{"article":{"id":99863,"heading":"Feeling guilty","author":"Oscar Manchester","created":"2004-01-10 05:43:11","modified":"2004-01-10 15:59:15","last_modified":"Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:59:15","article":"

I can't believe we've been supporting the thugs of the Iranian government. It got me thinking. How progressive is it of us to ally ourselves with forces who kill its own citizens to prevent the propogation of democracy and human rights in the Middle East? Indymedia people, if you really are \"progressive\", you should be supporting the students in Iran who risk their lives to overthrow that oppressive regime. Not sitting in the comfort of the US and making excuses for the regime's brutality. Why do you support the Iranian regime? Simply because GWB is direct enough to call it an evil regime.

<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"I just watched that Frontline special about Iran.","numcomment":5,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/01\/99863.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":99864,"heading":"You are a moron.","article":"First of all, since none of us support the Iranian government and you assert that we do, we must conclude that you are not one of us but rather someone intending to pretend to be one of us in an effort to find an "in" and use that "in" to put forth your Zionist bullshit.\r\n\r\nMany of us are anarchists. We support no government. We oppose war unless it is revolutionary war.\r\n\r\nGo back to school.","author":"Antibody","parent_id":99863,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-10 05:55:10","modified":"2004-01-10 05:55:10","fileurl":""},{"id":99866,"heading":"fresca","article":""We oppose war unless it is revolutionary war. "\r\n\r\n\r\nChrist. What an asshole.\r\n\r\nNo wars of defense huh?\r\n\r\ngermany hungary ireland istanbul italy liege lille madrid nantes netherlands nice norway paris poland portugal prague russia sweden switzerland thessaloniki united kingdom west vlaanderen latin america: argentina bolivia brasil chiapas chile colombia ecuador mexico peru puerto rico qollasuyu rosario sonora tijuana uruguay oceania: adelaide aotearoa brisbane jakarta manila melbourne perth sydney south asia: india mumbai united states: arizona arkansas atlanta austin baltimore boston buffalo chicago cleveland danbury, ct dc hawaii houston idaho ithaca la madison maine michigan milwaukee minneapolis\/st. paul new jersey new mexico new orleans north carolina north texas ny capital nyc oklahoma philadelphia pittsburgh portland richmond rochester rocky mountain rogue valley san diego san francisco bay area santa cruz, ca seattle st louis tallahassee-red hills tennessee urbana-champaign utah vermont western mass west asia: beirut israel palestine process: discussion fbi\/legal updates indymedia faq mailing lists process & imc docs tech volunteer projects: oceania print radio satellite tv video ","author":"fresca","parent_id":99863,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-10 06:47:31","modified":"2004-03-09 22:02:00","fileurl":""},{"id":99869,"heading":""wars of defense"","article":"Your IP being blocked here is-\r\n\r\n"logging into or making use of a server or account you are not expressly authorized to access"\r\n\r\n\r\nJerry Lawson\r\n\r\n66.20.122.155\r\n\r\nadsl-20-122-155.chs.bellsouth.net\r\n\r\n\r\nIllegal Activity\r\n\r\nThe subscriber may not use BellSouth Internet Service to transmit or store any information, data, or material that is threatening, libelous, or obscene.\r\n\r\nHarassment\r\n\r\nSending outrageously threatening or harassing e-mail (for example, making terrorist threats, or threatening physical injury or damage to persons or property), especially after being requested to stop, is prohibited. \r\n\r\n\r\nAbuseHandle: ABUSE81-ARIN\r\nAbuseName: Abuse Group \r\nAbusePhone: +1-404-499-5224\r\nAbuseEmail: abuse@bellsouth.net \r\n","author":"Hex anon w\/ encryption","parent_id":99863,"mime_type":"image\/gif","created":"2004-01-10 07:48:34","modified":"2005-08-15 02:47:31","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/america_1.gif","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/america_1.gif"}},{"id":99872,"heading":"painting everyone with the same brush","article":"I think this is just painting the IMC with a broad brush. Someone from somewhere posts something that's pro-Iran, and you say the IMC is supporting it. It looks like it was just some anonymous poster.\r\n\r\nThey let a lot of weird stuff up that doesn't seem to have anything to do with what the IMC is about. Obviously, the stuff in the middle is the IMC's viewpoint, but this self-publish area is a free-for all.\r\n\r\nPersonally, I think the government of Iran is repressive, but probably more liberal than during the Iranian Revolution. They do allow that student movement to exist. I think I've seen some of their stuff up on this IMC too.\r\n\r\nI hope that the CIA and US don't intervene in Iran again. The last time we did, we deposed Mossadek, a democratically elected PM who was unfriendly to Western oil interests, and installed the Shah Reza Pahlavi, a puppet dictator who ripped off the people so bad that the Shi'ite fundamentalists could build a militant radical base that eventually overthrew the Shah, took Americans hostage, demonized the US, and turned Iran into a fundie state. Our enemies didn't appear from thin air. They were formed as a response to *our* dictator.\r\n\r\n(This ain't some conspiracy theory. Maddie Albright admitted as much, and numerous critics have interjected that she's minimizing what we did. In fact, the US press were complicit in the overthrow of Iran. You can find that analysis on the web.)","author":"more rational","parent_id":99863,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-10 08:46:17","modified":"2004-01-10 08:46:17","fileurl":""},{"id":99889,"heading":"War","article":""We oppose war unless it is revolutionary war."\r\n\r\nRight. That's why the Iranian revolution has been so vociferously supported here. It just seems strange to me now that "progressives" would support such a nasty regime and oppose its citizens attempts to throw it out.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"Oscar Manchester","parent_id":99863,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-10 15:59:15","modified":"2004-01-10 15:59:15","fileurl":""}]}