Silly Little Country

Nederlanders in Iran

Thanks to Guy LaRoche for pointing out this brilliant video from Thomas Erdbrink.



We learn that life goes on and people are far more sensible most of the time than their leaders, religious or political.

LaRoche sums it up nicely:

What I love about this video, apart from Erdbrink’s clear and justified statement about the way journalism should be practiced, is that it shows normal people instead of foaming-at-the-mouth politicians or clergy. Watch, for instance, the Iranian skaters. What a familiar sight they are to our Western eyes. I also have to mention that this video is NOT apologetic of the Iranian regime. A good journalist simply needs to show, as best he can, the diverse reality on the ground and not stoop to all the hype-making politicians are known for. Hence the caption Erdbrink added to his video: “This video may be shocking to people watching Dutch current affairs programmes.” And at the end of the video he walks into an Iranian store to buy some pistachio nuts and… Gouda cheese!

posted by Alan Adamson @ 6:16 PM