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What Kind of a Fanatic Came Up with This?

By
Real Estate Agent with McCall Realty

Sun tanning just can not be tolerated.We're not sure how to say "sun burned strumpets" in Farsi, but it is of earthshaking importance.

(Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog, April 29, 2010, by Richard Bolen)

This just keeps getting better and better. On the heels of the stunning revelations last week that loose women are the cause of earthquakes (here), there's even more good news on top of that.

Again we're forced to report beyond things real estate, but from those pesky, nuclear frisky Iranian fanatics, the good news from them just keeps coming and coming.

Once again they have caught us off guard, napping, not paying attention to the obvious. Red handed, with our pants down this time, again, Iranian police officials, like their clerical leaders and counterparts, have found us dumb and befuddled, asleep at the wheel.

Who knew that sun tanned women should be arrested? But there is, thank all that should be blessed, plenty of time to correct the error of our ignorant ways. Before we descend further into our embarrassed abyss, here's something pleasant to listen to as we are resurrected once more with higher education.

(Is it possible the Beatles were provoking illegal sun tanning all along? Listen here)

So here's the deal, and it comes from the police chief of Tehran, Brigadier Hossien Sajedinia. "Women with suntans are violating Islamic law and will be arrested."  This article came to us via the New York Post, perfect tabloid fodder from... well, a tabloid known for fodder, and it was first reported by The London The New York PostDaily Telegraph. (birds of a fodder get tabloided together)

"The public expects us to act firmly and swiftly if we see any social misbehavior by women who defy our Islamic values," Brigadier Hossien added to his society saving affirmations.

"In some areas of north Tehran we can see many suntanned women and young girls who look like walking mannequins," he continued. "We are not going to tolerate this situation and will first warn those found in this manner and then arrest and imprison them."

The warning follows recent comments made by a hard-line Iranian cleric, who claimed women dressed in revealing clothing were disturbing young men and causing earthquakes.

A cleric has also told the residents of Iran's capital Tehran to leave the city. "Go on the streets and repent for your sins. A holy torment is upon us. Leave town," said Ayatollah Aziz Khoshvaqt during a recent sermon in northern Tehran.

 Other Thoughts on Higher Education : (what is the definition of "sun tan"?)

Our first thought  was about human rights, but since those are so often subordinated in third world theocracies, there's no place for thinking like that (thinking in theocracies can be dangerous, and should be avoided).

We would have normally thought this was an outrage against women, but that was before we learned that the loose of them are earthquake instigators (desperate times make for desperate measures).

We wondered if Brigiadier what's-his-name is actually trying to prevent skin cancer from over exposure to the sun, but police chiefs are normally more expert in upholding the law than preventive medicine (loose women, tanned or otherwise are always criminals to be dealt with).

So this leaves us with racial profiling, we guess. It's certainly in the news too these days. The question is, then, what is the definition of "sun tan?" By that we mean, what is the difference between a sun tanned Iranian strumpet and a dark skinned one?

This, of course, gets Arizona into the mix, and rightfully so. This could very well be, after all, an immigration issue instead of a solar tort problem. Dark skinned Iranian women might not be sun tanned after all; they could be Mexicans. You know, those sordid illegal alien immigrating kind.

So what this means, and boy how we love deductive reasoning, instead of arresting what could, or could not be sun tanned Iranian women, we're wondering if they oughta be thrown outta the country.

Just to be safe, though, because you know we could be wrong, we're thinking we should get Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's take on the matter. (Not to digress, but we just love the idea of Iranian woman having to produce papers proving that they're not Mexicans.) Governor Brewer is on top of all human rights issues these days. (contact her here)

 An Iranian Disclaimer :

Just to set the record straight, kinda, we're not contemptuous of Iran or Iranians at all. Quite the contrary. We lived in Tehran for 2 years, and I graduated from the American High School there. (This is not the first satire I have written about Iran, the first was in our high school newspaper. It was called "Ali and the Antiseptics", which was about a mythic ditch digging contest of a septic tank in front of our school. This though is way much another story.)

Our father was an advisor to the Iranian Army, and we lived in North Tehran, the very place where all of that sun tanning is going on. There is a wide educational, economic and cultural divide between North and South Tehran, of which this sun tanning problem certainly bespeaks. While in Iran we became familiar with and appreciative of the Iranian culture and her people. It is through our experience and knowledge from having spent real time there that we know first hand that the people of Iran do not support the iron rule and fanatic nonsense of their current leaders and regime.

(Are we through with listening to the Beatles yet?)

See our original article "Sun Tanned Women, an Early Warning Sign of an Earthquake Coming" on our lake tahoe blog.

Comments (3)

Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

Gary, I wasn't going to comment because I just don't understand those people (the clerics and others in charge that is).  You lived there so you have a better handle on it, but where does that come from...loose women causing earthquakes.  Are they that wrapped up in their religion that they use it to maintain control of all and especially to keep women subservient?  Your post was great and I read every word, I even listen to Mr. Hyatts (I think that was his name) rendition of "Here Comes the Sun", anyway as you said "What kind of fanatic came up with this"?

Jun 16, 2010 03:43 PM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired

Hi Gary and Richard, Nick's comment is cogent.  I too was about to pass this by ( politically correctness issues, LOL ) as you put yourself out there for someones wrath, lol. I must admit to actually laughing out load.

Jun 16, 2010 06:17 PM
Gary Bolen
McCall Realty - South Lake Tahoe, CA
CRS - Lake Tahoe Real Estate Information

Thanks Nick and William. Had a lot of fun doing this one.

Jun 17, 2010 07:41 AM