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Iran has “Death to America” as an hymn. It is commonly accepted that a nation directly threatening others of death deserves the war.


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Do you like it when people quote you out of context? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44342393


Funny you should say that. The US has Bomb Iran as a parody of Barbara Ann, available on CD:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_Iran

So apparently it's humourous to kill.

It's not like for like, but if you have a rabid population with low education being told to say stuff like this, they will, just because of social pressure and brainwashing.

Related, example of that brainwashing at scale:

- Killing people bad, but patriotic as a soldier.

- Killing people fine on TV, procreational entertainment bad.

- People told what to wear bad, but telling people they must be clothed, good.

- Religion says no killing, or protect those not of the same religion. People still kill, seen as no conflict of interest at all.

- Hording wealth seen as successful, yet society and the world has people suffering and illegal immigration as a consequence of not having it.

- People who don't work are grifters, but most people secretly want to quit their job and not work. Told to see the non workers as people sponging off society.

- Forced to work until your health fails, seen as acceptable.

Point being, no moral high ground because we're all brainwashed.


> They chant "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" every week (on Fridays) in Iran led by the Iranian government.

vs.

> Some band in the USA wrote a song about bombing Iran in 1980.

Yeah, those are completely equal.




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