Astrology
Iranians are the most complacent people of the world. We have a word in Persian called "tarof". The nearest you get to it in English, is the description "feeling obliged to". The English do not have a word for it. When visiting an Iranian, you will notice, that the host will insist a lot. "Oh you must try this, please try it etc etc". They will demand, maybe even force you, to try that piece of confectionary.
So with that attitude, the reform movement is being coerced, to submit to one of the theocrats men. Everything is relative, and in Iranian politics, the people were shown a die-hard Hitler youth equivalent (Ahmadinejad), as the other choice, to make the old theocrat business man, as the saviour of Iran. It really is so sad, that the people, especially the so called reform movement, cannot tell the difference.
They do not realise, that the ship is being driven by a bunch of monkeys, and they they have to jump ship. They will stay in that rotten outdated 1400 year old banger, and bail out the water that is leaking in. Meanwhile the rest who jumped ship a long time ago, are waiting, and watching it all sink.
But the people of Iran, have seen through both these theocratic reformists, and the theocratic die-hards. Things will have to get worse of course, before they get better. And by worse, it does not mean riots and killing. Abstension and passive non violent resistance wins the war and the peace. And it will do it elegantly, and in a civilized manner; much more smoothly than any theocratic reformer can pretend to do.
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Astrology
Iran reformists: Once bitten twice shy
Iranians are the most complacent people of the world. We have a word in Persian called "tarof". The nearest you get to it in English, is the description "feeling obliged to". The English do not have a word for it. When visiting an Iranian, you will notice, that the host will insist a lot. "Oh you must try this, please try it etc etc". They will demand, maybe even force you, to try that piece of confectionary.
So with that attitude, the reform movement is being coerced, to submit to one of the theocrats men. Everything is relative, and in Iranian politics, the people were shown a die-hard Hitler youth equivalent (Ahmadinejad), as the other choice, to make the old theocrat business man, as the saviour of Iran. It really is so sad, that the people, especially the so called reform movement, cannot tell the difference.
They do not realise, that the ship is being driven by a bunch of monkeys, and they they have to jump ship. They will stay in that rotten outdated 1400 year old banger, and bail out the water that is leaking in. Meanwhile the rest who jumped ship a long time ago, are waiting, and watching it all sink.
But the people of Iran, have seen through both these theocratic reformists, and the theocratic die-hards. Things will have to get worse of course, before they get better. And by worse, it does not mean riots and killing. Abstension and passive non violent resistance wins the war and the peace. And it will do it elegantly, and in a civilized manner; much more smoothly than any theocratic reformer can pretend to do.
The lessons of Iran's Friday elections by Massoud Behnoud
- New Non-violent Opposition Inside Iran Vs. Old Non-violent Opposition Outside Iran
This is the first time I have ever heard anyone in Iran talking about non-violent opposition. A Mr Hajarian in Iran, a so called "Reformer", we are led to believe, has the audacity to call the opposition movement outside Iran as illegal, and then speaks...
- Desperate Theocrats Resort To Iranian Nationalism With Nuclear Intransigence
To any non moslem Iranian, or to any non fanatical Iranian moslem, it is very obvious, that there can be peaceful use of nuclear energy. The Shahanshah of Iran, made sure Iran would be, a well respected signatory of the Non Proliferation Treaty. Never...
- Theocrats Scaring People To Vote In Iran's Fiasco Election, Fearing People's Right To Boycott
Having a democratic right, does not mean that you have to vote. It means you have a right to choose. By giving the people of Iran the freedom to express themselves, the theocrats in Iran have to realise, that the people of Iran will use that right wisely,...
- Dream On Khamenei - Why No One Will Vote In Iran.
Ali Khamanei thinks that he can scare the people of Iran to vote. What he does not realise is that the people of Iran have been waiting for this moment in their history, to give the clerical establishment a resounding no vote. The people of Iran cannot,...
- Analysis: How Could Iran Vote Be Like?
Iranians will go to the polls in June -- for the ninth time since the establishment of the Islamic Republic 26 years ago -- amidst widespread speculation that, due to voter apathy and disenchantment, the right wing may win the presidency by default. This...