I don’t think they [the Iranian mullahocracy] have any intention of stamping it [heavy metal fanboys] out completely. If you create a species of contraband and generally turn a blind eye to it, you wind up with a ready-made excuse to arrest dissidents on non-political charges.
(In fact, if Bush was the tyrant he’s made out to be, you’d [have] half the leadership of Code Pink and ANSWER in jail on marijuana charges at any given time.)
— Eric J.
Once again demonstrating that the MAL has no clue at all about how real oppression works, undermining their claims of it twice over.
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