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July 09, 2003
Day of Iranian Freedom

note: today has been designated as a world wide in recognition of the student revolutionary movement going on in Iran, and this is my contribution

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I think its great that the Iranian students are demonstrating this massive desire for liberty. I also think the timing is interesting, the current clerical government has been in control for about 25 years, and the citizens demonstrating all seem to be young (<30 years old) so the mass majority of the yearning masses, have never known anything but this Islamic Code based regime. A people's will and desire for freedom can only be suppressed for so long. Free expression is a natural desire of all people push it down long enough and it will blow up in your face.
I don't however think that we as a country should play more than an outsider role. We should monitor how the clerics handle this, push for a reformed constitutional democracy, and punish any suppression of free speech with economic sanctions and embargos, and encourage other countries to do the same (though bypass the moral bog that resides under the U.N. patsy blue flag)
I hope we see some serious changes, and I think we will. For those of you who aren't keeping up on the happenings in Iran, I suggest you do. Not only is it important on a international level, it's pretty interesting too.

update: the students have apparently canceled today's demonstrations for fear of violent repression. It's time to start pushing

Posted by Kyle at 04:07 AM | Category: Far off Lands


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