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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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19.5.06

A new law reportedly passed by the Iranian Parliament is drawing comparisons to the Holocaust because it requires Jews, Christians and other religious minorities to wear colored badges to identify them as non-Muslim.
But Iran's only Jewish Member of Parliament said the report is "a lie."
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Iran's "only Jewish Member of Parliament" is Maurice Motammed.
The google hits for Iranian Badge are somewhat more extensive.
Motamed at Wikipedia.
A new law that may or may not exist is talked about as though it does.
Probably at least two or three other readers were startled to realize that there is a Jew in the Iranian Parliament. Elected and everything. That there has been a Jew in the Iranian Parliament, representing the needs and interests of the Iranian Jewish community, for some time - since 1906, to be exact.
Then googling, as one does, to see if there are commensurate representatives in the US...
"Arabs in US Senate"
"Arabs in US Congress"
"Iranians in US Senate"
"Iranians in US Congress"

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