want to live there?

I hope you are male, straight and Muslim.....

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. Maybe their black or latino women who want the right to an abortion...

And therefore wouldn't want to live under Bush.

[hlthe2b]

21. Perhaps they are Persian and miss their family, friends, and

former homeland... or have experienced current day Iran and aren't buying into all the propaganda.

I don't defend the direction this regime has taken Iran, but neither do I defend the direction that the Bush* regime has taken the US. Ask Europeans how many of them would want to live in the US....certainly less would say yes than in previous decades, I'd be willing to bet.

[TahitiNut]

23. Who're the 18 who like George W. Bush?

I hope you're male, straight, and an evangelical Christian, gun-loving plutocrat.



:eyes:

[Marrah_G]

26. roll your eyes all you want

But then come back to reality. If you are female or GBLT where would YOU want to live? Last I checked we aren't convicting and hanging people for being gay. If you can't see the difference then I don't know what else to say to you.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

27. They're both flaming homophobic bigots.

I'm sure George Bush would love to hang homosexuals too if he could.

[TahitiNut]

33. You just don't get it, do you?

It's intellectually dishonest, given the insanity of such a "Sophie's Choice" poll, to ask "Why do you want to murder your son?" You've now repeatedly mischaracterized this idiocy as where people "want to live."

If YOU cannot comprehend the appalling mischaracterization of such a phrase then I don't know what else to say to you.

[Marrah_G]

35. I agree the poll was moronic.

[BootinUp]

15. The poll is a little insulting I think though.

Its like red meat for any lurkers from the other side, and people voting for Iran should explain in the comments I think.

[DeepModem Mom]

24. This is maybe a low point in all my years at DU. nt

[Totally Committed]

16. I saw this movie! -- It was called "Sophie's Choice".

Wasn't it?

TC

[Old and In the Way]

20. If I were an Iranian, I'd probably choose Iran.

Even if I hated Ahmadinejad. What's the point?

[jobycom]

22. In which country? Put Ahmadinejad over America, he'd be better than Bush.

Still, I picked Bush, though I was really picking America.

[Warpy]

25. The more you learn about Iran

the more you realize that in some areas, they're way ahead of us.

I call it about equal, and I'm a woman.

[Marr]

28. I can't decide whether this poll was meant to

make DUers look like traitors, or to make them salute Bush.

[H2O Man]

29. you forgot Poland n/t

[tears4terra]

34. I voted Bush. But, why not a...

NEITHER?

[Jed Dilligan]

36. What a revolting right-wing false dichotomy

Excuse me while I :puke:

[liberalsoldier5]

37. America under anybody,

including Bush, over Iran under Ahmadinejad. Seriously, any sane person would make that choice. The only purpose such a stupid poll serves is to show who's lacking brain cells here at DU.

[DeepModem Mom]

41. It takes a fine person, indeed, to do what you just did -- apologize.

You're a champ, Bicoastal!:thumbsup:

[H2O Man]

42. Funny polls these days.

A whole cluster of 'em in the past few days.

[JuniperLea]

43. My distain for the current mode of DU has caused me to miss...

all the fun:) Oh well. Got what I wanted! Yay!

[NoodleBoy]

45. Thanks. You're cool in my book again. not that that matters a whole lot to you.