To Burn or not to Burn
Posted By Haji Kensington On آذر ۲۰, ۱۳۸۵ @ ۱۱:۴۰ ب.ظ In Dictators, Freedom of Speech, Iran | 2 Comments
As Chileans were expressing mixed emotions to the death of their former despot Augusto Pinochet on Monday, the Iranian students were booing and [1] branding their President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “dictator“.They had gathered for a seemingly cordial meeting in Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, a hotbed of students militancy, heavy-handedly cracked down in recent months.
While the self-styled President was delivering his speech to belatedly mark Student’s Day (Dec 7) in Iran, some disgruntled students lashed out at his strict higher education policies.
During the ensuing quarrel between the dissidents and pro-Ahmadinejad students, culminating in some pictures of the President being set ablaze, the ex-professor reportedly sat unfazed. President Ahmadinejad even boasted that if Iran would attain a loftier position in the world by a sacrifice, he would be willing to have his body grilled for thousands of times.
Some believe the whole controversy has been a warm-up stunt designed to entice lethargic voters to the Friday’s polls, the first since Mr Ahmadinejad swept to office in 2005.
The most contentious aspect of the day apparently has been the burning act, not the “Down with the Dictator” slogans. Some believe no matter how heinous or lunatic Ahmadinejad has fared in his first year, the students had no right to tarnish such reverent an institution as presidency.
I am afraid I disagree. When a President mocks a dozen of students banned from matriculating simply because of their critical views, why should you give a damn to his scorching pictures!?
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2 Comments To "To Burn or not to Burn"
#1 Comment By RoxieAmerica On آذر ۲۱, ۱۳۸۵ @ ۴:۰۰ ق.ظ
Good Post. Nice blog!
#2 Comment By Mary On آذر ۲۱, ۱۳۸۵ @ ۱۲:۲۲ ب.ظ
Reading your last babble reza;),i remembered “Verunika”,the most famous part of the 9th symphony, composed by Bethoveen which means ” The hope, gone with the wind”. The music was supposed to be offered by musician to Napeleon Bonapart, the first consul of the revolutionary republic government; but soon before completion the song, Napeleon called himself the King! and the hope of the young revolution went with the wind. Now it is verunika, our daily story in Iran.