1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

He was recently in very rural China and yes the children knew about the war in Iran but they seemed to be framing it in terms of the USA vs. Iran rather than Israel vs. Iran.

Here's the hilarious part -- they were asking if it's true that Americans EAT children (Epstein was also mentioned).

Sabbatical quipped we say Haitians are eating cats and dogs and Chinese are saying Americans are eating children.

WOW...Sir....

I watched the EXACT SAME vid.

I enjoyed it.

I love YUNNAN, of course, so maybe I am biased.

1 hour ago, Rockyroad said:

How far is Thailand?

2 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

a. Just a few hours by air

b. Weeks by Oil Tanker.

c. Is this what you meant to say?

Nobel Prizes Awarded

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	12
Iran	0

Eurovision Song Contest Wins

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	4
Iran	0

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Nobel Prizes Awarded

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	12
Iran	0

Concerning The Nobel:

Much of Nobel Prize success derives from heavy government spending in research.

So, I believe this is NOT an accurate comparision.

I might be wrong, and I am sure that you will tell me.

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

a. Just a few hours by air

b. Weeks by Oil Tanker.

c. Is this what you meant to say ?

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Nobel Prizes Awarded

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	12
Iran	0

Eurovision Song Contest Wins

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	4
Iran	0

Now, I know that you are being facetious.....which is....

OK, of course.

This IS the Farang Pub,....After all.....

Gay people executed for being gay

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	0
Iran	THOUSANDS

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Gay people executed for being gay

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	0
Iran	THOUSANDS

Maybe one must take the "long" 5000-year perspective to arrive at one's choice.

Of course, nobody condones executions, even Texas executions.

But, I am talking in this Topic about a country with 5000 years of continuous cultural history.

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Gay people executed for being gay

Total Count

Country	Number of Nobel Prizes
Israel	0
Iran	THOUSANDS

That explains the lack of Eurovison Song Contest wins...

32 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Gay people executed for being gay

Palestinians executed for being Palestinian ?

Everybody would choose Iran for the simple reason that they have one of the largest reserves of oil in the world. And they have not been murdering UN troops, journalists or shooting at diplomats or invading any other conuntry (before the war that is).

3 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I also love how the name PERSIA rolls off the tongue.

And, also, when I was young, I had two Persian cats and a Persian rug.

I never had no Israeli cats or Israeli rugs, for example

Ah, yes, “Persia” does roll off the tongue beautifully. Pity nobody actually calls it that anymore. But we are apparently meant to compare Iran and Israel on phonetics now, which is basically no more than thinly veiled geopolitics.

Meanwhile, in the terribly unpoetic corner of reality, Israel has been quietly contributing things like the USB flash drive, the use of drip irrigation in hot, arid countries that feeds large parts of the planet, and a surprising amount of the tech ecosystem you use daily.

And yes, while the first handheld mobile phone was built at Motorola by Martin Cooper in 1973, Israel has had its fingerprints all over the evolution of the technology you are probably using to read this.

But by all means, let us focus on how nicely “Persia” sounds, ideally while sitting on a Persian rug, stroking a Persian cat, and transferring files via a USB stick invented somewhere far less lyrical.

Priceless priorities.

1 hour ago, Sigmund said:

Everybody would choose Iran for the simple reason that they have one of the largest reserves of oil in the world. And they have not been murdering UN troops, journalists or shooting at diplomats or invading any other conuntry (before the war that is).

Yes.

I do agree that murdering diplomats can be most counterproductive if one's aim is to achieve some sort of peace among nations.

10 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

Ah, yes, “Persia” does roll off the tongue beautifully. Pity nobody actually calls it that anymore. But we are apparently meant to compare Iran and Israel on phonetics now, which is basically no more than thinly veiled geopolitics.

Meanwhile, in the terribly unpoetic corner of reality, Israel has been quietly contributing things like the USB flash drive, the use of drip irrigation in hot, arid countries that feeds large parts of the planet, and a surprising amount of the tech ecosystem you use daily.

And yes, while the first handheld mobile phone was built at Motorola by Martin Cooper in 1973, Israel has had its fingerprints all over the evolution of the technology you are probably using to read this.

But by all means, let us focus on how nicely “Persia” sounds, ideally while sitting on a Persian rug, stroking a Persian cat, and transferring files via a USB stick invented somewhere far less lyrical.

Priceless priorities.

You are correct about Drip Irrigation:

And, I am sure that Musk will use this technology on Mars, when he gets there....

BUT, before you Pat Yourselves on the Back....the original concept comes from...OF COURSE....

CHINA.....

Note: When I was living in Japan, many Japanese there, many decades ago, told me that Strawberries were a Japanese invention. Well, they did not invent them. They only slightly perfected them. I guess it is the same with the Israelis and drip irrigation. But, who am I to say....???

2 hours ago, Trippy said:

A Democracy or sharia law, the answer is obvious and it is a dumb topic.

This forum would never be allowed in Iran, and any of you that speaks up would be jailed or killed in Iran.

What about my Persian cats that I highly valued when I was very young?

And, what about this Persian rug, which I can only dream about?

Nobody else can do....THIS....!!!!!

wow, 2 pages, count me in

21 minutes ago, mordothailand said:

wow, 2 pages, count me in

Simply judging a Topic by the "number of pages" is deceptive.

