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Charlatan, I understand what you mean. There is an element of vulgarity to all of this which is distasteful, to say the least.
The whole situation with Neda is an illustration. I can shrug off an interview or a bunch of statistics. There's a level of abstraction there which allows me to say 'well, that's not very nice' and just move on with my day. But this video makes it real. It's a name and a face, and that's why even though it is distasteful and hard to watch, it's also important and necessary.
The biggest problem with the Iran reformist movement for the West is that there's nothing we can do here. We are necessarily spectators to these events, and cannot get directly involved. I don't kid myself that sharing a video or changing a profile picture is making any sort of a difference in all of this, but what else can I do? Far greater men than I are powerless to affect this. The best I can hope for is that I can make more people aware of the situation, and show my support through what little means I have.
This Is Real, It's Important, and It's Happening Right Now.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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