well, looking at the ayatollah's website and invoking google translate
there's this language:
"... different mechanisms to secure and protect their users against the
moral and psychological damage this type of service, including access to
information, videos and photos from immoral and inhuman, rumors and
seduction, spying and undermining the foundations of the family ..."
so, not a lot goofier than the objection to .xxx made by the usg, or
available at most media outlets that sell the meme that the internet
causes shit to happen.
-e
On 8/31/14 10:35 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
Cause it's a long weekend, and why shouldn't it be whackier than normal.
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Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Stating High
Speed Internet is against Sharia
An Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Stating High Speed Internet is
against Sharia
(Iran Human Rights):
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/08/makarem-internet/
A Grand Ayatollah in Iran has determined that access to high-speed and
3G Internet is "against Sharia" and "against moral standards." In
answer to a question published on his website, Grand Ayatollah Nasser
Makarem Shirazi, one of the country's highest clerical authorities,
issued a fatwa, stating "All third generation [3G] and high-speed
internet services, prior to realization of the required conditions for
the National Information Network [Iran's government-controlled and
censored Internet which is under development], is against Sharia [and]
against moral and human standards."
- - -
Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, and other dominant ISPs are
now in a bidding war to hire him as a consultant and board member.
RUN AWAY!!!
Cheers,
-- jra
