Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Stagecraft

You know, it is possible to regret the fact that a trio of post-collegiate kids trying their hand at roaming journalism are going to get turned into the latest props in the efforts of the Iranian and American governments to piss each other off, while at the same time asking ourselves just how much more hysterical would be the response in these United States if a few Iranian youths just happened to wander across the border from the Canadian Rockies and claimed that they'd lost their way.

6 comments:

NutellaonToast said...

Why, we'd offer them in for tea, of course, but only cause Iranians fucking HATE tea, man.

nikkos said...

Wait, this ISN'T about Lisa Ling's sister? Sheesh, how many "lost" Americans are out there, wandering the globe?

periscopedepth said...

Good thinking, IOZ, but anyone who crosses the border from Canada into the U.S. is clearly seeking knee surgery, a liver transplant, or something else that the Gulag to the North denies them. Lou Dobbs would fete these medical refugees for a fortnight.

nikkos said...

This is hilarious:

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/04/report-two-journalis.html

Trust me, it's worth the click-through for the Nelson Mandela reference alone.

Cüneyt said...

Well, fuck, there were Iranians entering Iraq at the request of the Kurdish government and dudes got shot.

Anonymous said...

http://akpress.com/2009/items/suffledhowitgushakpress