The revolution in Iran focuses on the big picture
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 12:05AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Citation Post, Iran

Tehran's latest morality crackdown, according to this NYT piece, focuses on acceptable haircuts, which, according to this chart, all seem right out of 1950s America.

The morality crackdown is a bit harsher this year, but it all strikes me as the usual pathetic attempt to dictate the dumbest little bits of everyday life-- a revolution that's dead when it comes to ideas and vision but has plenty of stupid-ass rules.  Oh so Brehznevian.

The public really hates this sort of stuff, which is why Ahmadinejad routinely claims it's not his fault and distances himself from this crap.

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