Aryan:
Stop double posting and if you do, you can delete your own posts. Just wait and the post will go through, patience is a virtue. I have been deleting your double posts. You have no patience!
“you are right about the two sides arguing on cheesy forums, non of them seem to know what they are talking about though or what they are really fighting for.”
Exactly. Jujeh Monarchists call all non-monarchists as Hezbollah or Hezzie. Pro IRI kids call monarchists as SAVAKi. This bull shiite has been going on for 30 years. Non of them are truly knowing what they believe or what are they fighting for. Blind fights the blind and name-calling is all over the place.
“Do you think that the majority of youths in Iran JUST want freedom of expression and other minor liberties (to keep their heads above water) or would you say the majority want complete change (overthrow of IRI altogether)? My fear (as I have written in an article just sent to you) is that Iranians will fall victim to the Reformists and send us back to theocracy and a prolonged life of the Islamic Republic.”
If this was the case, then 8 years of Khatami and Reformists would do the job. I do not believe so. Youth are now perfectly aware of the nature of Reformists and they know that Reformists are only a block on the path of the true Nationalist Revolution.
Let me be honest with you,
Our problem is not lack of schooling, information or even education.
Our problem is lack of Morality, Courage and Balls!
You live in Europe and you saw what happened in Ukraine. 2 weeks of sit outs and workouts and the people overthrow the Russian Backed government and established a democratic government there. It is now 30 years that Iranians are trying to do the same! Why it hasn’t been working?
As I said before, today’s Iranians are not yesterday’s Persians. They lack Morality, Courage and Balls!
So the life goes by in IRI,
Rich gets richer
Poor gets poorer
And no existing middle class appears in the horizon!
I am not just throwing slogans to your face when I tell you:
Iranians by majority truly do not understand the concepts of Secularism, Democracy, Human Rights, Federalism, Free Speech and Individualism.
They have never truly experienced it. It takes a Moral Revolution and a Cultural Revolution to reprogram our youth’s brains. Forget about the older generation and senior citizens, they are goners and the old dogs will never change. We are trying to mold the youth’s brains and introduce them to their real rights that they should have in a free society.
They see no problem with theocracy because they never experienced secularism!
They see no problem with dictatorship because they never experienced freedom.
The majority of people in Iran want an end to IRI and not just an end to Fundamentalism, but the problem is that:
1. They do not have the morality and courage to do this on their own.
2. They are not clear on what to replace IRI. They assume anything is better than IRI, so they may fall for another type of dictatorship!
3. They are awaiting for America or Exiled Iranians or a Prince Charmin and Savior from the sky (maybe Mahdi) to save them from IRI.
So to be frank with you, our problem is not education, but our problem is “Kun Goshadi”, Laziness, no commitment and no guts.
We are trying to change the mentality and the standards of the Iranian people and revive the Persianhood in them.
“My question is what do you fully make of them? “
If Shah was wrong about everything, yet he was right about one thing! These people may not like to be branded as Marxist Islamists, but how else would you define them?
They are Islamists and they are Marxists. The complete NCRI consists of Marxists and Islamists and then Marxist Islamists (Mojahedin). It is the most bizarre type of ideology existing. PMOI is one large cult.
Let me hit you back with a question:
Do you really think that if hypothetically (fat chance), Mojahedin take over Iran, will they grant Democracy to the people? Will they hold true referendum and election? What if they lose the election (which surely they will)? Will they tolerate another party to rule Iran? Do you really think that the Rajavi Cult would free Iran and then just go away and allow democracy to be established? Wouldn’t Iran become another North Korea or Cuba but worst (because of the additional spice of Islamism)? Do you really think that women who wear hejab and do no shake hands with men, would allow secularism in Iran?
How about Monarchists? Hypothetically (again a fat chance) if Reza Pahlavi’s crew rules Iran, do you really think that democracy will be established? Just look at how monarchists conduct themselves in exile? Their radios, TVs, websites, and forums are exclusive and no one is allowed to speak but themselves, so do you really think that suddenly monarchists become democratic and establish democracy in Iran of tomorrow? Monarchists had never ever in the past (before 1979) nor in exile (after 1979) behaved democratically, then how on Earth would they do so if they take over Iran again?
You see, it is all bull shiite. Mojahed, monarchist, islamist, marxist, mosadeqist, all and all are full of it, self serving, petty dictators and far from respecting others’ ideology or rights. I had first hand experience with all of them and I still do.
We are in need of a Moral Revolution and a Cultural Revolution to teach Iranians the true concepts of:
Secularism, Democracy, Human Rights, Federalism, Free Speech and Individualism.
“are you a philosophy teacher/lecturer?”
No I am not but I am an amateur philosopher (because I do not do it professionally). The same as history, I have been studying philosophy since age 10.
As educators, we should not only teach curriculum to the youth but we must also teach them facts of life and this is where philosophy comes in. Unfortunately our educators are just looking at their jobs as a 9 to 5 time passers and punching clocks only to make some money and get the hell out of universities. This is why our youth are not getting motivated towards the higher education. We must make schooling exciting and get the students to get fixated on the subject. This cannot happen by the same old boring lectures only about the attended subject. In other words, majority of professors do not know how to teach and that is why college dropouts are becoming a larger number.
Cheers