Iran Demands Apology?

So I noticed a new article that stated that Iran is demanding an apology from “Hollywood” for their portrayal of Persians in movies.  Specifically the movie “300” and “The Wrestler”.

My first thought was: “Is this some kind of joke?”

But of course, since today’s world can be so strange and often quite weird, it was no joke.

I’m laughing anyway.  No really.  HA HA.  HAhahahahahaha.

It isn’t a joke but it should be one.

Iran, with it’s President Mr. Ahmadinejad, actually wants Hollywood to issue and apology.  Sorry, but I find this highly amusing.

Let’s not forget that this Nation’s leader is quite outspoken about the US of A.  He seems to not like us very much.  He also doesn’t believe in the Holocaust and is convinced that Israel is nothing but a tool for the US and England.  When he visited Columbia University, the made thinly-veiled accusations that the US government had created “nonexistent enemies” to justify its civil rights abuses at home and its “warmongering” abroad. He also claimed the Holocaust required “more research” and said the Palestinian people should not be forced to “pay the price” for historical events that took place in Europe.

So, let’s get this straight.  We have invented enemies just so we can go around the world killing innocent people.  Also, our government has created these fake enemies to justify civil rights abuses against it’s citizens.  Excuse me?  I hardly think that the fact that some Muslim Extremists decided to hijack some planes and fly them into buildings in this country, killing thousands of innocent civilians, to be creating fake enemies.  Sorry, but that is just crap.  If your country supports and supplies Muslim Extremists and Terrorists with resources to attack our country, then that is a real enemy.  As for civil rights abuses here at home?  What, because of the wire-tapping issue right?  Give me a break.  This, coming from a Nation that doesn’t allow women to show their own faces in public.

But despite all that, they want Hollywood to issue an apology.  For making Persians seem depicted as decadent, sexually flamboyant and evil in contrast to the noble Greeks in the movie 300.  They also want an apology because during the movie The Wrestler, during a fight scene, "The Ayatollah" tries to choke Rourke with an Iranian flag before Rourke pulls the flagpole away, breaks it and throws it into the cheering crowd.

Now here is the thing.  The movies were not allowed to be shown in Iran.  Just keep that in mind.  But despite that most Hollywood movies don’t get shown in Iran, some of our people from Hollywood went there for a meeting, to help out their own movie makers and etc. 

The first thing that springs to mind is why in the heck is Hollywood wasting their time on a country that even refuses to show their movies?  I know, I know.  It’s about their religion.  So what?  If you’re going to help them, then you are only going to upset them more by what you are trying to teach them.  Why can’t Hollywood understand that the government and many people in Iran don’t like the US, or anything having to do with the US?

Well, whatever.  Have your fun Hollywood, even if it is a waste of time and effort.

But I tell you want.  If Iran wants and apology from Hollywood, how about we tell them not until they apologize to the Jews, and the US for their remarks and actions?

I bet that would shut them up really fast.

~ Kevin

My BF Threatened To Kill Me

I’m just a little confused.  Make that baffled.  Make that horrified.  No, maybe not horrified.  Certainly surprised.

Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together?

Wait.  Did I read that right?

Yes.  Yes I did.

Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together.  Ooookay then.  Is anyone else scratching their heads and saying “what the heck?”

On February 8, 2009, reports are that Mr. Brown violently put the smack down on Rihanna.  According to all the gossip and hype, the attack was extremely vicious and even included a death threat while Chris was choking her.  The report continued to say that Chris choked her until she lost consciousness. Then, days later, a supposed picture of a beat up Rihanna showed up on TMZ.com.  The young singer definitely looked battered and bruised.

I will admit right off that I was very shocked when this story hit the news.  It is difficult to imagine the sweet baby faced Brown, doing something like this.  When I think about Chris Brown putting the smack down on, it’s in his dance moves.  The boy can dance and in my own opinion makes Michael Jackson look like William Hung dancing to his audition on American Idol singing “She Bangs”.  No offense William.  But hearing the news report, I differently did a double take.

Then came the public anger.  I guess it’s only understandable.  So many people, like myself, think beating up a woman is not only wrong, but makes you come out looking like a pansy loser of epic proportions.  I understand the anger.

But you know, something to me sounded off about this from the start.  Ok, calm down.  I’m not suggesting it didn’t happen.  I’m not belittling the fact that a woman got her face bashed in.  So don’t even go there.  Maybe, just maybe, I felt something was off from the beginning because it was just so hard to reconcile in my mind that the sweet natured Chris Brown would do such a horrible thing.

I think violence against women is wrong and not only a sickening problem, but a growing one in this country.  I don’t understand men who thinks it’s acceptable to smash their fists into a woman, especially when their excuse was they lost control.  Hitting a woman isn’t losing control, it’s about taking control.  In a violent manner.

The story had enough juice to it that the news agencies were all over it.  Commentaries were flying across the internet like gangbusters.  There were suggestions of Brown going to jail for years and even that his career was over.

Back up a second.  Remember my take on beating up women?  Well, what makes that any worse than what some of these other stars do.  R. Kelly has been accused of having sex with a minor.  Is that less worse than beating up a woman?  Ummm, no.  I don’t care that Kelly was never convicted, his reputation is that he liked underage girls.  That hasn’t seemed to hurt his career, despite rumors of marrying a 15 year old, and also of getting another 15 year old pregnant and forcing her to have an abortion.  But I guess you can expect nothing else from our American Media.  Thy really love to speculate on the worse case scenario.  Whatever.

But what really gets me, I mean really really gets me, is that after hearing all of this about Chris Brown and Rhianna, they are now back together.

Yes, I know that battered women often stick with their ignorant stupid significant others after getting the crap beat out of them.  But usually that is not when the publicity of what has happened has been spread all over the world.

So.  My take is now that, not everything is as it seems.

Judging from Chris’s released statement, something certainly happened, and I have no doubt that he did indeed attack Rhianna.  But I’m beginning to suspect that it wasn’t quite as bad as it’s been made to seem.  Sure, I could be wrong.  It could be just as bad as it’s been made out, but if that is the case, just how stupid is Rhianna?

According to reports, she told the police that not only did he beat her up, but he choked her while screaming he was going to kill her.  Then she lost consciousness.

If this is true, just how stupid can you be?  What person, in their right mind, would ever get back together with someone when the whole world has heard that their boyfriend choked the living crap out of you and lost consciousness, and even the DA is considering attempted murder charges?  Well, pardon me for saying it, but I don’t think anyone in their right mind would.  Sure, she may love they guy, but either things aren’t quite what they seem, or she is going to have to go down as one of the dumbest women of recent history.

I don’t mean to come off as insensitive here, but if it had been me (which is hard to accept and reconcile since I am a man), and my BF beat the crap out of me, chocked me until I passed out while saying he was going to kill me and then drove off and left me?  Well, let’s just say that no matter how much I loved the guy, not only would it be over, it would be WAY over.  I’m talking filing for restraint orders over.  Then, because I am music star, and the public already loved me and was behind me, I would let them see my fragile self and let their anger and feelings for me sell more records.  I know the last part is underhanded, but come on, get with the Hollywood mind set and you will see I’m right.  That “poor pitiful me” act has worked in a lot of star’s favor.

Rhianna?  If the reports are true I have two words for you getting back with him.  EPIC FAIL.

So, either she has the brain of a squirrel on crack isn’t very smart, or maybe, just maybe, things aren’t quite the way they seem.

I guess only time will tell.

Until next time, I remain, cynical of star’s motivations and actions,

~ Kevin