Propoganda is alive and well!

wobbles-grogan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22846140

I completed it, I'm not eligable obviously, but still, terrible piece of propaganda imo.

Are you eligable?!

FatherLen

gosh darn it, failed on the first question.

Dravokivich

Wait... that's really on a BBC website? I'd expect something like it from Fox...

Mint Sauce

To many hurdles, and thats even with giving up my Irish and GB&NI passports, and converting to Islam.

NEXT!

--Kaiser--

Thanks for the posting OP. I'd like to run a country but I don't like the long hours or the commute

wobbles-grogan

Yeah, fox or some station like that would be expected, thought the BBC had standards!

biko

Blah blah islamophobia blah blah peace blah

IM0

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Yeah, fox or some station like that would be expected, thought the BBC had standards!

no money talks and bull**** walks, theyve joined the other rags now

ScumLord

The other good thing about this test is that to get to the end of it MI5 can add you to a terrorist suspect list for the answers you gave.

IM0

and I call vice president

IM0

ScumLord wrote: »

The other good thing about this test is that to get to the end of it MI5 can add you to a terrorist suspect list for the answers you gave.

was thinkin that all the way through, **** thats my card marked :mad:

I was just giving answers which I thought they would want to hear, Im not muslim! OR ****e

SebBerkovich

It's all in good fun, i'm sure next up:

"Could you be president of Israel"

-of course you could it's a perfectly functioning beacon of democracy in the middle east-

Jimoslimos

Wooohooo! All correct

Congratulations!
Your views should endear you to the establishment. You can run for president. You are one of the lucky few: 686 candidates registered this year with only 8 approved.

Chucken

I won, I won :P

Congratulations!

Your views should endear you to the establishment. You can run for president. You are one of the lucky few: 686 candidates registered this year with only 8 approved.

You guys just don't know how to answer "correctly"

Chucken

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Wooohooo! All correct

Chucken wrote: »

I won, I won :P

Congratulations!

Your views should endear you to the establishment. You can run for president. You are one of the lucky few: 686 candidates registered this year with only 8 approved.

You guys just don't know how to answer "correctly"

Yay us!

Jimoslimos

Wonder if they'll do a similar one for eligibility for the British Monarchy?

Gbear

Does anyone else hate the phrase "Alive and well"?

wobbles-grogan

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Wonder if they'll do a similar one for eligibility for the British Monarchy?

We should compile a list of sample questions for this.

1) "Have you done an etiquette course?"

Toby Take a Bow

biko wrote: »

Blah blah islamophobia blah blah peace blah

And the only person who mentions islamophobia is ... ?

Triangla

Chucken wrote: »

I won, I won :P

Congratulations!

Your views should endear you to the establishment. You can run for president. You are one of the lucky few: 686 candidates registered this year with only 8 approved.

You guys just don't know how to answer "correctly"

I got that just now also. Exact same figures as you got so must have been up.

Chucken

Triangla wrote: »

I got that just now also. Exact same figures as you got so must have been up.

So at least 3 Boardsies can run for president of Iran.

Hmmmm this could be the making of us :pac:

LiamMc

The BBC is a pretty rotten institution believing it's own blurb but protecting it's institutional celebrities (News and Entertainment) and never asking difficult questions of the Military.

Cody Pomeray

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

We should compile a list of sample questions for this.

1) "Have you done an etiquette course?"

(2) Are you a Christian
- We will want to know what kind of Christian you are. Catholics are not eligible, mind!


I don't expect the BBC to be praising or endorsing Iran, but they might at least control their more sardonic contributions in light of anti-Islamic attitudes already pervasive in their country, which has a significant and peaceful Muslim population.

tritium

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

We should compile a list of sample questions for this.

1) "Have you done an etiquette course?"

The empire was (is?)?

A) an enlightened charitable ideal bringing education and enlightenment to millions of savages

a violent oppressor who generally killed thousands in any country before granting them their freedom

SeanW

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Propoganda is alive and well.

Dravokivich wrote: »

Wait... that's really on a BBC website? I'd expect something like it from Fox...

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Yeah, fox or some station like that would be expected, thought the BBC had standards!

IM0 wrote: »

no money talks and bull**** walks, theyve joined the other rags now

What's wrong with it?

minidazzler

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22846140

I completed it, I'm not eligable obviously, but still, terrible piece of propaganda imo.

Are you eligable?!

That's OK, President of Iran is more akin to being President of Ireland than president of the US anyway, they don't have a huge amount of executive power.

My name is URL

SeanW wrote: »

What's wrong with it?

For a start, if you choose 'Iranian' as the answer to the first question, before you can continue; a pop-up appears with the following

As well as being Iranian, all the candidates for president are expected to be devoted to Islamic Republic of Iran and keen to make sacrifices for it. According to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, you will need to be 'tenacious and resistant to pressures from enemies.'

...as if one should be shocked or disquieted by such a revelation. Oh noes.. the president is going to be expected to act in the best interests of his country and resist the pressures of its enemies, let's bomb it now to be on the safe side!

SeanW

My name is URL wrote: »

let's bomb it now to be on the safe side!

My name is URL

SeanW wrote: »

I may have added something at the end there for dramatic effect =p

But seriously, do you not find the fact that there's such a questionnaire to be a bit suggestive and leading?

wobbles-grogan

My name is URL wrote: »

I may have added something at the end there for dramatic effect =p

But seriously, do you not find the fact that there's such a questionnaire to be a bit suggestive and leading?

