Google and the Persian Gulf

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Daniel M Pourkesali
by Daniel M Pourkesali
25-Feb-2008
 

Online petitions are fine for venting frustrations but in practice, even a million notes on a computer screen do not amount to anything for the perpetrators of the wrongful act.

Look, the movie ‘300’ set an all time record for a March release by grossing over $70 million in its opening weekend and continues to rake in millions of dollars into Time Warner’s coffers even a year later. All despite multiple online petitions like this one which collected over 50,000 signatures.

And let us also not forget the other major chorus of disapproval over National Geographic’s use of the wrong term in their “Atlas of the World 2005” which led to this online petition with nearly 93,000 signatures. In the case of the latter, what really worked to dissuade the publishers was not the online petition but this letter writing campaign organized by NIAC which flooded their headquarters in Washington with actual letters from real people making it necessary for them to respond.

We can pat ourselves in the back all we want for collecting thousands of signatures on this latest petition against Google, but in the end nothing will change until we take meaningful action similar to the one taken against National Geographic. Consider sending your courteous letters of protest directly to Google’s CEO and fax a copy to members of your local media for maximum effect. Here is the address:

Dr. Eric E. Schmidt, CEO
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: +1 650-253-0000
Fax: +1 650-253-0001

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اپوزسيون,

Babak56 (not verified)


اپوزسيون,

واقعا شما كجائيد؟ در اين شرايط حساس هنوز مشغول خالي كردن عقده هاي خود هستيد سر ديگر ياران؟

مثل اينكه از بالا تا پائين اپوزسيون سرشان را در برف كرده و نميخواهند چيزي ببينند. غير از محدودي كه دلسوزانه مشغول خدمت صادقانه هستند, مابقي
مشغول حساب رسي بهمديگر پرداخته و اصلا از قافله عقب افتاده و براي شخص خود قدم برميدارند

با اينهمه اتفاقات حداقل وظيفه اپوزيسيون آگاهي تابعين كشور ميزبان خود ميباشد از ماهيت دولت اشغالي ملايان در ايران

هنوز ما باهم سرجنگ داريم كه اول مرغ بود و يا تخم مرغ؟ واقعا اين حرفها در زمان حال پشيزي ارزش دارند؟

ياران, اروپاي اهل بخيه به مديريت جزيره نشينان آماده دادن همه چيز از جمله گارانتي امنيت حكومت ملاها هستند.

تنها آمريكا تابحال مخالفت كرده. شما كجائيد؟ چرا اعتراض نميكنيد؟ باز ميخواهيد سي سال ديگر در غربت بنشينيد و همين حرفهاي معمول را تكرار كنيد؟

اگر اپوزسيون نجنبد و شايت نكند, دولت انگليس كار خود را كرده و گارانتي امنيت حكومت ملايان را صادر خواهند كرد. آنوقت چكار ميخواهيد بكنيد؟

يك وطن پرست روزي گفت بيائيد همه به ايران فكر كنيم. كسي به حرفش گوش نداد ونتيجه انرا داريم همگي ملاحظه ميكنيم

هركس با هر ايده اي حق حرف زدن داردعليه ملايان و دولت آنها. اين كار در انحصار هيچ گروهي نيست

عوض حمله كردن به آنها به كار خود بپردازيد. دشمن اصلي در ايران هست.
ماسك اين ملايان را برداشته و به همه نشان دهيد كه ملايان از چه قماشي هستند

دست نوكر و كلفت ملايان را رو كرده و كارهاي آنها را خنثي كنيد. ما بايد همگي با هم كار كنيم تا صدايمان به جائي برسد

به شما قول ميدهيم كه هيچ گروهي بتنهائي بجائي نخواهد رسيد. همانطور كه تا بحال نرسيده. كمي گذشت, فداكاري و منم منم را كنار گذاشته تا به هدفمان برسيم

مقاله نيويورك تايمز و وشنگتن پست را راجع به تحريمات جديد كمسيون بخوانيد تا ببينيد چقدر اروپائي ها آماده خوردن اشكنه با ملايان هستندكه حتي آماده دادن گارانتي شده اند

از بي ريائي ما در مكاتبه با شما پوزشمنديم. حال خود دانيد,وجدان سياسي خود و كار هاي خود

با ارائه عرض ادب

گروه ملي ياري


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cluck cluck cluck...

by Chicken (not verified) on

Islamist occupied Iran has instructed all its Islamist agents to hide behind national icons. Not us, no sir. We the true patriots are proud to be shown as chickens. Cluuuck, cluuuck, cluck cluck cluck...


