The central concept today is that secular, which means more open and more choices, will naturally favor devices and ways of communication that meet the requirement for greater openness. Governments all over the world are wondering how to deal with the relentless march of the secular over the sacred. No one should be surprised that arbitrary dicta, grumpy old men determining what’s right and moral, archaic books that can be read a million ways have been read many million different ways, and the relentless exposure of alternative lifestyles and material worlds -- that collectively these have led to political and religious change across the world. Iran is no different in this regard than we are. Rather, Iran is just considerably behind us in the march to secular change.
I don’t know how you missed what kicked off Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution: not mosques, but cassette tapes. A few hundred produced in France quickly became a few thousand copied in Iran and then tens of thousands such that everyone heard them, and not primarily in mosques. The other thing that made that revolution a big success is that we, the United States, had made utter fools out of ourselves by first overthrowing their democracy, then helping the Shaw regain power, and then supporting that monster until he was thrown out. Of course we haven’t been happy about Iran since 1979. While apparently correct that the Ayatollah and others are scrambling in the wake of the current stolen election and its aftermath, there is nothing like the Shaw to be overthrown.
The secularization of societies is an inevitable trend. The more Mr. Obama takes advantage of this trend, the faster it’ll happen, leading to eventual peace. Those in power will always go reluctantly, but their age weighs against them as well as the shape of the secular future. Your valiant attempt to force the various parties and technological agents into a clever model will never be fruitful. Turn back to more facts, more straightforward idea, fewer distortions (like who started the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict), and no gimmicks to help us understand this complex situation.
I don’t know how you missed what kicked off Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution: not mosques, but cassette tapes. A few hundred produced in France quickly became a few thousand copied in Iran and then tens of thousands such that everyone heard them, and not primarily in mosques. The other thing that made that revolution a big success is that we, the United States, had made utter fools out of ourselves by first overthrowing their democracy, then helping the Shaw regain power, and then supporting that monster until he was thrown out. Of course we haven’t been happy about Iran since 1979. While apparently correct that the Ayatollah and others are scrambling in the wake of the current stolen election and its aftermath, there is nothing like the Shaw to be overthrown.
The secularization of societies is an inevitable trend. The more Mr. Obama takes advantage of this trend, the faster it’ll happen, leading to eventual peace. Those in power will always go reluctantly, but their age weighs against them as well as the shape of the secular future. Your valiant attempt to force the various parties and technological agents into a clever model will never be fruitful. Turn back to more facts, more straightforward idea, fewer distortions (like who started the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict), and no gimmicks to help us understand this complex situation.