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mithridates · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:43 am Post subject: (Middle East) Which is cooler?

Just curious. Arab countries as well as Iran etc. Are they cooler now as islamic countries or were they cooler before as pagans?

Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee · Joined: 25 May 2003

I don't know anything about their religion but I do know the region was a much more peaceful place when it was run by the Ottomans.

The west made a terrible , terrible mistake when it broke up the Ottoman empire.

ontheway · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

Ah yes ........ the good old days before Mohammed ..........

It's amazing how one guy can screw up a couple a thousand years.

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Glyphs, gardens, towers, temples, pyramids, and old school (or rather old Testament) battles - cool.
Lacking fanatics and modern weaponry - even cooler.
Getting a chick to tell you erotic stories for 1001 nights- priceless.

jinglejangle · Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Location: Far far far away.

What Bulsajo said. I can't top that.

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

I kinda have a soft spot for the post-colonial nationalist era, circa late 50s early 60s. Like, back when they had that new country whatever it was called, I dunno, it consisted of Egypt and Syria I think. United Arab Republic? I think Syria left after a year or so, and Egypt kept the name for a couple of years more. Or vice versa.

I actually own some Baath party literature. Got them at a library book sale, for 50 cents each or something like that.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

canuckistan · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

Persia wasn't pagan way back when--they were Zoroastrian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

They were way cooler pre-Islam. Anyone remember temple prostitutes? Enforced prostitution before marriage? (I'm less into infant sacrifice and self-castration, but to each his own.) Even the Parthenon is supposed to be a copy of a Persian temple.

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Leslie Cheswyck · Joined: 31 May 2003 Location: University of Western Chile

I'm for the pre-youknowhat era, too.

But they really had something going during that whole that whole Peace Corps-fez-nehrujacket-Johnny Quest 50's and 60's era.

I gotta say that.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

That would make a swell avatar, no offence to the caveman, but... this would be better.

Leslie Cheswyck · Joined: 31 May 2003 Location: University of Western Chile

You really think so?

I wouldn't want to be just another fez in the crowd.

But he is kinda cool.

I'll give it some thought.

Thanks for the input.

mithridates · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I second that. That would be a cool avatar.