Monday, December 05, 2005

How Many Women MPs Does It Take To Stare At Their Feet?

I was not at all impressed by the comments of one viewer (out of many other bizarre comments) claiming to live in Iran as well as presumedly "knowing enough about it"

There are millions of ways I could vent some hostility towards the views expressed in this mini diatribe of "Sue" in Iran.

Points that made my eyebrows raise a meter over my head;

**She claims the womens' protests in front of Tehran University has only a few girls who could be mistaken for "going on a shopping spree". Oh, how nice, the words pretty much slandered all the girls who did protest, immediately associating them with the rich upper class(spending sprees are rampant in rich classes) and as "girly girls" because "girly girls" go on shopping sprees...I think that's exactly what she meant by it, too.


**There is a point made that "millions of Iranians love their country"; wow, did you know that? Of course people have nationalistic feelings towards their country, of course they have strong pride, but that has nothing to do with social and political change, not in this context. Out of 70 million Iranians, you'd need a survey to prove that

a) they love their country
b) they love their government


**Women, she claims, work as MPs. True. But work is an understatement in terms of what they represent, goals they've achieved, and rights they've gained for women. Does anyone know who they are? The majority say, NO. No name, no game.

Plus, just because we have tables doesn't mean that we actually eat on them...Iranians have tables, oh yes! They have everything from Renaissance to Modern, but they sure as hell do not eat on them.


**If anyone else wants to pick out points, please do..No more time. I would like to say that this comment is in its entirety, and can be found on the "Linked" link.



I have to say that I am a bit astonished to see how a bunch of seemingly intelligent people argue about stuff they simply don’t know enough about. Some of the extraordinary cases you mention bother even the most cold-hearted people. But what you forget to mention is that these are just rare occurrences. When you write about women demonstrating in front of Tehran University for their rights, do you even bother to mention that they were so few that you could have mistaken the whole demonstration for a few young women going on a shopping spree? I am living in Iran right now and all I can tell you is that your portrayal of Iran could not be more wrong. Do you even bother to mention the millions of people who love their country? Do you even refer to the fact that Iran is one of the few countries where women are currently working as MPs? Do you talk about the fact that over fifty percent of medical students are young Iranian girls? Do you even know that Iranian women were the first Moslem women to climb the Everest? Or …. Ohhhh There is so much that you don’t say about Iran. If your point is that the Iranian government is not good, I’ll say you are not so wrong. But then again what country can you name that supposedly has an ideal government? We know that we have many problems in Iran. We know that many things have to change before we can have the kind of life we desire. But believe me, we don’t want anybody (especially not the US) to come and save us from our misery!!! We will tackle our problems as we go along and instead of ignorant hostility from people who think they know the truth, we would appreciate constructive criticism. Be honest with yourself! If somebody wanted to find faults with your country do you think they would stop any time soon!!!

Posted by sue on June 23, 2005 06:29 PM.
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LINKED

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2005/06/14/sean_penn_in_iran.html

From

http://secularcaniranik.blogs.com/scaniranic/2005/12/iranian_weblogs.html#more


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