| spurgeonryan said: I think just like other countries like this, there is no hiding it in this day and age. SO why do they even try? |
Well actually the Governments of Iran and China are very good at keeping the general public completely oblivious to these issues. Heck I knew a lady who came to Canada on an immigrant visa a few years ago. She thought the world of China but after a while began to ask why the western media had such a strong bias against China. She was my mom's friend and we told her about Tiananmen square and the suppression of Tibet etc...etc.. we showed her videos and websites and such. She got upset and said the west was making it all up and that China would never have done those things. Apparently the west has brainwashed us with lies and the great country of China is a complete victim.
However after living in Canada for like a year and getting to know fellow Chinese she realized that these things actually happened. She then applied for immigrant status and found a way to get her husband and daughter out of China.
Fact is Iran has the same control mechanisms as China does. Control over the media and internet and even word of mouth cracking down on anyone who tries to spread the truth. The Iranian Government then makes examples out of those they don't like showing Iranians what will happen if they rise up.
Fact is you'd think is this day and age people anywhere on the globe would be able to figure out these things. But these communist and dictatorial countries are very good at keeping their people in the dark.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
