What can we do? I know his name now but I want to do something.
Tell HN: A hacker's life is in danger, your awareness may be life saving
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would add: 4. Don't talk only to "influencers" — also talk to your co-workers, your neighbours, your internet community. Raise awareness. 5. Don't just "talk to". Ask. Ask (exiled) Iranians what they think about the situation. I was traveling around in Iran for some months, and one big takeway for me was that there is a huge gap between the highly educated, incredibly friendly and open-minded population and their c…
> I still don't really understand the historical situation in which the mullahs were able to come to power. Easy. There was US sponsored coup against democratically elected government. It strengthened monarchy which was then seen as illegitimate by large parts of population. It also made the same parts of population dislike and distrust Americans. So when there was yet another coup, many people supported it. A lot of…
What about the part where they purged and executed every one of their allies - socialists, liberals, even opposing cliques in their own theocracy - after the overthrew the Shah?
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#73It's interesting to me having recently slightly broken a few years' stint of largely ignoring 'the news', at least more than I have for ages, that I've heard about the protests in Iran twice via HN now (previously via Rust 1.65 release note: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33451359 ) and not at all from the newspapers I've read. (I think I'll go back to largely ignoring it, satisfied that HN is a perfectly adequ…
FWIW, I recommend to replace news surfing by perusing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events daily. I'm not quite there yet myself, I sometimes fall in the bad habit of news surfing for fun, but I found the wiki portal to be sufficient to keep reasonably informed.
While Wikipedia is great, that link is more like news “trivia” rather than anything substantially informative.
There is absolutely no value to knowing every single accident, disaster, political incident, etc happening in every country around the world today.
Re: Tell HN: A hacker's life is in danger, your awareness may be life saving
#74It's interesting to me having recently slightly broken a few years' stint of largely ignoring 'the news', at least more than I have for ages, that I've heard about the protests in Iran twice via HN now (previously via Rust 1.65 release note: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33451359 ) and not at all from the newspapers I've read. (I think I'll go back to largely ignoring it, satisfied that HN is a perfectly adequ…
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#75Does protesting even do any good in a government such as Iran? Being present during a protest -- get targeted and locked up or worse (killed). It is really doing the oppressors a favor by gathering together.Rather than take it to the streets they should take it to the basement and plan out calculated attacks and disrupt the infrastructure that facilitate their rule.
if they take it to the basement that would mean they are conspiring. the government will hear about it and they would be in the same situation but with less support since nobody heard about them before.
he is not doing anything illegal, he just wants a better life for everybody including the guys who jailed him and their children. His best bet is that some of those guys would understand his motivations and help him.
Now he probably does not fully understand the regime motivation and how the police state lives in a paranoia. Not because he's stupid, because sometimes the only way out of a situation is to trust your opponent with your own life. Sometimes you do what your guts tell you to do
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#76I feel for these individuals who are suffering but let’s be clear.
This attempt at overthrowing the regime in Iran with the help of the western media is probably not going to work. This is not the first time that it’s been attempted. If you’re willing to stand against your own government then you’re definitely brave but you will likely deal with the consequences no matter where you’re from. And that’s not something anyone can help with.
I posted this a few months back and I was downvoted but I’ll say it again. It’s important that we all remain neutral and promote non-interventalisim on this platform. One life harmed or lost is not worth it!
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#77I feel for these individuals who are suffering but let’s be clear. This attempt at overthrowing the regime in Iran with the help of the western media is probably not going to work. This is not the first time that it’s been attempted. If you’re willing to stand against your own government then you’re definitely brave but you will likely deal with the consequences no matter where you’re from. And that’s not something a…
We can't light the spark for them, but we can help fan the flames.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's incredibly naive.
Would you like to explain how it's naive?
Certainly but I have a question for you as well. What organization do you donate money to and is Amnesty International among them [1]?
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would you like to explain how it's naive?
Certainly but I have a question for you as well. What organization do you donate money to and is Amnesty International among them [1]? 1: https://www.amnesty.org/en/donate/ .
My donations are my own business.
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