I stumbled across this link (via Gawker) to a Swedish blogger that just returned from Iran with an armful of Western magazines. Though it's a pretty well-known fact that Iran censors their press, I was surprised at the crude method they use. All that is required is a black ink pen and a pile of white stickers it seems. Check out Jonathon Lindqvist's blog for yourself. He tells the story better than I.
As much as the job must torture the mullah-censors in their dreams at night, at least it provides a semi-creative outlet for their energy; not to mention how scores of mullah-censors armed only with felt tipped markers and large white stickers must help Iranian unemployment stay in check.
The only question that remains is how they fight the urge to doodle in Hitler moustaches and pirate beards?
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