Ahmadinejad says: > > Pressed by Dean Coatsworth on the > > original question about the rights > > of gay men and lesbians in Iran, > > Mr. Ahmadinejad said: "In Iran, we > > don't have homosexuals like in your > > country. We don't have that in our > > country."
is it possible that he, like the ancient Greeks that we're all supposed to admire so much, doesn't see homosexual people as existing as much as homosexual _behaviors_ that some engage in? Isn't it Foucault who argues that the idea of "homosexuals" as a separate group within society is of relatively recent origin? Of course, I'd guess that the state represses gays & Lesbians in Iran, no matter what Ahmadinejad's theoretical vision is. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
