Iran: The revolution begins with the students

**Shahed** · 12-21-2006, 03:13

Hope nobody minds me posting a link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6196069.stm

The students make a fool of Ahmadinejad and his appointed clerical dean for Tehran University. It's a good read.

Sadly a lot of them will have problems but they are doing the right thing. Sometimes there is no path but that of confrontation.

**KukriKhan** · 12-21-2006, 05:18

Originally Posted by Sinan

... Sadly a lot of them will have problems but they are doing the right thing. Sometimes there is no path but that of confrontation.

Indeed. What Mister Ahmadinejad and his generation seem to have forgotten is the passion for unfettered expression their revolution wrought/displayed.

I have high hopes for a future relationship between persian and american peoples. We have more in common than we have apart. If I apologize for the Shah thing, will they apologize for the hostage thing? Maybe then we can fix the wounded beast that is the middle-east.

**GoreBag** · 12-21-2006, 08:46

Originally Posted by KukriKhan

I have high hopes for a future relationship between persian and american peoples. We have more in common than we have apart. If I apologize for the Shah thing, will they apologize for the hostage thing? Maybe then we can fix the wounded beast that is the middle-east.

Originally Posted by Sinan

Sadly a lot of them will have problems but they are doing the right thing. Sometimes there is no path but that of confrontation.

...doubt it.

**Mooks** · 12-21-2006, 12:33

Viva la resistance!

**Watchman** · 12-21-2006, 12:48

Ah, uni students. Reliably rebellious about everywhere, particularly under repressive regimes. Must be the combination of youth and education (and hanging about similarly minded peers) that does it.

**macsen rufus** · 12-21-2006, 16:06

Well, any sign of resistance is to be seen as positive, and at least it proves Iranian society isn't a monolith lined up behind the extremists.

However, what did worry me:

Mr Ahmadinejad told journalists the chancellor should be friendly with the students, moving among them and visiting their dormitories

**AntiochusIII** · 12-28-2006, 00:04

Originally Posted by Watchman

Ah, uni students. Reliably rebellious about everywhere, particularly under repressive regimes. Must be the combination of youth and education (and hanging about similarly minded peers) that does it.

When will they be building barricades in Tehran?

That'd be wicked. Except for the fact that they won't last five seconds longer than when the ~~mullahs~~military start to fire.

When it comes to revolutions and the overthrowing of the ~~bastards~~dictator of the world, uni students can take up the leadership, but they won't win alone.