04.17.09

Final Response (to “Reformation”)

Posted in Current Events, Poetry/Quote at 8:31 am by Abbas

I guess the blogger has responded to the below post I made. You can find it here: http://granfalloon.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/response-to-response-to-reformation-post/. I’ll just quickly make my points and call it a day, since the blogger is really just beating around the bush.
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“Iran physically and ideologically represents Shias all over … “

Some Shi’as may disagree.

“…the relationship between clergy and government is especially prominent in Iran because they are one and the same.”

What do you mean? That is definately not the case. Majority of the government are NOT made up of clergy. And some of the harshest critics of the government are clergy. So your conclusion here is somewhat unfounded.

“So in the end we have a system that always circles back to one guy…”

Clever. But let me ask you some preliminary questions, so we both know what we are talking about. Can you tell me who this “one guy” is? What are his qualifications? Furthermore, can you tell me how he was appointed? By whom?

If you know the answers to these simple questions, then I think we can both agree that ideally and on the practical level this is a self-correcting system.

“But as you noted Abbas, Iran too has its problems and the symptoms its society suffers from don’t look altogether different from that of the Arab world minus the gaping spiritual black hole.”

Look, there is no perfect system out there. We are all trying our best to be just and fair. Iran has issues, as does all other governments. However, I don’t think its fair to lump the Islamic Republic with the corrupt Arab regimes. Let us be fair. The literacy, democracy, education, advancement, spiritual development, and so forth that is produced in Iran is unmatched in the Arab world.

Then finally the blogger said that “power corrupts”. Well, it depends.

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