Archive - Feb 17, 2011 - Article

We're Not Ready

The path to democracy is a long process of evolution and not an overnight revolution. It is very easy to create scapegoats and blame all the problems on one individual or even one party. But the bottom line is that in no society will democracy be achievable unless by every member of that society starting to act responsibly and respecting each others point of view. Otherwise we could be in the long hall of going through the same vicious cycle of replacing one dictator with another>>>

بت پرستی

در جامعه ایرانی ستایش بی پایه افراد به دلایل گوناگون امری عادی و روزمره است همانند احترام بیجا به یک حاجی یا دکتر هر چند اگر رفتارشان سزاوار احترام نباشد و یا انتظار رفتار شایسته از این افراد صرفا به خاطر مدرک تحصیلی و زیارت حج. سرچشمه این موارد را میتوان در این باور یافت که برای ایرانیان احترام برخی افراد واجب شمرده میشود و افراط ما در این امر چنان است که حتی همسر یک پزشک را هم خانم دکتر خطاب میکنیم و بسیاری هستند که از دیگران توقع احترام دارند و این در حالی است که در آمریکا افراد احترامشان را بر اساس رفتارشان کسب میکنند>>>

Broken Hearted Prosecutor

Dr. Hooshang Nahavandi, author of "Khomeini in France", is an Iranian writing about contemporary Iran, so his book accusing foreign powers of bringing Khomeini to power carries a tone of anger, sorrow and regret. When a writer says “J’accuse” it is no longer proper to ask whether he is an objective historian, but whether as aggrieved party and prosecutor he has brought sufficient evidence and argued eloquently enough to convince the jury. My verdict: guilty!>>>

Gheyrat? I'll Show You Gheyrat

Once again it is with great dismay that I read a posting on this website by a self flagellating Iranian. Evidently our friend has no television to witness the courage of proud Iranians braving untold consequences by proudly taking to the streets in the past two days. The contributor fittingly sings the praises of Egyptians, but then questions the “gheyrat” of Iranians to do like wise. I have heard such complaints one time too many. Convinced our gadfly friend has no access to visual media outlets, I thought it best to put pen to paper>>>

The Iranian Wall

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