LettersSeptember 2005 And we are proud of this?On Iranian women footballers "Fahimeh & Marzieh can play": So we should be proud of this? Should we really be proud that Iranian female football players are dressed so ridiculously?? Funny, their opponents are Muslim women as well, but you don't see them dressed like bugs. Apparently in Iran women are viewed only as sexual objects that's all and even a sweaty and smelly player while playing on football field (empty one I may add) can still turn men on. How sad, how really sad!! Insulting women's dignity On Iranian women footballers "Fahimeh & Marzieh can play": The system still remains insultive to the dignity of women by asking them to cover themselves all the way so no male becomes aroused by them. Do the males in this sosiety lack control over their primitive desires and impulses? Or is it the rulers of such system who are still in a primitive stage of their devleopment, like our primate ancestors! He's British!On Sivand Dam and the debate over damage to archaeological remains in Fars: How funny it is, since it was only last week that my article about the Hoover Dam in Las Vegas was published "Come together". In that article, I explained the reasons as to why our culture (Farhang) is so much carved and affected by the turbulent waters of our geographical location in the Middle East. I went on to compare such with the role of the Colorado River in the formation of the Grand Canyon. As you know, It was during the depression that America built the Hoover Dam and no it was not named after President Hoover! But the result of this dam has been incredible and many good things have resulted from this structure. You put lives at riskOn call for "Guerilla street theatre in Tehran" "I am sure that this is not against THE LAW... as far as having any precedence or legal code against costuming... what is interesting is that one's gender becomes unidentifiable." Self-sufficiency trickOn Iran's nuclear policy: The Iranian government's main excuse for pursuing Nuclear enrichment cycle is what they call "Khodkafaei" or self sufficiency or independence from the world (read west) for nuclear fuel. While the nuclear reactors, equipment, spare parts, software, training, etc are all dependent on the other countries, talking about Khodkafaei is moot. In the 21st century no country is independent. Even US is dependent on other countries for many things including oil. Also as it turns out the total known and unknown estimate of the Uranium that exists in Iran's mines is only sufficient to run the 7 planned reactors (like Bushehr) for a maximum of 10 years. What would Iran do after that? If the west decides to impose sanction on Iran, tons of enriched Uranium won't help a bit. There won't even be any spare parts for the reactors. Iranian goverment says they don't trust the west and rejected European's offer for 30 years of supply of enriched Uranium, but they expect the west to trust the words of the Iranian leader, who says (Fatwa) that the Nuclear bombs are forbidden (Haram) in Islam. Ayatollahs are known for changing their Fatwa every now and then, so who is more trustable, an Ayatollah who claims is elected by god to lead the muslims against the west and could change his Fatwa any time, or a group of Eurpean countries which have shown always obide by their international obligations? Sivand dam will cause damageOn Touraj Daryaee and Kamyar Abdi's "Safe & sound" and Touraj Daryaee's "Drowning in noise": I understand as an Iranian academic and professor of ancient history your interest is in traveling back and forward to Iran, and you accuse others who have raised alarms about the consequences of the Sivand dam as having a political agenda, does this also include the UK based Guardian newspaper? Do you think the Guardian newspaper has a political agenda? Next time, try common senseOn Afshin Molavi's book excerpts "Seeing the future in their eyes" and "Revolutionary illusions": This is in regards to the excerpt from The Soul of Iran: A Nation's Journey to Freedom. It's still so surprising to me when I read about people like Mr. M, who was supposed to be so educated, fervently support a revolution and not have any clue about the mullah's intentions. People like him, the 60's/70's generation, are exactly the type of naive filth that are responsible for today's Iran. Did they honestly see Khomeini as a saint? Did people like Mr. M honestly think mullahs were going to step aside so the 'educated' class could simply start running the show? This is, to me, the definition of naivety