tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post1950994491399491059..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: Quiet RevolutionNajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-60504310951904364912010-04-14T21:01:01.317+01:002010-04-14T21:01:01.317+01:00Bushtheliberator's comments:
as always - exact...Bushtheliberator's comments:<br />as always - exactly to the pointPublicolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-20191990121944831262010-04-13T16:49:30.416+01:002010-04-13T16:49:30.416+01:00@Naj, I just want to respond to your post and not ...@Naj, I just want to respond to your post and not to the odd comments. Just wanted to say ditto to Pedestrian. What a remarkable picture. When I was in IRan, I knew so little about politics. I actually thought that Karoubi was a bit delusional to think that he would not be subjected to the same type of censorship that the regime had been imposing on others. Since then, I've actually spent Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-11803358508665506212010-04-11T04:38:36.462+01:002010-04-11T04:38:36.462+01:00Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.That act, a...Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.That act, and these photos are intended to be instruction.No words are needed.<br />BushtheliberatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-66681050280936017622010-04-09T09:45:24.950+01:002010-04-09T09:45:24.950+01:00yikes; I had written such an unedited response; bu...yikes; I had written such an unedited response; but that happens when one post a comment in the middle of the night with an iphone !<br /><br />I should get back to blogging soon; I think my injured arm is now willing to take a back seat to some important upcoming issues re Obama's nuclear threats on Iran.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-36600648752825540882010-04-09T09:34:02.156+01:002010-04-09T09:34:02.156+01:00Thanks for your answer.
I appreciate your differ...Thanks for your answer. <br /><br />I appreciate your differentiating stance. <br /><br />Life and reality is multifaceted and multifarious; <br />accordingly connected problems and answers are bound to be complex. <br /><br />Take carePublicolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-84739771339505627402010-04-09T05:29:44.923+01:002010-04-09T05:29:44.923+01:00thanks publicola
for the record, be it said that ...thanks publicola<br /><br />for the record, be it said that i did not "adhere" to any politics. To me, the only thing that matters is that wars be prevented and in my view the big war monger in this world is the military industry complex (of russia, china, America, Israel, France, UK)<br /><br />As long as anyone or anything prevents the wheels of fortunes of these war mongers, who holdNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-67115601155386872752010-04-09T00:37:55.234+01:002010-04-09T00:37:55.234+01:00thanks
me-againthanks<br /><br /><br />me-againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-37879624774390685272010-04-08T22:35:42.392+01:002010-04-08T22:35:42.392+01:00It's very difficult to understand why GeneralO...It's very difficult to understand why GeneralOreo gets worked up that much. <br /><br />I have found and I still find your report on your changing political view(s) rather intriguing, sincere and somehow courageous: <br /><br />Who dares to admit that she/he made a wrong decision politically ? <br /><br />Who finds it easy to criticize a political tendency or party she/he formerly adhered to Publicolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-18953526443341264572010-04-07T22:51:21.023+01:002010-04-07T22:51:21.023+01:00speaking of protestant; actually shiism was some f...speaking of protestant; actually shiism was some form of protestanism --but one that didn't like the "democratic" Sunni tradition of picking khalif's and preferred to keep the "blue blood" of the prophet's lineage at the helm of power.<br /><br />Afterall, before arab invasion, Sassanid royals of Persia married their sisters to keep the blood in the family! :) AlsoNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-39372058138441528972010-04-07T22:38:26.152+01:002010-04-07T22:38:26.152+01:00(how do persians dance? with their hands, faces an...(how do persians dance? with their hands, faces and the tip of their toes! boob and butt shaking comes from the south, where IRan's Arab population lives.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-37703006054376557812010-04-07T22:32:56.272+01:002010-04-07T22:32:56.272+01:00you again :)
This is my personal theory; i have d...you again :)<br /><br />This is my personal theory; i have done NO research on it, but here I shoot it in the form of an observation, question: consider belly dancing! Persians do not belly-dance! Oh no!<br /><br />There is something tangiblly visceral, pulsative and passionate in the arab culture that is entirely missing in ours. They are more fun-loving life-loving perhaps. Our culture, by Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-59564312552327831492010-04-07T22:12:19.223+01:002010-04-07T22:12:19.223+01:00Thank you, Naj.