Troneg

best answer use competitor

by Troneg on

Google is a commercial company. Even if they want show themselevs as a cool company.

The best answer is to boycotte it and use the competitor. thanks Microsoft ;-) 

 see below : 

Persian Gulf (gulf), Asia
Persian Gulf (gulf), Asia
//maps.live.com/?v=2&where1=Persian%20Gulf%20%28gulf%29%2C%20Asia&encType=1


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Mullahs' Latest Stratagem!

by G. Rahmanian (not verified) on

While the whole country is still suffering under the yoke of a bunch of good-for-nothing mullahs and their goons, Mr. Poorkesali wants us to worry about a name.

It is the election year and this is a new stratagem by the bankrupt regime in Tehran to divert people's attention from their real problems.

This is the same regime which was adamant to raze Persepolis to the ground, the same regime which tried to stop Iranians from celebrating their traditional festivities, such as "Char Shanbeh Soori" or "No Rooz."

The mullahs are still calling the people of Iran, "Ommmat Mosalmaan" and refuse to call them "Iranians."

Why this sudden shift? Have they learned their lesson? Hardly! This is another ruse by the mullahs and their goons to deceive Iranians again. They have no interest in antything Persian!

THEY CANNOT NOT BE TRUSTED!


Fred

Remove the cause,not the symptoms

by Fred on

As long as Iranians and Iran herself are the captives of this Islamist regime any effort except to unseat it and its mercenaries is a waste of time. One day it is the Persian Gulf Islands,  the regime’s nuclear shenanigan and thousand and one other things the other day the saving of a teenager from the gallows or a young girl from lashing for the most mundane teenage behavior . The root cause needs to be removed not the symptoms. The Iranians and other conscientious people can keep plugging holes drilled by the Islamist regime and its terrorist allies, but as long as it is in power it keeps drilling more holes.  Thanks to this Islamist regime and its mercenaries Iran is at the verge of experiencing a national nightmare and these guys pat themselves on the back, passing out sweets for the job well done.


jamshid

To all Iranians... Babak, Fred, Q and the rest...

by jamshid on

To all my hamvatans of all political walks: PLEASE STOP AND THINK.

While we are fighting on political issues, the sheiks of Persian Gulf are having the last laugh at us by changing the name of Persian Gulf.

We must not allow this. I urge you all, from whatever political background you are, from Monarchist to leftist to even pro-IRI and whatever else, you must stop arguing about other things. The issue of google and Persian Gulf is one area we can all unite and have the same voice. We must unite on this issue.

So effective now, let's refocus on the topic of this article. Pourkesali, as much as I oppose him on other issues, has a valid point regarding google: Writing individual letters may have a bigger impact than signing petitions. So both petitions and letters are necessary.

I ask all my hamvatans to take this issue seriously. Try to think and find additional ways of opposing google's cheap attempt of appeasing the rich shieks of Persian Gulf.

Here is one more way I could think of that could have an impact: Mr. Omid Kordestani, an Iranian, is the senior vice president of global sales & business development at google:
//www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#omid

He definitely is an influential member of Google. As an Iranian, we must assume that he is on our side unless proven otherwise. So I think everyone should write/email directly to him and ask him to take action.

Here is another high ranking google Iranian employee: Salar Kamangar, vice president of product management.

The problem is that I do not know their email address nor their office mailing address. Can anyone help here? JJ, could you use your contacts and help finding out how Mr. Kordestani or Kamangar could be directly contacted by us? 

Can anyone else find out how these two people can be contacted?Also, can anyone think of any other way we can act on this issue?


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I am so embarrassed for the Iranian community

by Anonymous8 (not verified) on

such "khorafat" and hatred. Don't you have a real job, Babak?


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تريتا پارسي, و سلمان پارسي. two Iran haters

Babk56 (not verified)


تريتا پارسي, و سلمان پارسي. two Iran haters
Babk56 (not verified)
Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:11 PM CST

تريتا پارسي, و سلمان پارسي. two Iran haters

دو ايران فروش

تريتا پارسي, و سلمان پارسي.

