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Comments on ‘Two BIG "No"s (and a finger)’
SG at June 18, 2005 03:01 PM:
You argued for what you thought was right. And so did we. No one should be blamed. Read http://chaay.persianblog.com/ .
someone who is usually silent at June 18, 2005 05:00 PM:
be hameye mellate salahshour va hamishe dar sahneye Iran, (Sorry I can only say this in Persian) I want to say congratulations. I hope you live happily for many years to come with your selected candidate. To all those who advocated voting, I wish you a long happy life with the creep as your leader. To those who are blaming boycotters, please open your eyes and blame the ones who legitimized this regime by their votes. To Nabavi who is now blaming Ganji for 5% loss of votes. Shame on you Mr. Nabavi, shame on you (as your dear Michael Moore would have said). Shame on all the blindness and blames. Now the blame is on us, the boycotters. Not on the voters who voted for the creepiest of creeps. We were all wrong. I for one accept my mistake. My mistake was not that I didn't vote. My... [more at the permalink of the entry above]
Arman at June 18, 2005 05:18 PM:
I think Iranian itelectuals must blame themselves.Democracy,freedom and human rights ain't still what people want in our country.Election results were awful but not suprising.In his statement, President Bush said the Iranian people deserve a truly free and democratic system, in which elections are honest. He says they deserve freedom of assembly, so they can press for reform and a peaceful, loyal opposition to keep the government in check.I think Bush got a big No.Each Iranian intelectual must have a guilty conscience .
Babak S at June 20, 2005 01:37 AM:
I want to retract something in the post, something I wrote out of anger, which although only implied is something I do not wish to present or keep as a statement of mine. I wrote: "the object of my activism does not even give a damn". By this I implied that "the people were the object of my activism." But this is not true and I take it back. The object of one's activism must be the truth of the values and principles that are promoted through it, and so is mine. It is the truth in the principles of human rights and democracy that was/is the object of my activism, not the people who may or may not believe in them.
Iran is a Joke at June 28, 2005 06:40 PM:
I hope that activists in Iran are not so disillusioned by this election that they cease their activism. I cant imagine your frustration in the state of our country - your fears must be far more imminent than the diaspora of disillusioned millions such as myself. But, every tyranny has fallen and as I am confident in the truth that is life and death, I am confident it will fall and fall hard. I guess when we ask ourselves whether the battle is worth fighting for the answer is: would we be content with our lives if we did nothing? Your answer is your destiny - to each his own. Babak I hope people like you will continue to be active - regardless of the outcomes that are often beyond your control. I am comforted by an anonymous graffiti artist in Berlin who sprayed the then standing Berlin wall... [more at the permalink of the entry above]