tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939571.post7805850939611777880..comments2024-02-17T00:26:27.920-08:00Comments on Deep Thoughts: Mass murder in the name of GodMojoeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541458916641472505noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939571.post-734937992361963632007-08-17T15:21:00.000-07:002007-08-17T15:21:00.000-07:00True, the situation is horifying, and it's hard to...True, the situation is horifying, and it's hard to know exactly what to do. I just read <I>Persepolis</I> (after having seen <A HREF="http://lfab-uvm.blogspot.com/2007/08/persepolis.html" REL="nofollow">the film</A>), and the author (who is my age) describes living in a reasonably free and open society until she was about ten years old and the revolution that overthrew the shah was coopted by Islamists. Then she describes wave after wave of executions in which the intellectuals (among others) flee the country or are killed.<BR/><BR/>At this point it's hard to imagine the country being governed by reasonable people since the people who might have been good leaders are dead. At the same time, Bush's moves towards war are terrifying since such a war would undoubtedly make the situation so much worse (for Americans as well as for Iranians, and really the rest of the planet for that matter...)C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.com