Opinion it seems, is the secret word for not having any clear principle. Opinions run rampant here, this being a prime example of the phenomenon that this site has become over the past 15 years.
Rarely is anything clear among the myriad of ideas, comments, plans, critiques, or suggestions displayed page after page, screen after screen.
Although I have tried with this persona to be clear, forthright and firm in my beliefs, I too am often misdirected always by emotion and steered into the realm of opining on things that are not all that complicated.
Breaking down Iran and what it means to be an Iranian, and what we stand for in this day and age, it is relatively simple. Or at least it should be.
One thing no one can dispute is that the government of Iran is unrepresentative, oppressive and at some rudimentary basic level, illegal. Depending of course, on whose law you apply. I’ll choose the law of Man.
Assuming therefore that the government of ran according to the Law of Man is illegal, because Iranians are not free to say or do what they want, then you could extrapolate that anyone who “supports” Iran, supports tyranny.
The key word is of course support. Is it support if you visit Iran if only to enjoy 90cm kababs on Tehran’s (still) beautiful boulevards? Some would say yes, for any support is support. Some would say it is more important to go, to not allow the government the satisfaction of keeping us away. But then, many of the restaurants serving kababs also feed the system. Bringing dollars to Iran, even if for innocent food and fun ultimately end up in the mollahs’ coffers.
On the other hand by taking your wife and daughter to Iran for the summer and committing them to the rules of hejab, the cloak, and segregation, and 3rd class citizen status, and heat of an Iranian summer, while you hang out and lounge around in your t-shirt, you are outright endorsing the grand fallacy.
Conversely staying obstinately away has it’s pro’s and cons too. On the one hand by not supporting Iran, you are making the good point that you disagree with it’s path and in spite of being deprived of your country and countrymen, will not give the government the satisfaction of your adherence to it’s rules.
However, being right is almost always a very lonely life. There is no 90 cm kabab for you.
So, which are you?
Do you support Iran?
Or, do you support Iran?