سلمان پارسي راه را براي پيروزي اعراب هموار كرده و اين مغ بزرگ زرتشتي باعث بردگي هموطنان خود بدست اعراب شد

حال تاريخ دارد دوباره تكرار ميشود تريتا پارسي مانند جد بزرگ خود كمر خدمت به ملايان بسته, آرام نخواهد نشست تا فاتحه تمام اپوزيسون را بگويد.

كينه اين فاميل به ايران و ايراني واقعا شگفت انگيز است.

دوستان ازكينه اين فاميل بهراسيد. آنها و عمالشان و اربابشان كه دولت فخيمه انگلستان ميباشند, بايد ملت ما را اسير ملايان نگاه دارند براي دزدي و چپاول هاي خود توسط ملايان بي هنر و دين.

بايد هرطور كه هست جلوي اين فرد و عمالش گرفته شود.

حال خود دانيد و اعمال خود.

گروه ملي ياري


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Draft Iranian law threatens

by minorities (not verified) on

Draft Iranian law threatens gross human rights violations
Bahai World News Service:
The Iranian Parliament is considering legislation that would institutionalize a series of gross human rights violations, affecting not only Baha'is but many others, even outside of Iran, the Baha'i International Community said today.
What's the law about?
Of greatest concern is a section that would mandate the death penalty for anyone who converts from Islam to another religion, a provision that would affect not only Baha'is but also Christians, Jews, and others.
It goes further:

"The law also extends to naming as apostate any follower of a religion other than Islam who had one parent who was a Muslim at the time of his or her conception. Thus, for instance, the child of a Muslim and a Christian who chooses to adopt the Christian faith would be considered an apostate under the terms of the law and therefore subject to execution," Ms. Dugal said.

More:

"It would also institute capital punishment for anyone who 'insults the Prophet,'" Ms. Dugal explained. "Such provisions place many groups, including Baha'is, in an extremely vulnerable position, since an 'insult' to the Prophet can be defined in almost any context, especially where religious belief is concerned."
Just wait. Any minute now we'll be hearing complaints from millions of Muslims about this gross perversion of their peaceful religion.

//news.bahai.org/story/606


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Anonymous Babak

by Anonymous Babak (not verified) on

Bacheh poor ro get lost. This post is about Persian Gulf.

Create a post about lobby and post your stuff there. Are you afraid of people knowing who you are and then you cannot post your non-sense stuff.

You are a lier. Get lost bacheh poor ro.


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تريتا پارسي, و سلمان پارسي. two Iran haters

Babk56 (not verified)


تريتا پارسي, و سلمان پارسي. two Iran haters

دو ايران فروش

تريتا پارسي, و سلمان پارسي.

سلمان پارسي راه را براي پيروزي اعراب هموار كرده و اين مغ بزرگ زرتشتي باعث بردگي هموطنان خود بدست اعراب شد

حال تاريخ دارد دوباره تكرار ميشود تريتا پارسي مانند جد بزرگ خود كمر خدمت به ملايان بسته, آرام نخواهد نشست تا فاتحه تمام اپوزيسون را بگويد.

كينه اين فاميل به ايران و ايراني واقعا شگفت انگيز است.

دوستان ازكينه اين فاميل بهراسيد. آنها و عمالشان و اربابشان كه دولت فخيمه انگلستان ميباشند, بايد ملت ما را اسير ملايان نگاه دارند براي دزدي و چپاول هاي خود توسط ملايان بي هنر و دين.

بايد هرطور كه هست جلوي اين فرد و عمالش گرفته شود.

حال خود دانيد و اعمال خود.

گروه ملي ياري


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to: nd

by Anonymous Chicken (not verified) on

nd jaan;

You seem to be a chicken too.

Why don't go to websites of NIAC, CASMII, and MPG (www.marzeporgohar.org) and compare them. It will be better to attend their meetings and question them in person.

MKO, MPK, DK, etc. are full of sick people.


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I really would like to know

by nd (not verified) on

I really would like to know whether these accusations are false or not. I hope they are false but if they are true, the 'Persian community' in diaspora deserves to know the truth.


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Hey Anonymous Chicken? How are you

by Litigation Lawyer (not verified) on

going to support this effort? Are you going to sell your asshole to raise the required funds to bring the lawsuit? Keer to koon'e chagalet if you know what I mean!


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Why don't you put your name and face up, then accuse NIAC or CAM

by Babak the Chicken (not verified) on

Anonymous chicken, well said:
Why do not you put your name and face up, then accuse NIAC or CAMSII? Is this a fair question?


