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| Marzieh Vafamehr |
I don't often stray from the poetry mandate of this blog but the egregious stupidity of the masses sometimes makes it impossible for me to keep silent.
To those who are about to protest the evils of global capitalism in Canada I'd like to make a suggestion. Take your tents, pickets, bikes and masks and make your way to the Iranian embassy in Ottawa. Your rants, tactics and misplaced energies ought to be directed at real oppression. Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr is about to be condemned to a one-year jail sentence and 90 lashes for her role in a movie ("My Tehran for Sale") exploring the topic of artistic freedom in Iran.
Protest the violence against women there, my misguided leftists, and the systematic murder of gays/lesbians and the anti-Israel venom and the persecution of Christians and the almost daily flogging of young people who dare to dissent from the Ahmadinejad regime. Look abroad for the terror under which millions continue to live today in the Middle East. Link arms with your Syrian, Tunisian, Egyptian brothers & sisters who oftentimes die for their beliefs.
I tire of your self-serving talk and dusty demonstrations. You have nothing to complain about here! For once tether action to real social justice & speak for the exploited, brutalized and marginalized, like Marzieh Vafamehr.