All I can ever ask is for one pers...Thank you, Naj.<br />All I can ever ask is for one person's analysis, and you are right to caution against assuming anyone speaks for everyone.<br /><br />I was surprised that you agreed with the second point-that Iranians resent the Arabizing effect of Islam. It is not that I thought otherwise, in fact I did know that Persians and Arabs were not especially brotherly, but I simply hadn'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-57018365203877951332010-04-07T21:56:03.626+01:002010-04-07T21:56:03.626+01:00anonymous, would you be so kind to pick a name ple...anonymous, would you be so kind to pick a name please so i can keep a threat of which anonymous i am interacting with (i do that rarely, by the way :) )<br /><br />these two specific points you refer to, as i said, are part of the "street knowledge" that basically any Iranian will repeat, parrot-ly.<br /><br />In fact, this is how i have seen things happen around me, so they are nto Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-18432874221004770602010-04-07T21:45:58.943+01:002010-04-07T21:45:58.943+01:00Thanks, Naj, but could you be more specific? It i...Thanks, Naj, but could you be more specific? It is very hard for us in the U.S. to get a decent sense of what people in the Arab and Muslim world are really thinking as most of us don't speak Arabic (or Farsi) and your Press isn't really free. These kinds of interviews, and State-sponsored propaganda are what we get (and blogs like yours, of which I read many).<br />For example the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-57241408082565616222010-04-07T21:22:05.091+01:002010-04-07T21:22:05.091+01:00addendum: i have respect for sex workers; but a wh...addendum: i have respect for sex workers; but a whore is different thing in my mind!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-83506709437546791552010-04-07T20:44:14.552+01:002010-04-07T20:44:14.552+01:00Naj:
What do you think of this interview/article o...Naj:<br />What do you think of this interview/article on the subject of what would help the Greens in Iran and the relationship between Iran and the US and between Iran and Islam?<br /><br />http://www.michaeltotten.com/2010/04/our-man-inside-irans-revolutionary-guards.php#comments<br /><br />The interview is with a former member of the Iranian RG who has fled to the U.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-12412843284602384152010-04-07T06:13:31.951+01:002010-04-07T06:13:31.951+01:00Rick,
LOL :D
i think, if oreo is an American, h...Rick, <br /><br />LOL :D<br /><br />i think, if oreo is an American, he is just missing his schizophrenia medication. This level of incoherence and paradox is kind of fun to laugh at! I hope America's healthcare reforms may help these people get mental health care!<br /><br />but maybe oreo is not american and is a zionist cyborg; who is missioned with blowing up American genocidality to Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-63150456889908651022010-04-07T02:08:37.154+01:002010-04-07T02:08:37.154+01:00Hi, I am a member of the American military, I foun...Hi, I am a member of the American military, I found your blog on accident while looking for Gen. Petraeus' thesis. Do you mind if I follow what you write here?Gracewandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578952999633260206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-67274786512958723452010-04-06T23:30:03.812+01:002010-04-06T23:30:03.812+01:00GeneralOreo can I just say how glad I am someone h...GeneralOreo can I just say how glad I am someone has had the courage to speak the truth, indeed what an intellectually and morally consistent position it is to approve one genocide while decrying others, just as your denigration of Iran and any 'bearded monkey' is rooted in peer reviewed anthropological fact and is not at all racist. Furthermore you are so right how 'civilisation'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111132651663342181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-59764657084286502562010-04-05T16:27:48.614+01:002010-04-05T16:27:48.614+01:00Wonderful, Naj! May it multiply indeed!Wonderful, Naj! May it multiply indeed!Mark Prime (tpm/Confession Zero)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04683863540465969835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-46653761975463176202010-04-05T10:28:36.641+01:002010-04-05T10:28:36.641+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023394553895430768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-13479447549960872112010-04-04T02:08:22.567+01:002010-04-04T02:08:22.567+01:00Another thing, you say in a previous blog post tha...Another thing, you say in a previous blog post that you wanted to vote for ahamdinejad until you saw the debates. If 4 years of ahamdinjad, including his despicable comments, wasn't enough for you, then I'm glad to say that your country deserves another 4 and it's a shame you're not there to enjoy them. <br /><br />It's hilarious seeing people critizs republican americans for Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023394553895430768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-10263981584405166162010-04-01T22:18:40.090+01:002010-04-01T22:18:40.090+01:00Could he be just one of the hired help? Kiddin...Could he be just one of the hired help? Kidding!!<br /><br />As the world opens up to travel, internet, and other cultures we should expect, I guess, a moderating of the rather extreme habits.<br /><br /><br />And the wise would realize that change is inevitable . . . . .goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-64919295343875063292010-03-31T14:28:07.078+01:002010-03-31T14:28:07.078+01:00on the same thread ( quiet revolution ignited by s...on the same thread ( quiet revolution ignited by social change) , here are 5 series of videos that you may find interesting - if you haven't seen them already. It seems a very honest and well thought analysis of the popular movement in Iran which can not be labeled or restrained by any specific colour , group or currents of thoughts . It is translated in to French but unfortunately not in to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-49824900168341440582010-03-29T22:56:57.153+01:002010-03-29T22:56:57.153+01:00There's one more picture, which shows him bend...There's one more picture, which shows him bending just a little more - but I think because the female guest he is serving is sitting on the ground. He still looks stiff, but it's a pleasure to watch him. Tajzadeh is looking over at them ever so curiously ;)<br /><br />I know we already had this conversation, but I can't say enough about how much I enjoy these Norouz visits. It gives Pedestrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645015502498086056noreply@blogger.com