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I would support NIAC and CASMII in their lawsuits

by AnonymousChicken (not verified) on

I would support NIAC and CASMII in their lawsuits. This might come to taking this Internet site to court to reveal the IP address of chickens. Then you will see who is telling the truth and who works for whom (get it?)


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To: nd "CASMII and NIAC

by anonymous00 (not verified) on

To: nd

"CASMII and NIAC should sue the frontpage magazine..I would if I were them".

Why don't they? What are they waiting for if they are wrongly being accused? One wonders...


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Q: The era of eating simultaneously out of toubreh and akhoor

by Toubreh & Akhoor (not verified) on

is almost over for you! Your days are numbered! Nobody wants to read your substandard writing style. Indeed, you are a freelance writer! I bet that your photography skills are even worse than your writing skills. They are most likely out of focus and blur like your stupid brains!?


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We are bunch of chickens . . .

by Anonymous Chicken (not verified) on

We are bunch of chickens . . .

These chickens dare to attack some entities thinking people will take them seriously.

As we used to say, booroo baba.

NIAC and CAMSII are the two most professional Iranian organizations which one can find. I smell jealousy here.

We should be proud of our successful people and organizations, unless we are bunch of chickens . . .

Why do not you put your name and face up, then accuse NIAC or CAMSII? Is this a fair question?

Q, don't let the idiots bother you. We are in this shape today because we have many of them both abroad and in Iran. Greetings.


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Major powers push for new

by sanctions (not verified) on

Major powers push for new Iran sanctions

//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080225/pl_nm/iran_nuc...


Q

Who writes at Iranian.com ?

by Q on

Read all about it here:

//iranian.com/main/blog/q/profile-people-who-...

I already see many good Iranians right here on this thread! Way to keep up the reputation!

Shalom Goh-man: Stop pretending to be an American Jew. How many times do I have to expose your pathetic fake ass? This is getting old.


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Once John McCain becomes the US President, he will

by Shalom Goldman (not verified) on

order the bombing of the Islamic Republic. That should be enough to eradicate this AIDS virus that has contaminated the entire middle east nations!

May lord Moses speed up this process!


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CASMII and NIAC should sue

by nd (not verified) on

CASMII and NIAC should sue the frontpage magazine..I would if I were them.


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MKO, MPG, NCR, DK

by You are chicken (not verified) on

MKO, MPG, NCR, DK

Get lost.

Mr. Navab used to be active, but someone threatened him after that he decided to be off the lists.

Because MKO, MPG, NCR, DK, have bunch of jealous and cheaters, they accuse others without any proof. Keep on accusing, because you will see your ass in court soon.

For million times, if someone does not criticize IRI, does not mean she or he supports it. As many have said, FOCUS on damn post which is Persian Gulf.


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Mullahs, members of CASMII, Q, Pourkesali, and the rest of

by Chenar Tree (not verified) on

the treasonous supporters of mullahs will be put on trial, convicted, and hanged from the Chenars trees on the Pahlavi street in Tehran. This is not a threat but rather a promise!


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dear sickofcasmiietal

by Anonymous8 (not verified) on

I read the article and followed the links. I read a lot of accusations for which there is no support.

Also, your link at the bottom seems to be wrong. Navab is still a part of CASMII.

//www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=nod...

Why do you people always have to lie? I would rather trust CASMII than people like this.


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You think any of your

by anti-commies (not verified) on

You think any of your sources are powerful, Q? The sources you deem powerful are only powerful in your delusional world. What are your powerful sources???Rabid lefty media...counterpunch?? Raw stories, Seymour Hersch, Afrasiabi,Gary Sick, Kinser, etc. and other idiotic commie sources...grow up.


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Q is a old retired fart living in LA area who travels to Iran

by Secret Agent (not verified) on

twice a year to collect his paychecks. You see, it is expensive to live in southern California. One can't rely on social security checks! One has to rely on extra income and what's better than being a nocheh and a cheerleader for and of mullahs!?


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everyone needs to CALM DOWN

by Mohseni (not verified) on

Q, Babak and everybody. Why are we talking about the Mullahs? This is about Iranian Identity, don't shortchange this message. Leave your politics out of it.

Email Google, please!


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Then who is this Q person?

by A Long Baseball Bat (not verified) on

Is he a butt boy of the NIAC?