12-15-2006, 09:47 AM
OK folks, here's one of the most famous texts from the history of the ancient Near East, the Cyrus Cylinder. The version on my site contains the text as it was known in 2001 and a translation, plus a brief intro, in which I explain that there are fraudulent versions available, made by Iranian refugees.
These frauds have already caused me a lot of trouble. Imagine correcting a wiki page, and being accused of vandalizing because "everyone knows that the CC is the world's first human rights charter", which it is not: it is quite unpleasant when well-meaning people, misled by propaganda, accuse me of propaganda that was coined by the late Shah.
So, if anybody who has a website wants to do something for me: please link to my page, and make sure this page, which was made to counter the propaganda, has better google ratings than the propaganda pages. Thanks.
These frauds have already caused me a lot of trouble. Imagine correcting a wiki page, and being accused of vandalizing because "everyone knows that the CC is the world's first human rights charter", which it is not: it is quite unpleasant when well-meaning people, misled by propaganda, accuse me of propaganda that was coined by the late Shah.
So, if anybody who has a website wants to do something for me: please link to my page, and make sure this page, which was made to counter the propaganda, has better google ratings than the propaganda pages. Thanks.
