"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes," Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media.Perhaps we can use shocks to female gratification/empowerment then to predict earthquakes? Let's see - there were two earthquakes in 1960 when the pill was introduced... not a particularly strong correlation (then again, the introduction was likely endogenous to female hedonism).
Maybe we should be thinking about completely external shocks: on November 6th, 1983, Cyndi Lauper released "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and only 10 days later there was an earthquake in Kaoiki, Hawaii! Then again, there were no more earthquakes for five months, but there were two earthquakes (in Turkey and Idaho) just a week before the release of the single.
Wait a minute - what if earthquakes predict female empowerment? Sounds like Sedighi needs to submit his model to peer review.
Another brilliant explanation:
Referring to the violence that followed last June's disputed presidential election, he said: "The political earthquake that occurred was a reaction to some of the actions [that took place]."Oh no! Political earthquakes?
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religious fundamentalists caused the volcano ash. Fact.
Religious fundamentalists, whether Islamic, Christian or Jewish, are dangerous crackpots.
There is nothing but coincidence to the women cause earthquakes, it’s like the theory of the number 23. You can pretty much do this article on anything such as if sales in milk were up you could say people around the world drinking more milk causes earthquakes. Written by the author of thesaurusforgod.blogspot.com
This is serious! I've heard so many ignorant comments from this side of the world but to hear that women's actions are the cause of earthquakes is simply obnoxi-ridiculo-idiotic!
"lead young men astray...which increases earthquakes."
Sure "eruptions", no? :-)
sounds like they failed science class
Hemingway described this phenomenon in "for whom the bell tolls" it is not frivolous women, but making love to the love of your life that makes the earth move.
It is not hard to understand that religious fanatics don't have first hand experience, and so ascribe it to what they see: the phenomenon is linked to women they cannot get.
This is just...wow. I am completely appalled and not simply because I'm a woman, but because of the sheer ignorance of that statement. However, I would like to inquire about the context. Where was this original statement made? Under what circumstances? I can't really imagine there ever being a reasonable explanation for a comment like this, but having some sort of a contextual frame might help shed a little more light on it.
I've got it! Something has been bothering me about this for ages, and I've suddenly got it - he's just making an AC/DC reference! Come on everyone:
"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean / she was the best damn woman I had ever seen / she had the sightless eyes telling me no lies / knocking me out with those American thighs / taking more than her share, she had me gasping for air / she told me to come but I was already there...
and the wall were shaking the earth was quakingrnmy mind was racing rnand we were making it and you...
shook me all night long! Yeah you! shook me ALL NIGHT LONG!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bomv-6CJSfM
warning: that video features Brian Johnson in the bath.
Oh. My. God. Crazy!
...it may sound ridiculous to hear that women dress up is responsible for earthquake. But it has a great effect on social life. I think Kazem siddighi tried to demonstrate the earthquake in society as adultery, prostitution and rape. And there may also some other reasons for earthquake which science cant explain. Science do need research, hence science should prove whether this is true or false...But none can say this is impossible, because nothing is impossible.
Come on! The Hojatoleslam is a true movie buff who knows his classics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzg_1XwzG08
And here is the first verse:
When they had the earthquake in San Francisco Back in nineteen-six They said that ol' Mother Nature Was up to her old tricks That's the story that went around But here's the real low-down Put the blame on Mame, boys Put the blame on Mame One night she started to shimmy-shake That brought on the Frisco quakes So you can put the blame on Mame, boys Put the blame on Mame