ARTICLE: "A Word to the Wise In Iran: Don't Ever Wear a Tie to Work: Men, Too, Now Must Worry About the Fashion Police," by Andrew Higgins, Wall Street Journal, 12-13 May 2007, p. A1.

Pathetic, really pathetic.

Nothing says Late-Brezhnevian hypocrisy better than the ongoing fashion crackdown in Tehran.

Economy going down toilet, youth revolting, and mullahs increasingly ignored by a public desperate to open up to the outside world, so what do you do?

Crack down on ties and too much western-style facial hair grooming in men's barbershops.

This is a real sign of the mullahs' fears. They always treated women like crap. Now, they're so scared of Westernization, they're trying to scare men into conformity as well.

I mean, man!

What's the point of living in a patrimonial society if you're going to start doing that?