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artemis42Just started reading Persepolis last night, and I'm really enjoying it. Looking at the Iranian revolution through the eyes of a young woman who lived through it really destroys the ridiculous "us vs them" mentality our government seems to prefer to put forward by making it obvious that religious tyranny and fundamentalism is disgusting no matter what country you're in.
I'm looking forward to seeing the film of the graphic novel once I'm finished reading it.
On that note, check out what the US is planning in Iraq to boost McCain and tie Obama's hands, keeping us in Iraq for the forseeable future no matter what the American people really want, and potentially bankrupting our country economically and morally in the process.
There is an important and delicate balance we must walk between being overwhelmed by all the rampant negativity and being able to maintain our very necessary compassion for others and our ability to stand up for justice, freedom and truth.
No one is helped when the majority just sits and does nothing when atrocities are committed because they don't want to hear about it. Yes, we all have to function in our lives, but our wealth and privelege give us deep responsibilities to speak up for those whose voices cannot or will not be heard, and we cannot shirk that duty, lest we become complicit and cover our own hands with blood by inaction.
I'm looking forward to seeing the film of the graphic novel once I'm finished reading it.
On that note, check out what the US is planning in Iraq to boost McCain and tie Obama's hands, keeping us in Iraq for the forseeable future no matter what the American people really want, and potentially bankrupting our country economically and morally in the process.
There is an important and delicate balance we must walk between being overwhelmed by all the rampant negativity and being able to maintain our very necessary compassion for others and our ability to stand up for justice, freedom and truth.
No one is helped when the majority just sits and does nothing when atrocities are committed because they don't want to hear about it. Yes, we all have to function in our lives, but our wealth and privelege give us deep responsibilities to speak up for those whose voices cannot or will not be heard, and we cannot shirk that duty, lest we become complicit and cover our own hands with blood by inaction.
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Date: 2008-06-10 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-11 01:17 am (UTC)I really want to share this perspective with my mom, but getting her to read new stuff is laughably impossible. I'm glad it's also a film, since it's much easier to sit her down and get her to watch something with me.
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Date: 2008-07-25 05:45 pm (UTC)Anyway. The point was, saw this entry and had to comment: I loved Persepolis.
My mother was involved in the revolution against the shah. (She was a translator for Amnesty International.) In fact the guy she wanted to marry (who wouldn't marry her because he was afraid she'd be captured/ tortured to get at him) was far more deeply involved. I ought to be half Farsi, and we still have banned pamphlets in our garage.
I gave her Persepolis for her birthday last year.