One must consider the meat contained, therein.

This Topic begs the question which 8.3 Billion People have been asking this year, and for many years.

Please to not discount the importance of either the question posed, or the Topic, itself.

Even after this Topic has finally slipped way down on the Farang-Pub list, and becomes no-longer easily visible, yet the same question will continue to be asked.

Therefore, far better to ask and answer this question now....IMHO.....

4 hours ago, johng said:

Send the 'Jews' to New York New York or Florida, 'problem' solved.

Well take as many as they can send. Especially from Europe. That takes away the smartest and most successful folks from our soon to be enemies.

Just let Israel run the Middle East so stuff looks like Tel Aviv instead of Bierut

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

Well take as many as they can send. Especially from Europe. That takes away the smartest and most successful folks from our soon to be enemies.

Just let Israel run the Middle East so stuff looks like Tel Aviv instead of Bierut

You and I seem to be on the same page.

I say: For the betterment of EVERYBODY.....

Create a great place for the people of the recently created Territory of Israel....IN THE USA.....

It is NOT as if we do not have enough land there.

And, it is NOT as if the people now struggling in Israel will not be welcome.

We can create 10 Israeli Territories in the USA, without batting an eyelid.

And, YES....this WOULD BE very good for the USA....by the way.

We could also save a LOT of money on....BOMBS....too....

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You and I seem to be on the same page.

I say: For the betterment of EVERYBODY.....

Create a great place for the people of the recently created Territory of Israel....IN THE USA.....

It is NOT as if we do not have enough land there.

And, it is NOT as if the people now struggling in Israel will not be welcome.

We can create 10 Israeli Territories in the USA, without batting an eyelid.

And, YES....this WOULD BE very good for the USA....by the way.

We could also save a LOT of money on....BOMBS....too....

You misread my post. Non Israeli Jews to the USA. Israel runs the Middle East. That will make it far more powerful tha hate ridden, ungrateful Europe.

47 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

That will make it far more powerful tha hate ridden, ungrateful Europe.

Ahhh So.......

Now I understand.

Concerning Europe....

a. ARE THEY GRATEFUL?

b. No, They're SPITEFUL.....And...they're HATEFUL....

c. I got it now.

d. We are STILL on the SAME PAGE.....

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Israel, of course.

Cause of the gay stuff.

So much wasted energy, jumping up and down.

If they were actually to use this excess energy for constructive purposes, then we could kick the can down further, toward doing something more MEANINGFUL for Humanity, in General.

The legend of the Battle of Thermopylae has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. Three hundred Spartans stood against an army of 300,000 Persians to save Greece and Western civilization.

Israel and the IDF are playing the same role today that Leonidis and his men did in 480 BC. Many in the West live carefree lives because of the sacrifices of Israelis, especially the IDF, in combating terrorism.

The Israelis are bearing the brunt of the attempts by the Islamist government of Iran to restore the caliphate and bring the world under Muslim rule. Crushing Israel as the homeland of the world's Jews is the shared goal of the Iranian government and various Arab groups, but Israel has defended itself ably. Hopefully, the long-term outcome will be a happier one than at Thermopylae.

I've always remembered the epitaph to the Spartans carved on their burial mound at Thermopylae. It's the most concise and evocative statement on the duty to one's country I have ever encountered:

"Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,
that here obedient to their laws we lie."

1 minute ago, Evil Penevil said:

Israel and the IDF are playing the same role today that Leonidis and his men did in 480 BC. Many in the West live carefree lives because of the sacrifices of Israelis, especially the IDF, in combating terrorism.

Of course, as usual, you will never entertain the valid possibility that it is the Israelis who have actually become the TERRORISTS that hey profess to despise.

I guess you have never considered this alternative, yet valid possibility.

==========

Just an entirely innocent question, of course....

57 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

So much wasted energy, jumping up and down.

If they were actually to use this excess energy for constructive purposes, then we could kick the can down further, toward doing something more MEANINGFUL for Humanity, in General.

It's one day ya doofus.

Iran in 1976

Israel in 2026

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You and I seem to be on the same page.

I say: For the betterment of EVERYBODY.....

Create a great place for the people of the recently created Territory of Israel....IN THE USA.....

It is NOT as if we do not have enough land there.

And, it is NOT as if the people now struggling in Israel will not be welcome.

We can create 10 Israeli Territories in the USA, without batting an eyelid.

And, YES....this WOULD BE very good for the USA....by the way.

We could also save a LOT of money on....BOMBS....too....

So ethnic cleansing of Jews.

Hopefully this is satire but even if it is yours no Swift.

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It's one day ya doofus.

DOOFUS????

It has been about 55 years since I have heard this term, Sir.

Such nostalgia.

10 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So ethnic cleansing of Jews.

Hopefully this is satire but even if it is yours no Swift.

Even if it is satire.....

Ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians can be no better.

And, the total annihilation of Iran can not be a good thing.

EXTERMINATION: This is the word that causes me to lose faith in the Human Race.

And, by the way:

Have you ever read this book, about the Human Race?

Give me a break, Man.....

NOTE: Why not order a copy for yourself, MY FRIEND.....?