and stupidity. I was about ten in 1979, and even I knew it was going to be an Islamic state. I can only now think that their hatred for the US and the Shah severely impaired their vision and thought. So much for their 'education'. And then you have morons like Mirdamadi, the 'hostage taker'. Millions like him stepped in during the early 70's and became the ones who determined Iran's direction with the creation of the revolution and the murderers and hooligans that were attached to it. And all these Iranians are building Iran. Wow, so impressive. What they actually built is the government and society they now despise. Hardliners and former hostage takers are now against the mullahs. Students are all pro-west. Hmmmm, didn't see any of that coming. A quote from the 'educated' Mr. M: "...and I cry every time I visit Dubai or Turkey, and see their success and compare it to ours." Mr. M, you only have yourself to blame for that. The next time you decide to support murdering buffoons and 'nationalists' like Khomeini, try some common sense. Fuckbrain war-commemoratersOn Pouya Alimagham's book excerpts "We remember": I just read the latest Neo-Hezi propaganda regarding the Iraq war that the president of the "Iranian Student Alliance in America" has spun together to commemorate the "start" of the bloody 8 year war with Iraq, which would have been a weekend exercise for His Majesties Armed Forces if the likes of Talabe Alimagham's elders and betters had not decided to summary-execute the top brass and chase the rest into exile. I must say firstly, that I am Iranian, in America, and a student... and I never voted for this dim-wit: either his title is inflated like his ego and the propaganda-machine of the terrorist sultanate he supports, or that is a blatantly inappropriate name to pick for his little Neo-Hezi circle-jerk he's got organized there in northern California Now the Neo-Hezi propaganda machine wants to milk this 8 year disaster for all its worth: in two hundred years, goes the centrifuged spin, it is the fi! rst time Iran didn't lose an inch... (Why is it with these people, that it is always about "inches"?) How about the hundreds of thousands of innocent people that you, fuckbrain war-commemoraters, justify putting to death because your supreme monkey wouldn't just call for truce after all Iranian territory was gotten back half-way through the war? EXACTLY because of the same bullcrap that aghaye ra'is Alimagham regurgitates: wanting to go to mother-fucking Karballa. That is aggression, my dear juje Hezbollahi; Karballa is without question in Iraq and outside the jurisdiction of your so-called holy-defense (of your sultanate, and the fuckheads who have occupied it.) And how about the other slogan you left out.. how about "through Karballa to Jerusalem"... That is the line of thought that just might wipe Iran off the face of the earth, you dumb-fuck. You know I've heard they have pills that get you "inches" nowadays... look into! it, Mr. president. Clever or disturbedOn articles by Hamid Karimianpour: I read your "'Til time do us part" and the pursuing "Model of love" articles and would like to, calmly, make a couple of statements. I say calmly, because in your clever mind, you may appeal to these statements as reflection of rage and excess emotion to prove your point. I'm not going to give you that satisfaction. Prejudice free councilOn articles Jahanshah Javid's "Heechee kam nadaaran" One friend just sent me your article that you wrote in July. My name is Cyrus. I will be 46 years old tomorrow. I am a Baha'i. I am married with 2 boys, a software engineer living in Melbourne, Florida. I am also proud to be an Iranian Baha'i. I came to US when I was 19. I just cried and laughed while reading your article on the Baha'i Faith. Who are you? In my whole life I have never heard/read a non-Baha'i Iranian write about my religion like this. You're a great man! I hope one day I get to meet you. I live only 1 hour from Orlando, FL. If you ever travel to Orlando, please call me. I really like to meet a prejudic free Iranian man like you. You're a unique individual (endangered species). In my community I am working hard with my non-Baha'i friends to create a prejudice free environment. We have formed an organization called "Brevard Multi-Cultural Unity Council". Please visit our website: www.BrevardMUC.org If you have time, please visit my other 2 websites: www.BahaisOfBrevard.org As you see I am trying very hard to put my belief into action. May God bless you and your family more! Sincerely, >>> All past letters |