"Hey, Ayatollah, leave those kids alone!"

Turns out it's a protest song after all.

August 6, 2010 at 4:06PM

They don't need no thought control:

It's a famous song, but keep in mind that Roger Waters was talking about English schools where there was horrible things like dark sarcasm in the classroom, and screechy teachers who demanded to know how you could have your pudding if you haven't eaten your meat. Granted, that is an interesting question, but the Iranian students are facing something worse.

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