Archive - Sep 8, 2010 - Article

Don't Burn Quran, Repackage and Update it

The current view of Islam by very real god-fearing folks in Gainesville, Florida, is proof that Islam is the one who is intolerant. Intolerant of changing it's own very weirdness, as observed by Western culture and society who sees Islam as unwilling to meet it halfway. However, if you reform and re-interpret Islam and iron out these kinds of wrinkled areas in which Islam grates and grinds counter to the grain of Western society and culture, acceptance and tolerance of it by becomes a whole lot easier>>>

دیپلماسی چاله‌میدانی

دلمشغولی جنسی و نگاه ابزاری جنسی به زن که وجه غالب فرهنگ حاکمیت را تشکیل می‌دهد به غالب توهین‌ها و افتراهایی که از سوی سخنگویان و بلندگوهای حکومت مطرح می‌شود رنگ جنسی می‌دهد. اگر بازجوها با توهین‌های جنسی به تحقیر زندانیان سیاسی می‌پردازند و یا آنان را به تجاوز جنسی تهدید می‌کنند (صرف نظر از مواردی که عملا به تجاوز دست می‌زنند)... آن را باید نشانی از دلمشغولی جنسی و نگاه ابزاری جنسی آنان به زن دانست>>>

Prince of Persia Strikes Back

Personally, I have experienced that for most Iranians interest in an Aryan heritage has nothing to do with historical reality. Instead, it is more about disliking the rest of the Middle Easterners, particularly the Arabs, and wanting to be like Europeans. Consequently, the issue is more about a sort of antagonism and inferiority complex than one actually concerned with any real understanding of historical mechanism. Thus I am as angered and frustrated as Mr. Zia-Ebrahimi with what can only be labeled as bigoted racism. However, in demonstrating the depth of this ignorance, one would do better in actually considering historical details than dismissing them wholesale or ignoring what they actually do depict>>>

ژاکتهای ننه

هر سال همین که اولین برگ مادر مرده پاییزی ریق رحمت را سر می کشید و از شاخه جدا می شد، هنوز رقص مرگش میان زمین و آسمان تمام نشده بود که ننۀ ما به مصداق خیزید و خز آرید می خیزید و میل های بافتنی و گلوله های کاموایش را می آورد. بعد از آن برای تمام پاییز و زمستان میل های بافتنی بودند که دور یکدیگر می چرخیدند و می گردیدند و به همدیگر کله می زدند و دوباره به استهزاء ته شان را به یکدیگر نشان می دادند>>>

The Evolution of God

There once was a TV commercial which showed an elegant young lady, Sandy Duncan, in the middle of a corn field. She suddenly asked in an inquiring voice “What is a little girl like me doing in the middle of a big field like this?” She then answered her own question. To prove a point, likewise, you may ask what is an economist doing writing an article about the unbounded topic of God? The answer is to remind ourselves of a very important mission that we, especially those in academia, should embark upon particularly in this country in which freedom of expression is safeguarded and allows for genuine inquiry about crucial topics without apprehension and disconcertion>>>