Nuclear energy and second marriage

I read a nice joke in this Persian blog that was so cool but before telling that, I should give a little background. In Islam, men are allowed to have more than one wife which is a pre-historic action and was blindly frozen till today. Although it is still in practise in some places, generally in Iranian society it is very prohibited and negative to have more than one simultaneous marriages. In brief, that is so old-fashioned and ugly but in old-fashioned fundamentalism, it is man's right to do that but if he does not make his first wife aware and does that without her permission, she then can take him to court!

These days, nuclear energy is called upon in Iran as our non-questionable right and that joke tried to connect the similarity of having a secrete second marriage and a secrete nuclear program in a funny way:

He says: "It is said that for the following reasons, nuclear energy is like a second marriage:

1- Both are our absolute rights
2-Both will be needed in a few years time
3-Both have to be secretly followed
4-In both cases, you are not doing any wrong [by law] but you will be taken to court/Security Council :-)

Comments

[frieda]

I believe Iranian's elite group have their anger directed to the wrong American administration...they should blame Clinton's administration for the mess that we are in not to blame the Bush administration... read the following article

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The “Grand Bargain” as Khatami saw it would create a mini-Yalta under which the Islamic republic and the US would divide the Middle East into their respective zones of influence. Tehran would be recognized as “the regional superpower” with a dominant position in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. It would also preserve its special relationship with Oman, the only country to have signed a security pact with Iran. The US would further acknowledge Iran’s presence in the United Arab Emirates, chiefly Dubai.

In exchange, the Islamic republic would not interfere with the flow of oil from the Gulf, would tone down its opposition to the Israel-Palestine peace efforts, and would not use terrorism against the US and its allies. Under the “Grand Bargain” the US would end up as the dominant power in Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Azerbaijan, and Turkey

source http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=80442&d=8&m=4&y=2006

[Steffen]

I like the joke about nukes and second marriage - but could you explain the second reason why they are alike, i.e. "Both will be needed in a few years". Why should second marriage be needed in a few years...?

[Carl Park]

Good analogy.
Cited as quotable metaphors-analogies in Metaphor-Analogy Archive".
Thank you.