Propoganda is alive and well!

wobbles-grogan · 11-06-2013 03:16PM #1

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 · 11-06-2013 03:18PM

gosh darn it, failed on the first question.

Dravokivich · 11-06-2013 03:26PM

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

Mint Sauce · 11-06-2013 03:31PM

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

NEXT!

--Kaiser-- · 11-06-2013 03:32PM

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 · 11-06-2013 03:35PM

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

biko · 11-06-2013 03:49PM

Blah blah islamophobia blah blah peace blah

IM0 · 11-06-2013 03:51PM

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 · 11-06-2013 03:55PM

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 · 11-06-2013 03:55PM

and I call vice president

IM0 · 11-06-2013 03:57PM

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 · 11-06-2013 03:58PM

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 · 11-06-2013 03:58PM

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 · 11-06-2013 03:59PM

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 · 11-06-2013 04:00PM

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 · 11-06-2013 04:02PM

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

Gbear · 11-06-2013 04:02PM

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

wobbles-grogan · 11-06-2013 04:04PM

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 · 11-06-2013 06:38PM

biko wrote: »

Blah blah islamophobia blah blah peace blah

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

Triangla · 11-06-2013 06:43PM

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 · 11-06-2013 06:46PM

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 · 11-06-2013 06:51PM

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 · 11-06-2013 07:06PM

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 · 11-06-2013 07:15PM

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 · 11-06-2013 09:14PM

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 · 11-06-2013 09:16PM

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 · 11-06-2013 09:24PM

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 · 11-06-2013 09:26PM

My name is URL wrote: »

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

My name is URL · 11-06-2013 09:44PM

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 · 11-06-2013 10:45PM

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 · 11-06-2013 11:46PM

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.

Propoganda is alive and well!

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