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Biff, I know it’s difficult for a parent to let their kids see them lose their temper but the reality is that sooner or later the kids will hear the “F word” You should have just told that guy to “Fuck Off.”

Iran Bars Music in Private Schools, May Impose University Code

June 1 (Bloomberg) — Iran has barred private schools from teaching music, saying it clashes with the establishment’s Islamic values, following a push to enforce moral standards that may lead to a national dress code for university students.
“The use of musical instruments is against the principles of our value system,” Ali Bagherzadeh, head of the private- schools office in the Education Ministry, said in a phone interview from Tehran today. Iran’s 16,000 private schools have
1.1 million students, the Islamic Republic News Agency said.
Iran has set aside $1.5 billion to promote “moral conduct,” including enforcement of its dress code for women, “to solve the cultural and social ills” in society, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar said on May 10. His comments followed the introduction of a code of conduct at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences that bans loud laughter, nail polish, high heels and immodest clothing for women and men.
The police will “deal firmly” with violators of Iran’s laws on moral conduct, Mohammad-Najjar said. A cleric at Tehran’s main Friday prayers, Iran’s largest, said in April that women who dress immodestly cause earthquakes.
Teaching music in state schools has always been prohibited, Bagherzadeh said. A school that teaches music may be permanently closed and its director barred from opening another school, he said. The ban applies to the use of all instruments, including those played in traditional Iranian music, Bagherzadeh said.

Oh and Good Morning All.

Ever since Blue Marble stopped offering ‘Ghanaian Chocolate’ flavor, I’m not interested!
A few weeks ago was in the nabe, I went in with my piggy bank, saw they didn’t have any great chocolate flavors and I walked out. I went to Baskin Robbins.