where is persia?

[larry_davis]

i got this wall map of the world and can't locate persia. it's a country right?
what other countries is it next to? i googled it and got these maps that make no sense.

 

[Hobbit]

i got this wall map of the world and can't locate persia. it's a country right?
what other countries is it next to? i googled it and got these maps that make no sense.

It hasn't been called Persia since 1935. It's called Iran now...honestly. In fact, it was Iran before that, but the English name was Persia.

 

[larry_davis]

hmmm, that's strange. i got this friend who says he's persian and from persia. he looks like he's from the middle east, guess i'll have to find his number and call him up and ask him what's up.

 

[Mr.Conley]

It's an ethnicity in that case. Iranians are "Persians" (at least in English) along with small groups in a few other nations. Then the Saudis, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, and the like are Arab.

 

[Annie]

It's an ethnicity in that case. Iranians are "Persians" (at least in English) along with small groups in a few other nations. Then the Saudis, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, and the like are Arab.

LD is the perfect example of WHY someone has negative rep. He's a troll and if he keeps it up will be gone.

 

[dmp]

roomy - atlantis is REAL...just not in this galaxy.

 

[Mr.Conley]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to dmp again.

 

[no1tovote4]

hmmm, that's strange. i got this friend who says he's persian and from persia. he looks like he's from the middle east, guess i'll have to find his number and call him up and ask him what's up.

It's not an ethnicity. It was the name of Iran before it became Iran... Therefore there are some swarthy Persians...

However Iran is dominated by Aryans.

 

[rtwngAvngr]

It's not an ethnicity. It was the name of Iran before it became Iran... Therefore there are some swarthy Persians...

However Iran is dominated by Aryans.

Persians are an ethnicity and are very proud of it. Tell a persian it's not an ethnicity and your liable to get smacked in the mouth.

 

[Mr.Conley]

It's not an ethnicity. It was the name of Iran before it became Iran... Therefore there are some swarthy Persians...

However Iran is dominated by Aryans.

It's an ethnicity and the former nationality. They use it to differentiate themselves from the Arabs.

The Persians are an Iranian people who speak the Persian language and share a common culture and history.

Significant numbers of Persians reside outside of Iran with the largest communities found in the United States of America, Germany, England, Canada,Turkey and UAE. Smaller communities are also found in surrounding countries and the Arabian Peninsula.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_people

They are the largest ethnic group in Iran, but they do descend from the Aryans

 

[no1tovote4]

An Iranian by any other name is a Persian or a terrorist.Persians are cats aren't they?and rugs.Do Iranians look like cats or rugs?We should round up all the Persian cats and rugs and blow them to bits, thats a war we could win.

You can't outkill the weaving rate!

 

[Jimmyeatworld]

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMAND WARS
IN EASIER-TO-FIND COUNTRIES
"How Come No One Fights in Big Famous Nations Anymore?" They Ask

Washington, D.C. (SatireWire.com) — A delegation of American high school students today demanded the United States stop waging war in obscure nations such as Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and instead attack places they've actually heard of, such as France, Australia, and Austria, unless, they said, those last two are the same country.


"Shouldn't we, as Americans, get to decide where wars are?" asked sophomore Kate Shermansky.
"People claim we don't know as much geography as our parents and grandparents, but it's so not our fault," Josh Beldoni, a senior at Fischer High School in Los Angeles, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Back then they only had wars in, like, Germany and England, but we're supposed to know about places like Somalia and Massachusetts."

"Macedonia," corrected committee Chairman Carl Levin of Michigan.

"See?" said Beldoni.

Beldoni's frustration was shared by nearly three dozen students at the hearing, who blamed the U.S. military for making them look bad.

"I totally support our soldiers and all that, but I am seriously failing both geography and social studies because I keep getting asked to find Croatia or Yemvrekia, or whatever bizarre-o country we send troops to," said Amelia Nash, a junior at Clark High School in Orlando, Fla. "Can't we fight in, like, Italy? It's boot-shaped."

Chairman Levin however, explained that Italy was a U.S. ally, and that intervention is usually in response to a specific threat.

"OK, what about Arulco?" interrupted Tyler Boone, a senior at Bellevue High School in Wisconsin. "That's a country in Jagged Alliance 2 run by the evil Queen Deidranna. I'm totally familiar with that place. She's a major threat."

"Jagged...?" said Levin.

"Alliance. It's a computer game."

"Well, no," Levin answered. "We can't attack a fictional country."

"Yeah right," Boone mumbled. "Like Grenada was real."

The students' testimony was supported by a cross-section of high school geography teachers, who urged the committee to help lay a solid foundation for America's young people by curtailing any intervention abroad.


"Since the anti-terror war began, most of my students can now point to Afghanistan on a map, which is fine, but those same kids still don't know the capitals of Nevada and Ohio," said Richard Gerber, who teaches at Rhymony High School in Atlanta. "I think we need to cut back on our activities overseas and take care of business at home, and if that means invading Tallahassee (Fla.) or Trenton (N.J.) so that students learn where they are, so be it."

"I've always wanted to stick it to Hartford (Conn.)," said Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island. "Oh shit, is my microphone on?"

The hearing adjourned after six hours. An estimated 2,000 more students were expected to hold a march in the nation's capital, but forgot which city it was in.

 

[Diuretic]

I find the foregoing in poor taste.

I can't remember who it was but someone said that war was God's way of making Americans learning geography.

I prefer you ignorant of geography

 

[Jimmyeatworld]

Here's a quarter. Get a sense of humor.

 

[Diuretic]

Here's a quarter. Get a sense of humor.

Here's ten bucks, get a reconditioned brain.

 

[Jimmyeatworld]

Here's ten bucks, get a reconditioned brain.

Boy, those ACLU brains are cheap.

 

[nukeman]

Boy, those ACLU brains are cheap.

I think for ten bucks you can get about 1,000 ACLU brains. that is if you could find any at all :duh3: