Honestly, if I were oppressed every day, especially in the way the morality police oppress the women of Iran, I don't think offering my life would be going too far. And if other people died at protests, I would probably feel that was their choice because they involved themselves freely. If people died who never even attended the protests? That would be hard. I'd probably spend a lot of time trying to convince people that the cause *was* worth dying for. I think the people of Iran have tried for a very long time to voice their views in ways that do not involve dying, and if that's not working, they have few choices but to go to extremes. People in the American Revolution made the same decision, and I'm grateful for it.
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Date: 2009-06-19 01:56 pm (UTC)