The Death of a Prince

Political pathogens and pathologies

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The Death of a Prince
by bnamus
08-Jan-2011
 

A 44 year old South End Boston man took a 38 calibre hand gun and at 1:30 in the morning fired a fatal shot into the side of his head. Having lost his fiancée a couple years ago to a scuba diving accident and his own sister to suicide a decade ago, and his father and country at the age of thirteen, Shahpour Ali Reza Pahlavi was all too familiar with loss.

Apart from the tragedy of this suicide, what is now even more unpalatable is the crude reaction of the complex ridden, pseudo-intellectual, guerrilla fighters of yore, who have offered nothing but churlish asinine statements which more often than not point out the wealth of the Pahlavi family and how their wealth or 'thievery' should somehow be comforting them at this time. From associate professors to armchair latte sipping revolutionaries, all have weighed in on their reasons as to why this family does not deserve our sympathies or condolences. Some have even gone as far as calling Mohammad Reza Shah a "cowardly wimp".

Moreover, some have even gone as far as asserting that without the help of the CIA and British M16 in 1953 there would not have even been a Shah or an Ali Reza Pahlavi to have to contend with; one of them being the jock author and quarterback of the football team who went Coup Coup, Stephen Kinzer. This spotty and deductive reasoning used by Kinzer and other Coup Coup's is, at best, just bad history, and at worst, utterly distasteful and cruel.

This base interpretation of a man taking his own life is indicative of the residual politics that surrounds the Pahlavi family and the reality of the fact that the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979 remains a still born movement that never achieved any of its goals and instead developed into a fascistic Islamic theocracy complete and replete with the spectacle of public hangings and stonings.

Another adjunct professor, whose name I will not mention because of her propensity for self-promotion, thought it best to instruct the Empress Farah Diba on her mothering and then had the audacity to accuse the Pahlavi family of trying to capitalize politically from the death because they had fit Ali Reza's passing within the wider context of other Iranian families who have lost a loved one. How dare they! How dare the Pahlavi family view itself as being Iranian! How dare they try and situate their own lives within the lives of their compatriots! How dare they grieve and expect others to grieve with them! How dare they expect a little humanity from us!

Although the above mentioned unmentioned professor professes that she is a mother herself, all she offers us in her insipid and trite tirade, from beginning to end, is an oft noted disclaimer that is repeated ad-nauseum by the likes of these bitter sanguine individuals: “I am a staunch anti-monarchist and critic of the Pahlavi's.”

Well congratulations to you all and I hope that none of you ever lose a child, a father, a fiancé, or a country.

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iranwatcher

does it happen with other dynasties

by iranwatcher on

How about lifestyle issues. A drug addict in downtown tehran dies and it is not news or someone on drugs commits suicide in USA- it is not news but when some one belonging to pahalvi and kennedy family has overdoes of cocaine- it becomes news. What is the difference between the two. Qajars, Romanovs, Farooq and many other kings lost their thrones but one does not hear of their kids behaving in such a manner. What is the problem with the Pahalvis....there are many people worried about the situation in Iran- no one takes his life in such a manner- so please spare me that spin.... I do not even call it an argument.. people giving such spin need to do their homework before blurting out  


Darius Kadivar

does it happen with other dynasties ? Yes Including Presidencies

by Darius Kadivar on

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To Think that an Idiot like Kinzer who lives in the Very Town where the Kennedy Family Started off on the Social and Political Scene missed the coincidence ...

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iranwatcher

does it happen with other dynasties

by iranwatcher on

It would be instructive to see that how do scions of other dynasties behave when their father has lost the throne and country and gone into exile. King Farook of Egypt and many other kings who have lost their throne and gone into exiles- it would be insightful to see if the same suicidal behaviour is shown by children of those dynasties or not. If not, then there is definitely some strong linkage between depression leading to suicide in case of Pahalvis. The points that Kinzer made are all correct....I do not know what is author's problem with Kinzer's well made arguments....


SOS-FREE-IRAN

Bnamas's comments are on the Spot

by SOS-FREE-IRAN on

Bnama's comments are on the spot. Thank you. We need more responses like this but more importantly, we need people like you to become professors. Unfortunately, the academic mafia in America bars anyone who tells the truth about the Pahlavi era.

Fussy Gorrilla: Why do'nt you educate yourself. If you visit the Kinzer site and read the comments, you will have all the historical facts supporting bnamus's excellent comments.


fussygorilla

Shallow defense

by fussygorilla on

bnamus,

 Of course the death of a young person, whether a prince or a pauper, is tragic and humanity suffers because of it. You tried but failed in your comment because you could not refute the historical facts of what is said about the Pahlavis particularly what kinzer and some others have stated. Whether the regime that replaced it is any better or not is irrelevant and should be left to the next generations to judge.

So, your anger is directed at them personally by attacking them. this demonstrates the weakness of your argument, as presented.


Darius Kadivar

Excellent Observation bnamus Jaan !

by Darius Kadivar on

I am glad to see that more and more Iranians particularly the young generation are not blinded by hatred and prejudice.

Knowledge is Power !

I couldn't have said it better ! 

BRAVO ! 


comrade

Can I really call you bnamus?

by comrade on

 

 

Spin it as much as you want. The fact is the Pahlavis have a genetic mental issue which makes them unfit for the job. I know, I know job and Pahlavi don't sit together very well.

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.