Monday, January 08, 2007

We are all equal! Equal in being checked!!

The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a speech in Qom- today- has effectively ruled out any compromise on Iran’s stand off with the rest of world on nuclear issues. As anticipated, he has also criticised the UN resolution against Iran, saying that it would be ineffective and should not deter Iran. In relation to Iran’s Arab neighbours, he warned them not to take side with the West against Iran. What is, however, interesting is the full text of the speech has not been published, only an edited version, a summary of the actual speech. I have checked a number of Iranian sources- all official and semi-official- I noticed that the text which is published is identical in all these sources. The moral of the story is that all these different sources- Ilna, Irna, Isna, Baztab, Mehr, Aftab, Entekhab- just to name a few, have the same “ editor in chief”!!
Do you think that this “ editor in chief” has just sent a text- the same text- to these “ sub-editors” and asked them to “ publish and do not alter”, or what? It is just an accident!! [I am joking of course!]
I am beginning to think, in such a case, what is the point of publishing exactly the same text in seven different web sites! Obviously, when the exact words as used in the speech are published, one would get the same text everywhere, but that does not apply in this case. Somebody who has listened to the speech, or had access to the tape, sat down somewhere and wrote this text. What a lovely system! We are all equal, and some are not more equal!
Equal in being controlled and checked all the time!

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