There was a cool Frontline Report on PBS last night called "Our Man In Tehran". He went around talking to a lot of people about a lot of different
things.
He went to an AA Meeting! They had an AA Meeting in Iran!
They had a copy of the AA book in Iranian. The government lets them have that.
Normally, such a secular book would be censored. There were about 12 in the
meeting, including two women.
He asked a guy “So with alcohol against the law, how do you
get booze?”
“I have a phone number. I can call a man, He will deliver it to my house”
“I have a phone number. I can call a man, He will deliver it to my house”
“But what happens if you get caught?”
“I will go to trial and be sentenced.”
“What will your sentence be?”
“I will be flogged”
“Have any of you been flogged?”
They all laugh.
“Yes, we have all been flogged”
“Does it hurt?”
“Yes, they use a leather horsewhip. It tears your skin”
“How many lashes?”
“Seventy Seven”
“I will go to trial and be sentenced.”
“What will your sentence be?”
“I will be flogged”
“Have any of you been flogged?”
They all laugh.
“Yes, we have all been flogged”
“Does it hurt?”
“Yes, they use a leather horsewhip. It tears your skin”
“How many lashes?”
“Seventy Seven”
“Seventy seven lashes. Did you stop your drinking?”
They all laugh.
“No, we did not stop”
Even the Iranian government cannot make them stop.
That’s why they allow the book.They all laugh.
“No, we did not stop”
Even the Iranian government cannot make them stop.
2 comments:
Ha! Love that, "I have a phone number...." Great post Bullets!
Wow! What a story! That said, I doubt flogging would have stopped me either.
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