It seems as if in a world were progression is the new tomorrow there are those odd ball countries who just keep moving backwards.
Iran.
As I read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi it appears as if the chronological order is backwards in some events.
Like some sort of time traveling gone bad.
I call it being afraid.
Officials are frightened of letting people have their own voice because they then would become like us:
Americans who have no self-respect.
If you contrast the time of Satrapi's youth where there were free rioting and at times some beatings, and recent times; it is evident that the people are oppressed in some areas.
Today the country is divided by the presidential candidacy which seemed to be fixed.
It is evident that there is corruption in the government itself causing much doubt.
People in power do what ever they please.
It can not be ignored any longer. People are being treated like children.
Women are being treated like cattle.
Veils? For God's-sake, women were created because they are beautiful.
We should not have to have the eyes and the nose and the mouth nor the cheeks God has given us covered.
Individuality which existed in the beginning of Satrapi's life was completely lost through out this whole time.
And we? We have done nothing that has been completely beneficial
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One thing I don't really get here: in your post about helth care you say the US should cut on its spending on helping other countries. Then, in this one, you say about Iran that "we have done nothing that was completely beneficial" (I assume when you say "we" you mean the US).
So, do you think the US should do (or continue to do) something about the oppression in Iran (or any other country, for that matter)? I think during the 20th century and in this one, the US government has done many a thing in several countries that have not been beneficial at all for the people of said countries, and frankly speaking, those actions are never aimed at helping the people. Rather, the goal is always business and power. Women wearing burqas in some mid eastern country? People being sold as slaves, or just plain killed, in some other place in Eastern Europe? Children forced to bear arms and fight somewhere in Africa? Politicians in countries like the US are not paid (over and under the table) to free other countries. Their main job is to ensure big businesses continue to make money ("you take care of me, I'll take care of you"), which by the way is not a crime. It is really a matter of what means are chosen to reach that goal.
Going back to the health care article: Why do you think the health care system in the US is the way it is? Why do you think many politicians and lawmakers oppose any proposal that will lower premiums and ensure, as they say, universal care? The key here, again: money. As you said, if a person's sick, it is the doctor's duty to help them. Many countries, starting with Mexico, don't even have enough doctors and money to treat the number of sick people on any given day. Well, are you going to start a war about it?
(Now, I have to remind you, these are only my opinions, as yours are your own and both are based on what each knows. Just as you, I don't presume to know everything about anything. I think it is great that you do the exercise of putting your ideas into words, since I know of no better way than knowing oneself than writing your ideas and reading and re-reading them. After all, if you want to improve anything, you start by measuring it. And your writing is a very good measure of your mind. Keep it up, Adrianita!)
(Of course I meant to type "health" instead of helth in that first line... darn fingers...)
(Ah, se me olvidaba: Persépolis, de lo mejor en cine en 2008.
Aquí mi ultra-mini-reseña, en mi lista de lo mejor del año pasado:
http://ideasdejoel.blogspot.com/2009/01/cada-capillita.html).
Great film, although I confess I haven't read the comic yet.
Adrianita, you might want to take a look at this:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/10/the_anger_of_the_festering_fri.html#more
It's Roger Ebert's blog. He is a Chicago film critic I've been listening to and reading since... 1985. His blog is not really about film, rather, in it he writes about subjects that interest him, such as Obama's presidency and health care. I'm a regular reader and occasional commenter. Above all, I've always liked his writing style.
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