Yes, thats the whole reason I made the thread titled Propoganda is alive and well!

shruikan2553

I really dont understand this hate Iran bandwagon, Israel has dont worse and yet they're a great bunch of lands. I could be wrong but I heard Iran is one of the better Islamic countries for non Muslims as they are tolerant towards others, but that could of been propaganda from their side.

gallag

Sigh, yes the queen/king of England has to be protestant, their main role is to be the head of the church of England, also the pope as the head of Catholicism must be Catholic, their is a differences between this and havingto be a certain religion to run the actual country, but I guess yous already knew this but wanted something to be outraged about, dam BBC bullying that bastion of freedom and enlightenment Iran.

Sunhill

Reminds me of of a former independent democracy where the government's wishes were rejected by the people in two referenda only to be polled again because they gave the wrong answer the first time.

the_syco

I pretended I was an Irish politician.

LIE LIE, and more damn LIEs.

And I got all correct :P

--Kaiser--

shruikan2553 wrote: »

I really dont understand this hate Iran bandwagon, Israel has dont worse and yet they're a great bunch of lands. I could be wrong but I heard Iran is one of the better Islamic countries for non Muslims as they are tolerant towards others, but that could of been propaganda from their side.

Which country would you live in if you had a choice? Israel or Iran?
You may now commence backpeddling

IM0

IM0 wrote: »

and I call vice president

Junior vice president!

shruikan2553

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Which country would you live in if you had a choice? Israel or Iran?
You may now commence backpeddling

From what Ive heard from people, Iran probably. Im not muslim so Israel wouldnt be too bad for me though.

wobbles-grogan

There was some guys on ray darcy (or was it ian dempsy, cant remember) one morning telling how they were cycling all across europe and over to asia somewhere. Passing through Iran. Apparently the Iranian people are really nice and normal and not the suicidal maniacs we're led to believe.

Who would've thunk it?

pabloh999

shruikan2553 wrote: »

From what Ive heard from people, Iran probably. Im not muslim so Israel wouldnt be too bad for me though.

Yea ok..

shruikan2553

pabloh999 wrote: »

Yea ok..

What a brilliant point you make. I guess you are right Iran is a terrible place to live with everyone in terrible conditions waiting to be liberated by america.

Ace Attorney

My first order of business would be to change the nation anthem to this :

--Kaiser--

shruikan2553 wrote: »

From what Ive heard from people, Iran probably. Im not muslim so Israel wouldnt be too bad for me though.

So you want to live in a country where all women are forced to wear a hijab in public, that is under Sharia law? A place where adultery, alcohol consumption and homosexuality are crimes? A place with no freedom of the press, a place that executes political prisoners, as well as children?

You rather live in this place rather than a liberal democracy? Is that what you're telling me?

Richard Hillman

Indymedia is where it is at guys. It is totes fair and , unlike that dastardly BBC.

shruikan2553

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

So you want to live in a country where all women are forced to wear a hijab in public, that is under Sharia law? A place where adultery, alcohol consumption and homosexuality are crimes? A place with no freedom of the press, a place that executes political prisoners, as well as children?

You rather live in this place rather than a liberal democracy? Is that what you're telling me?

You make it sound like they are exclusive things to Iran. Ireland has done plenty of those things or a similar act not too long ago. I never claimed Iran was a bastion of democracy and neither is Israel, they both have their problems but so does every country.

I dont want to live their or Israel but given a choice of Iran or Israel I would edge towards before doing some more research.

--Kaiser--

shruikan2553 wrote: »

You make it sound like they are exclusive things to Iran. Ireland has done plenty of those things or a similar act not too long ago. I never claimed Iran was a bastion of democracy and neither is Israel, they both have their problems but so does every country.

I dont want to live their or Israel but given a choice of Iran or Israel I would edge towards before doing some more research.

I wish we could exchange ignorant people like you for some of the people oppressed by the Islamic Republic (cough) of Iran

shruikan2553

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

I wish we could exchange ignorant people like you for some of the people oppressed by the Islamic Republic (cough) of Iran

You would swear I said it is a brilliant country that we should aspire to be like instead of saying that I wouldnt mind spending some time there. You should be careful about making comments about muslims, might get charged for something because of our blasphemy law.

--Kaiser--

shruikan2553 wrote: »

You would swear I said it is a brilliant country that we should aspire to be like instead of saying that I wouldnt mind spending some time there. You should be careful about making comments about muslims, might get charged for something because of our blasphemy law.

If you had a modicum of reading comprehension then you would realise that I was speaking against the nation of Iran and not it's main religion

shruikan2553

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

If you had a modicum of reading comprehension then you would realise that I was speaking against the nation of Iran and not it's main religion

If you had a modicum of reading comprehension then you would realise that I was saying that I dont think Iran is the warmongering, western society haters that the media makes it out to be.

Now I must go to a gay marriage of a friend who is then going to adopt a child and send the child to a non denominational school because this is Ireland where we have equality for that kinda stuff.

mbur

The Beeb is a propaganda outlet, always was. Just look at the spin they are putting on their coverage of the Turkish situation. Try and find any reference to William Binney, etc. etc. Having a poke at Iran is all in a days work for these spooks. If you want the real story try boards.ie:):D:D:D:)

Irish Guitarist

If only all multiple choice tests were so easy I would have done a lot better in school. Unfortunately picking the top answer to every single question doesn't usually work.

goose2005

Didn't think it was that awful, it's not mocking the Iranians or calling for war with Iran, it's just criticising the lack of democracy.