Shahin jan,
Instead of criticizing our ppl's inactivity in the past 30 yrs, and specially in the last year under sever oppression and arrests, why dont we start from ourselves, Iranians living in diaspora, whom although have large communities centred in big cities, we have FAILED to form a single viable democratic organization to have a united and active stance against injustices by govt of our country. so that our ppl inside Iran can look up to as a viable alternative one day?
Nilou Khanom,
I am not sure where from my post you got the impression that I am criticizing Iranian people's action
now.
The part that you highlighted in red, is regard to how we sat quiet during the rapes and tortures of early 60s and that DOES deserve a criticism.
As I said in my original post, majority of Iranians were against those behaviors but choose to not say anything.
Now, was it wrong for people who were living outside of Iran to to take action regarding those human rights violations ?
Should we point finger at them and accuse them of NOT supporting the majority of Iranian who are living in Iran?
Should we tell them they have no write to object to those action simply because they do not live in Iran?
Plus,there is nothing wrong with constructive criticism.
It is a normal reaction to disagreeing with an ideology or a certain behavior. Everyone has the right to criticize ( regardless of their geographical location), discuss and dissect others behavior.
Isn't this how we learn from one another, understand each others differences and hopefully reach a common ground.
ALL that being said, the main point of my post under this thread was exactly what you pointed in the last 3 lines which I quoted above.
My point is that just because an Iranian lives outside Iran, by choice or forced to leave, SHOULD NOT reduce him/her to merely an spectator of events of Iran. Iranian aboard should not take a BACKSEAT and just be FOLLOWERS or supporters of WHATEVER is happening in Iran.
On the contrary, since they enjoy freedom of press and ... They can become the pioneers and start the movements and be the first ones who spark the fires and ...
Now, I understand it is challenging task and one MAY NOT be able to rally the support of Iranian inside Iran due to
various reasons , but that does not mean one should stop trying !!!
Iranians are Iranian being inside or outside and their votes counts the same. If one is NOT happy with the events happening in Iran and thinks such events need to take a different directions , then he or she, can use his/her resources here to rally support for what they believe is right.
It is not taboo or morally unacceptable to have a different opinion from Iranian people who live in Iran
( again, this goes back to my first post on whether we even know the real voice of them and whether being quiet means being content as for example early 60s)
if you leave outside of Iran.
Side note: As an example, one can argue that boycotting Iranian so called election, was an idea that started from outside Iran and had opposition from some people but now, history showed us how correct were those who suggested it in the first place.
I remember the support that Simply_Ken was getting from many members here when he was defending Iranian elections and its effectiveness as a tool to change from "WITHIN" just 2.5 years ago.