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Originally Posted by frodly
Very nice, I am not attacking his source, only pointing out that he entered a thread with an Iranian living in Iran. Made definitive statements, and the Iranian guy said they weren't true! He then started this thread!
I am a history major, so sourcing is important to me. The Iranian guy is a primary source, his statements are likely biased in some way, as are everyones. But he is still a primary source!
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Well I for one give him credit for starting a new thread instead of threadjacking the other.
And when a primary source is a person you always have to be aware that they are not omnipotent. For example I live in philly and work in a university. From my observations there is no more racism against african americans in America, and homosexuality is totally and universally accepted. Go on down to the gay bar and have a good time!
However the observations from an urban university (especially in Philly) may not hold for the whole nation.