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Unsolicited Advice
10/20/09

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Man, being a resident of a Huxleyan hierarchical state seems way better than tooling around in one of them totalitarian jobbies. #iran
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Perhaps Not
10/20/09

@Unsolicited Advice: Less physically taxing, certainly. #iran
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Jeangenie
10/20/09

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My distributor handles the book he co-edited with Malu Halasa, Transit Tehran. You guys might remember seeing Mr. Bahari as one of Jason Jones' interview subjects in a cafe in Tehran before the election. We are so glad to see him released and able to get out of the country. #iran
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Mediahohoho
06/21/09

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This reminds me that as much as some people like to claim otherwise, the people who brought down the Soviet Union were the people who took to the streets of Budapest, Prague, East Berlin and other capitals to finally say no to being lorded over by an "ideologically pure" elite.
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Mediahohoho
06/21/09

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Each action is a drip, drip, drip eroding the facade of legitimacy from this regime. Make no mistake, this is no North Korea, no Syria, no Egypt, no Saudi Arabia. They have a (poorly written) constitution organized around the cult of personality of a dead man, but it is a constitution nonetheless. However, they can no longer stem the tide of history. The average age in Iran is 25; they're ready to participate in the larger world and they see no reason not to. I predict that the armed forces will lose its taste for killing Iranians over the next week or so and push back against the regime. After that happens, all bets are off.
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ChillbearLatrigue
06/21/09

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I had no idea how fragile the Iranian government actually is. IMHO they appear to be using a show of force to mask their fear, but no rational person can think that some of these measures are going to quell the protestors. The people over there were moved to this demonstration because the moolas tampered with an election that they had already rigged through the candidate selection. Further provocation by the Iranian government is going to provoke the protestors.

On a personal note, I want to call these people "revolutionaries" so badly. I mean no disrespect when I say that I don't think that they are there yet. I'm not thirsting for blood. I really believe that a lot more good people will be harmed before this is over, but if there has to be a revolution to unseat these oppressors, then I don't want to see them have to start over and relive the first bloody week again.
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The Cajun Boy
06/21/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: I think that a group of people qualify as "revolutionaries" when they risk death for their cause. Taking the events of the weekend into consideration, I think they've earned that label.
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tijuanatornado
06/21/09

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Amazing.. the Iranian regime is following the same path all authoritarian, dictatorial regimes do, crack down on the people, media, make up stories and denounce anyone who doesn't agree as an enemy of the people...
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Astigmatism
06/21/09

@tijuanatornado: And don't worry, the same assholes who always fall for it will again.
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