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Iran Clamps Down on Coffee Shops
The Guardian ^
| October 25, 2007
| Robert Tait
Posted on 10/25/2007 5:57:42 PM PDT by nuconvert
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posted on
10/25/2007 5:57:43 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
No faith is so afraid to be challenged as Islam. This is truly Satan’s fear of exposure to light.
To: johniegrad
The irony of course, is this:
From Great Moments in Coffee:
One of the first actual appearances of coffee in Europe during the reign of Pope Clement VIII. The brew was then known to be the drink of choice of Moslems. This immediately alarmed the Vatican who wanted to outlaw the brew as an invention of Satan. The pope,however, had the desire to know learn more about the beverage and fell immediately in love with its aroma. Tempted, he tried a cupful and decided that it was "too good to leave to the infidels," and instead of banning it, he "baptized" it as "a truly Christian beverage."
Cheers!
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:04:07 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: nuconvert
after receiving a 72-hour ultimatum from Amaken-e Omoomi, their coffee shops be makin' no mo' money...
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:14:42 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(An Iranian bean counter, obviously)
To: nuconvert
DON’T DECAFFEINATE ME, BRO!
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:17:04 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. <br> "What happens if neutrinos have mass?")
To: nuconvert
In the words of the Soup Nazi...
No coffee for you!
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:26:37 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: nuconvert
Revolutions have been fought over caffiene supplies.
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:31:35 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(Hey Jessie, how much melanin do you have to have to form a socially acceptable lynch mob?)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:33:29 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
To: rawcatslyentist
Just before the Revolution in France, they tried to shut down all the coffee shops...
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:38:00 PM PDT
by
Melinator
(testing... test, test, test, Is this thing on?)
To: nuconvert; AnnaZ; SevenofNine
To: nuconvert
I’ve known many Iranians when I was at the University and in my work career. Every single one was a nice person, personable, and smart. Not a single one was a fundamentalist nutbag Muslim. All but one returned to their home land although they hated their government.
Now either they were faking their personalities, or there are middle aged Iranians in Iran that are not happy with their government.
Despots only last as long as the people haven’t recognized their power to free themselves.
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:54:32 PM PDT
by
Hazwaste
(Now with added lemony freshness!)
To: nuconvert
Give me Barnes and Noble and Borders, give me Starbucks and Seattle’s Best, or give me death.
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posted on
10/25/2007 6:58:08 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(MAHMOUD: WHAT YOU SAY!!)
To: monkapotamus
OMG Monk how do you do that you should have Islamic rage boy drinking double caffineocatied
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posted on
10/25/2007 7:06:48 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: nuconvert
Wow...college students wouldn’t survive in Iran! LOL
I actually don’t like coffee, but what is up with all the closures? Probably because a lot of Iranian college students meet there and probably speak against the current regime. So, just as in the Soviet Union, the government clamps down to ban speaking out against the state.
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posted on
10/25/2007 7:23:52 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Star Wars teaches us a foreboding lesson--evil emperors start out as Senators)
To: theDentist
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posted on
10/25/2007 7:24:53 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Star Wars teaches us a foreboding lesson--evil emperors start out as Senators)
To: nuconvert
The effect of long periods of time with no caffeine in your bloodstream:
Where is mah coffee??!! JIIIHAAADD!
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posted on
10/25/2007 7:27:16 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Star Wars teaches us a foreboding lesson--evil emperors start out as Senators)
To: nuconvert
Never take America’s freedom for granted. Fight for it every day.
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posted on
10/25/2007 7:47:27 PM PDT
by
Socratic
(“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” - Corrie Ten Boom)
To: nuconvert
Do I smell a Tehran Tea (er Coffee) Party brewing?
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posted on
10/25/2007 7:57:51 PM PDT
by
anymouse
To: nuconvert
Crackdowns :: USSOF Budgets?
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posted on
10/25/2007 8:01:56 PM PDT
by
jeffers
To: nuconvert
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posted on
10/25/2007 8:13:40 PM PDT
by
TChad
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