"Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"
- Franklin D.Roosevelt
i am almost in tears watching and reading the current updates with the present political and social climate in Iran. i envy them. how i envy those Iranians. the fight for a single vote becomes a saga of democracy. of freedom and lawful. of thirst and disgust. and of a fight for a worthy leader, a genuine choice of people of whom he is to govern.
the courage of Iran's people is admirable. just seeing everyone, regardless of respective stature in life, marching off the streets, screaming and shouting for a right taken out of their grasp. doctors, nurses, students and even the Iranian national soccer team wearing green arm bands in their latest fight in Seoul, join hand in hand in telling their fellow Iranians and the entire world the current state of their prized country.
for those who missed following on Iran's polls, protests began to mount after the questionable announcement of win for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against popular opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. days and days of peaceful mobs met an increasing ferocious response from government authorities. with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei changing sides from a recount of votes to finally in support of the incumbent president's win, the wind change drastically into a huge tumult. cries challenging the spiritual, moral, and political supremacy of the supreme leader echoes and the country went unrest challenging between righteous to democratic.
the scenes were familiar, i noticed. and probably that's what made me close in tears. i am looking for signs of probably not same but close enough intensity of resistance among us. when whining turns mobilizing. when sleeping becomes marching. the tables had turned. the character and plot were present, though not the exact ensemble. the main executives know better. they won't light a fire to burn themselves. neither that they're gonna use spices. especially the same one they procure in their own rotting dishes.Labels: democracy, election, iran election, iran protests |
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