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Spiraling Into Madness

How very typical:

Iran (Human Rights Watch)

The persecution of those who have the nerve to demand that Iranians possess the same kind of civil and political liberties that we take for granted in the West continues:

Death Sentences In Iran For People Who Believe In Democracy

I can’t say that I didn’t expect this. But just because one isn’t surprised does not mean that one cannot be shocked:

The Uprising In Iran Is Not Close To Being Over

When I read the headline of this article concerning divisions in the Iranian reform movement, I got worried.

Why Do We Demand Nonviolence of Others in Their Revolutions?

There is a theoretical universe that parallels our own that sleeps under a cozy blanket of transnational laws, in which violence is never justified. Iran is just the latest proof that we do not live in that universe. If the oxymoron known as the “international community” can do nothing else for the people of Iran, can’t it least give them the means to resist?

- March 19, 2010 -

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