tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post4428232969094547205..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Iran is moving too fastKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-43396712440196806892009-06-17T19:42:09.736-05:002009-06-17T19:42:09.736-05:00@Spinks: I'm hopeful. I believe that the reas...@Spinks: I'm hopeful. I believe that the reason Iraq had so much trouble is that democracy cannot be imposed, it must instead be fought for. Iranians look ready to fight. With luck it won't have to be too violent, but for that I hold less hope.<br /><br />@Rohan: My father has a theory for this: the rigging was planned in advance, before the opposition looked to have a chance, when the skewed results would have made perfect sense. None of the opposition candidates looked like a big deal when they were being allowed in to the race and it's hard to pretend to have a democracy if you remove too many people.<br /><br />TL;DR: They didn't anticipate anything which has happened.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-81772977505840643742009-06-17T00:39:36.221-05:002009-06-17T00:39:36.221-05:00The part that interests me is why bother to falsif...The part that interests me is why bother to falsify the election? The religious leadership already gets to determine which candidates are allowed to run. So why would it matter which guy wins?<br /><br />I wonder if there is something going on beneath the surface, like say two factions in the religious leadership clashing, and using this election as their proxy fight.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-2553504461094988332009-06-16T23:47:34.438-05:002009-06-16T23:47:34.438-05:00I think it was always there, just a lot of what we...I think it was always there, just a lot of what we are seeing now was repressed by the local media.<br /><br />I just know that I've worked alongside a few Iranians and always been impressed by how tolerant, modern thinking, and up to date they were. They also train a lot of female engineers. So none of this surprises me -- I think the country is overripe for change. It's just that a lot of people who disagreed with the regime emigrated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com