tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post5039463306093537534..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: No; Khamenei's savagery is getting worse ...Najhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-59801428962585545042009-11-09T18:06:08.732+00:002009-11-09T18:06:08.732+00:00Just received this tragic-optimism message via &qu...Just received this tragic-optimism message via "private messenger" on a debate-forum I post on - it's from a forum-friend who had been posting extensively from inside Iran but fell silent in late August:<br /><br /><i>"I've been warned to lie low. The situation here is dreadful. But fortunately the regime is digging its own grave. Cheers.</i><br /><br />This bears out parvati_romahttp://www.strategytalk.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-5787339512245211712009-11-07T20:58:40.305+00:002009-11-07T20:58:40.305+00:00Post Scriptum:
1) re: quote by Heraclitus:
• πο...Post Scriptum:<br /><br /><br />1) re: quote by Heraclitus:<br /><br />• ποταμῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμϐῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ.<br />• You cannot step twice into the same RIVER.<br /><br />The translation (rivers)was slightly wrong<br />[correct: RIVER, singular-I had just taken over this translation without checking on its correctness], <br />the interpretation thus liable to misunderstanding:<br /><br />&Germannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-65684147688006130632009-11-07T15:05:52.900+00:002009-11-07T15:05:52.900+00:00sorry, I forgot to add the source:
1) details on ...sorry, I forgot to add the source:<br /><br />1) details on the fairy-tale "The Emperor's New Clothes":<br />"Andersen's source for his story is a German translation of a tale found in a medieval Spanish story collection by Infante don Juan Manuel." <br />[so might lastly be of Persian/Arab origin !? - just my personal, uneducated guess]<br /><br />http://Germannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-40546353889807368802009-11-07T10:55:25.774+00:002009-11-07T10:55:25.774+00:00Ahmadinejad's grave's dug in the economic ...<i>Ahmadinejad's grave's dug in the economic holes he has created.</i><br /><br />Naj, we know your view about Iran Uranium program, is it better Iran step back and take care of her bad economy and leave all the troubles with international communityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-43309277337503922332009-11-07T10:30:20.043+00:002009-11-07T10:30:20.043+00:00BTW: typically , that fairy tale is - of course - ...BTW: typically , that fairy tale is - of course - not German, but Danish - Christian Andersen [we talked about BRAVE Denmark when you mentioned the "Global Dialogue Prize" for Darius Shayegan].<br /><br />The Danes! <br /><br />In contrast to the Germans, who are to be characterized by the aphorism: <br /><br />"I did that," says my memory. "I could not have done that,&Germannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-549234758518835372009-11-07T09:22:55.133+00:002009-11-07T09:22:55.133+00:00German, the invisible clothes is such a fit exampl...German, the invisible clothes is such a fit example!<br /><br />I think several things can put these idiots in IRan in a nice corner:<br /><br />1) Peace in Palestine<br />2) Arab countries on the Persian Gulf adopting more "liberal" behaviors (e.g. female parliament members who are not OBLIGED to wear Hijab)<br />3) people "teasing" the security and fascist operands. <br />Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-88446540010048959412009-11-07T08:17:23.243+00:002009-11-07T08:17:23.243+00:00Dear Naj,
"[M]aybe it was GOOD - How else w...Dear Naj, <br /><br />"[M]aybe it was GOOD - How else will have people been able to - ". It was good that the people had to find out via the election process some basic insights into reality around them. <br /><br />I admit to have to agree decidedly with your assumptions.<br /><br />Like in the fairy tale by Andersen: The Emperor believes some advisers to be clad in the clothes from a Germannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-15859132437694237732009-11-06T23:27:29.229+00:002009-11-06T23:27:29.229+00:00"I don't know why in this country it'...<i>"I don't know why in this country it's not allowed to make any kind of criticism of you," he told Iran's most powerful cleric, who has the final say in all state matters. "In the past three to five years that I have been reading newspapers, I have seen no criticism of you, not even by the assembly of experts [a clerical body with the theoretical power to sack the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-7581201776544404762009-11-06T13:28:26.553+00:002009-11-06T13:28:26.553+00:00Ped, Masoud:
This was a dimple that needed a litt...Ped, Masoud:<br /><br />This was a dimple that needed a little knife ... in hindsight; maybe it was GOOD that they cheated in the election.<br /><br />How else will have people been able to drag down and march Khamenei's picture?<br /><br />Yes I listened to his parliament speech re subsides ... he IS psychotic! <br /><br />Will have more on this soon.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-5320829548080218912009-11-06T08:21:39.199+00:002009-11-06T08:21:39.199+00:00yeah you're right--no doubt it was an opportun...yeah you're right--no doubt it was an opportunity reconciliation. honest though...maybe the last? not that the greens are suddenly going to become the revolutionaries that the west wants them to be. rather, i really think a certain sense of certainty is going to set in that not only CAN'T you reconcile with this ugly, ugly regime, but they don't want anything of the such. where that Masoudhttp://www.thenewestdeal.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-13183790059260135462009-11-05T23:48:33.670+00:002009-11-05T23:48:33.670+00:00Naj, I couldn't agree with you more. I really ...Naj, I couldn't agree with you more. I really think, especially after it is probably the case that Rafsanjani is not going to be a big powerful player in any of this (who is in the assembly of experts and who was our closest shot to doing something about Khamenei) ... we should let go of the SL for now and focus on Ahmadinejad.<br /><br />What's up with his subsidies bill? Did you hear Pedestrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645015502498086056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-59547153499152758822009-11-05T21:38:46.291+00:002009-11-05T21:38:46.291+00:00Masoud; I think you are right. This is the sense t...Masoud; I think you are right. This is the sense that I have too; however, this was a GOOD chance for Khamenei (which he missed AGAIN) for reconciliation. I just don't know who is directing this show; this is neither benefitting teh regime, nor the greens. And on top of all this that fucking zionist congress is INTENT on messing up the nuclear shit. Iran was ready to give it up, but no way Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-63142050534444147772009-11-05T20:48:25.843+00:002009-11-05T20:48:25.843+00:00it seems like to me that this savagery which you s...it seems like to me that this savagery which you speak of represents almost a desperation on the part of khamenei/the coup. june's outpouring elicited an immediate reaction from the regime. since then, no doubt that demonstrators have been brutally beaten, but there has still been a sort of adjustment going on, no? rafsanjani's sermon in july saw a sort of wait-and-see approach from the Masoudhttp://www.thenewestdeal.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-56550777856439289282009-11-05T13:08:58.912+00:002009-11-05T13:08:58.912+00:00Ali;
absolutely right!
My fear: street-war ... a...Ali;<br /><br />absolutely right!<br /><br />My fear: street-war ... and of course; we should remember that crime is not just a political tool in Khamenei's hands. The country actually has a poor safety/security record; with BLEAK economic forecasts I am not foreseeing anything great coming out of this chaos!<br /><br />So frightening are these times, that I am watching them with eyes wide Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-33163452102560543742009-11-05T13:05:31.682+00:002009-11-05T13:05:31.682+00:00Unfortunately the savagery has increased but peopl...Unfortunately the savagery has increased but people are also not afraid anymore! They've broken many of the "red lines" of the regime even destroying the pictures of Khamenei...<br />This is the worst fear of any dictator, they rule by keeping people in fear.Alihttp://freelantern.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-29091722101176912192009-11-04T21:58:52.436+00:002009-11-04T21:58:52.436+00:00Iran protesters hijack 30th anniversary of US emba...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/04/iran-protests-embassy-30th-anniversary" rel="nofollow">Iran protesters</a> hijack 30th anniversary of US embassy seizureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com