SNL - Andy Samberg's Love Song to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Via Dan Drezner, Saturday Night Live shows us the way. Admittedly, this exact approach wouldn't have been the best way for Bollinger to have brought humor to his takedown. However, this tone manages to both be more memorable while not being as bullying because Andy Samberg makes himself part of the joke.
On a more serious note, Matt Yglesias links to a NY Times story on gay life in Iran. Short version:
“You can have a secret gay life as long you don’t become an activist and start demanding rights,” he said, speaking on the condition that his family name not be used because he feared retribution...
For a country that is said to have no homosexuality, Iran goes to great lengths to ban it. Gays are punished by lashing or death if it is proved that they have had homosexual relations. Two gay teenagers were executed in 2005 in Mashad, a northeastern city...
But Iran has also taken the unusual step of encouraging sex change operations for those with homosexual tendencies. While religious authorities here view homosexuality a clear sin, transsexuals are considered ill and in need of the help that such an operation can provide.
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