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Skriven 2009-06-03 10:50:16 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
Ärende: Saberi vs Blom
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Hello Roy,

On Tuesday June 02 2009 14:29, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> They were no more wrong than the court that convicted Menno Blom.

 RW> She didn't actually violate any laws.

She violated the law, got convicted end senteced to eight years of prison.

 RW> He did. We've already been there, done that, he violated the law, got
 RW> convicted, sentenced to two years in prison, went home a smarter
 RW> person.

Same with saberi.

 MvdV>> In Iran it is against the law for a woman to attempt to buy
 MvdV>> alcohol.

 RW> And it is also illegal to sell it to women...

Non sequitur. No alcohol was sold. The accusation was *attempt* to buy alcohol.

 MvdV>> In Iran it is against the law to work as a reporter without
 MvdV>> proper credentials.

 RW> She had the credentials, which were revoked in 2006.

If they were revoked, she did not have them.

 MvdV>> Roxana Saberi was arrested and convicted for violating those
 MvdV>> laws. All she had to do to avoid that was to stay in the US.

 RW> That would be awfully hard, since she has been living in Iran for the
 RW> last six years.

She was born in the US. All the reports speak about an "American Journalist".

 MvdV>> Same story, both were in violation of the country they visited.

 RW> She wasn't a visitor, she is a resident, holds an Iranian passport and
 RW> a US passport. Which isn't illegal.

The Iranian passport was only becuase of her Iranian father. Who lives in he
USA. For all intents and purposes she is American.

If you ask me  I'd say she was even more stupid than Blom. Blom fell into a
trap. Saberi could and should have known that iran is a VERY unfriendly
environment for a women. What on earht made het leave the USA to go live in
Iran and work as a journalist for an American news agancy? Not only is Iran
womenunfriendly, it is also American unfriendly. If you walk into a snake pit,
don't complain if you get bitten.

 MvdV>> With the difference that Roxana Seberi was not lured into
 MvdV>> visiting Iran by entrapment.

 RW> Neither was Blom.

Denial is not a river in Egypt.

 MvdV>> She went on her own initiative.

 RW> She lived there.

She was born in the USA.  She *went* to live there. Her own decision.

She deserved to spent the full eight years in prison for that stupidity.


Cheers, Michiel

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