Hi, PR author here.
I wrote a blog post with my personal perspective here: https://blog.yiddishe-kop.com/posts/my-pr-was-denied-by-iran...
Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli?
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Re: Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli?
#212All the people arguing semantics when the author lives in a repressive dictatorship that would literally torture you for a confession and then execute you for it.. if anyone EVER comes by this PR even a decade from now. Meanwhile, no one here would even think of violating US export controls against North Korea... when the consequences are likely just prison time. Armchair tough guys.
You summed this situation up perfectly. Arman's life and safety takes priority over any of our personal grievances about the situation.
I really applaud Yehuda for handling things appropriately after putting in the work.
This is a sticky situation that has existed longer than any of us have been alive. As much as I want to see a resolution where all people can live under peaceful, democratic, non-authoritarian governments that respect all of the various differences between us, I don't know that we'll get there in our lifetimes. Especially if we continue to jump to conclusions.
This is a hard problem that manifests itself out of inequity, generational hurt, and hate. And as long as people are exploited and taken advantage of, there will continue to be pain.
We should always strive for greater understanding and cooperation, and empathy should be at the root of the framework we use to deal with this complex issue. I feel for both Arman and Yehuda, and all of the countless people impacted by these tensions.
If we learn anything from this, I hope that it is kindness and understanding. The world needs more of it.
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#213Why was this taken off the front page?
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#214Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's ridiculous. The Supreme Leader's Council of Guardians personally certify any and all Presidential candidates. They may choose to allow candidates from other factions from time to time for political reasons, but they're still choosing. In a Democracy, the leader don't get to decide who is allowed to run for office. And while we're talking about him, the "Supreme Leader" serves a lifetime term. They personally a…
If anyone is interested in a different perspective (the Iranians you will interact with online know English, have affinity for the West, etc. These are not representative of majority of Iranians, just like many Americans aren't represented by the Twitteratti for example), there is a book by Hermann Hesse called The Glass Bead Game, where humanity has undergone a devastating Third World War and in attempt to keep it f…
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#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
That was where the "semi-" in "semi-democratic" came from in my original comment. It's in ways similar to Hong Kong's council elections.
I would be careful of using semi-democracy as a word. Democracy is power by the people, and the Iranian theocracy is ultimately not a democracy. There are too many caveats, too many powers under the authority of religious unelected people to call it a democracy. It’s a theocracy through and through.
What country doesn't have caveats to its democracy tho? I live in the UK and there are far too many caveats to call it a democracy IMO. At the end of the day it is subjective.
Re: Iranian law prohibits merge of PR from Israeli?
#216All the people arguing semantics when the author lives in a repressive dictatorship that would literally torture you for a confession and then execute you for it.. if anyone EVER comes by this PR even a decade from now. Meanwhile, no one here would even think of violating US export controls against North Korea... when the consequences are likely just prison time. Armchair tough guys.
Tbf, one of the comments is from an Iranian natural in Canada that apparently was captured and held by the Iranian government. He has a story that's worth sharing:
https://medium.com/@behdadesfahbod/if-you-read-one-thing-fro...
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#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that bad to share that info? And that aside, what about the name? Going this direction seems like a very strange aside to a situation where the law is clearly bonkers...
You asked how the comment that "it is the problem with detailed bio" related to the story. I'm not saying it's bad or not, people are free to share what they want, but had the PR author not done that, the PR would have been merged, that's all. Not sure what you mean about the name.
I think his name might give his background away.
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#218On second thought, I should've responded as follows:
"Hi, I'm from the IRGC secret intelligence, we just wanted to test your loyalty to the regime, therefore we create fake accounts. You can merge the PR without any problem"
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#219I lived in Syria before the war and stuff, even back in 2010, because of the US export laws Syrians were banned from downloading the most basic shit like Java runtime, adobe flash player, and Nvidia gpu drivers, Skype, Messengers like Yahoo etc... This type of internet "stupidity" is in every government DNA lol
>US export laws Syrians were banned from downloading the most basic shit like Java runtime That's still the case for many encryption products from Oracle. You have to register and sign T&C which say you will not export this .jar to a banned country. It's been like this since I remember... 2005 maybe?
Thank $GOD for Bouncy Castle.
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#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see a lot of shade being thrown at the author, just a lot of confusion. Not armchair tough, just not fully understanding... yet, I think there's a difference.
Are you sure? His comment has right now 109 thumbs down, zero thumbs up.
At the time I posted I didn't see much shade being thrown at the author.
As for votes I see no reason to interpret them in any particular way.