Iranian election

[mousepod]

I know this may seem like blasphemy... but I did see the Neda video, and there's a small part of me that wonders if it's staged.

Clearly, I hope that it is, because who wants to see someone die?

But I also wonder why I should even feel guilty about questioning someone other than the right-wing.

Argh.

[Jazzman]

Originally Posted by Betty

Can you imagine this happening to us? Can you imagine feeling so strongly about being oppressed that at some point your fear of dying is overcome by your will to not live that way any longer. Just consider for a moment that you were in their shoes. What would you do? Hide? Go to your roof top? Would you be willing to protest and posisbly die in the process?

The ultimate irony is that Neda wasn't really even protesting. Every report I've read states that she had just stopped with her music teacher and was standing on the sidelines watching, from a "safe" distance. If they're willing to take out bystanders, I can't imagine being in the vanguard of the demonstrations.

Originally Posted by mousepod

I know this may seem like blasphemy... but I did see the Neda video, and there's a small part of me that wonders if it's staged.

Just curious, but what about the video gave you that vibe? It looked pretty legit to me. I'm not going to rewatch it again to be sure though. If it does turn out to be fake, then it's one hell of a success.