Anyway, since when do hard-line pseudo-Islamic governments stand up for filthy pagans? Oh, right, when it’s politically convenient.
I don’t really think that it’s abnormal for people to have these reactions – this is myth, at its core, and myths are morally ambiguous and, let’s face it, more than a little biased and jarring and insiduous and creepy. But the minute some governing entity steps in and starts trying to decide what is or isn’t acceptable when it comes to myth, that’s when I have to tell them to GO BACK TO THE SHADOW, to the FIERY CHASM FROM WHENCE YOU CAME.
And when you get there, rent a copy of “Borat.”
The good news is – if there’s a fatwa out on Gerry Butler, he can come and hide out in my skirt. What? It’s flowy, dammit.
Natalia A. 
Having read your blog, I thought to give you some information that seems your lacking in your one way argument.
A: Zoroastrians are not Pagan.
B: They have representation in Iranian parliament.
C: The 300 movie is coming out hot on the hills of lots of garbage from west that are biased toward Iran/Persian and even attempts to auction priceless artefacts on loan to university of Chicago.
D: As Lucian of Samosata A.D. 120-180, said Herodotus a liar in Verae historiae (True History)
E: As Mr. Miller the author of comic novel is not shy about his aim, in his interview with PW Comics Week on February 28, 2006, he state: superheroes are “gods,” – not the ones we worship, but more like mythological gods “who live among us.” Furthermore, due to their popularity, superheroes provide him with “the biggest megaphone I can find.” Miller asserted, “superheroes, are folk heroes and how can a folk heroes not interact with folk?” He further expounded, we’re “now in a clash of civilizations,” and “superheroes should be front and center” and he sees the story of “300”- where a small band of Spartan warriors fend off a vast Persian army in a battle that probably saved modern civilization-still has relevance today, reflecting the struggle in the middle east and the fight of modern society against certain fundamentalist Islamic groups.
F: There were no slavery in ancient Persia, and it was Cyrus the Great, Xerxes’s grandfather, which drafted the first declaration of human rights in 539 BC, guarantee the sanctity of human rights and individual freedom. Freeing hundreds of thousands of Jews from Babylonian slavery, and it was Xerxes’s mentioned in book Esther, protecting the Jews.
Good luck
Dude, I know who Cyrus is. I DIDN’T know the Zoroastrians had representation in parliament – but then again, the film does not portray the real ancient Persia or moder Iran, I kinda thought that deformed ghouls might clue people in… The film is a fairy tale – most of this stuff can relate, one way or another, to modern times – as fairy tales will (best, and most relevant form of storytelling – as far as I’m concerned) but calling this a declaration of war is reductive. These stories are always going to be offensive and biased – it’s what myths are like. Scary.
You have to admit though – Gerry Butler under skirt = HOT. 😉
You purposefully ignored Miller’s comments on his own work…
Purposefully? Oooh, tell you what, let’s start a big, sexy debate here in my comments section, so that everyone has a chance to air out their political views and generally have a blast.
Or, we can always say: Miller knows that myths appeal to the zeitgeist – he’s against censorship and for provocation, though neither is he a political or governing entity. He’s a wicked and insidious artist – why is why discussing him is generally irrelevant (though I’m sure he welcomes the naive attention).
Comments are closed for now (though Bahrami, you can always e-mail me).