Saturday, July 10, 2010

Off with his hair!

Yes, it's hard to get behind anything the government of Iran does: stoning people to death, building nuclear weapons and all that, but to give credit where it's due, they do have the same lack of tolerance for certain hairstyles that I do and when it comes to demonstrating intolerance, Iran has few equals.

Yes, I'm all for freedom of expression, but there are limits and the mullet haircut is beyond that limit. As I'm concerned, ponytails on anyone over 60 and greasy spikes or Mohawks on anyone of any age are an abomination unto the Lord. So yes, I'd be right at home in the Islamic Republic and they certainly agree with me over there about what needs to be stomped out if the human race is to avoid divine retribution. Police in Iran can lop off that ponytail and that mullet can earn you jail time -- and rightly so. As I said, there are limits.

Of course, being a land of compassionate conservatism, Iran has provided an illustrated compendium of hairstyles that, according to Jaleh Khodayar, the man in charge of the government- backed Modesty and Veil Festival, are acceptable in light of "Iranians' complexion, culture and religion, and Islamic law." See for yourself:


7 comments:

Baltazar said...

one of the symtoms of paranoia is obsession with trivia - stangely the other side of it is they can't see anything that isn't trivia

Vigilante said...

Captain, any love for the Iranian regime is an unnatural love. If you're at home in the Islamic Republic, then you, Sir, are an abomination unto the Lord.

Capt. Fogg said...

"one of the symtoms of paranoia is obsession with trivia - stangely the other side of it is they can't see anything that isn't trivia "

I'm afraid there's another side -- the total inability to see the humor in anything, or to tell a joke from a statement of fact. Vide supra, for example.

Vigilante said...

Oh yeah! The joke's on us! And you're the joke!

RR said...

Truly amazing... Just when you think they can't get any more crazy ...

Capt. Fogg said...

Or any stupider.

Capt. Fogg said...

Or any more blind to irony