Written by: Anonymous

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000963024

Sean Penn, who is on a "reporting" trip to Iran for the San Francisco Chronicle, recently lectured Iranian students who were chanting "Death to America". So said Penn:

"I understand the nature of where it comes from and what its intention is," he said. "But I don't think it's productive because I think the message goes to the American people and it is interpreted very literally."

So I wonder what Penn thinks the real intention is? Does he think "Death" is an Iranian synonym for peaceful dialogue?

Seeing as how the Iranians have supported and continue to support terrorist attacks designed to kill Americans, I don't understand why Penn can't concieve of the fact that they might actually mean what they say. Is he that desperate to make America the bad guy that he has to absolve Iran of any guilt other than rhetorical excess?

I figure making America the bad guys makes him the enlightened, far-seeing lover of peace, who can look down on his fellow troglodyte Americans, even if that means he has to sympathise with the people who want to kill them.