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"Neda Is My Daughter, I Have One Just Like Her" |
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06/22/09
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[www.famouspictures.org]
This photo of Kim Phuc (full name Phan Thị Kim Phúc) was taken just after South Vietnamese planes bombed her village. She had only lived because she tore off her burning clothes. AP Photographer Nick Út and NBC cameraman Le Phuc Dinh filmed her and her family emerging from the village, after the air strike, running for their lives. This photo has become one of the most famous and memorable photos of Vietnam and won Nick Út the Pulitzer prize in 1972.
now, neda.
06/21/09
"6:55 PM ET -- A bit more about Neda. A blogger apparently in touch with Neda's family members offers some new details (translated by reader Nima): she was born in 1982, apparently her full name was Neda Agha Soltan, and she was at the protest with one her professors and several other students. She was, they said, shot by a basiji riding by on a motorcycle. Also, she was apparently buried today at a large cemetery in the south of Tehran -- the memorial for tomorrow that I noted earlier has since been canceled." [www.huffingtonpost.com]
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06/22/09
What a fucked up pissing contest this is.
06/21/09
I had naively hoped that the counter-revolution could happen in a peaceful, bloodless manner. I am sad to be proved wrong.
Insha'Allah, something good will come from this.
06/21/09
women have so long been voiceless and faceless in that part of the world; the throngs in the streets supporting theocracy are men men and more men
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06/21/09
No matter how you feel about Bush, he's not Ahmadinejad.
06/21/09
what if people here really cared about politics and action here
06/21/09
06/21/09
Now please stop trivializing the Iran tragedy. This is not about us. We're supposed to be shining a light on others.
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It made me sad, angry, and sick to my stomach to see people raving on about conservative conspiracy theories on a page that is devoted to reporting about the tragedy in Iran.
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06/21/09
CNN: But shouldn't the U.S. be more vocal in support for the Iranian protesters?
Zakaria: I think a good historic analogy is President George H.W. Bush's cautious response to the cracks in the Soviet empire in 1989. Then, many neo-conservatives were livid with Bush for not loudly supporting those trying to topple the communist regimes in Eastern Europe. But Bush's concern was that the situation was fragile. Those regimes could easily crack down on the protestors and the Soviet Union could send in tanks. Handing the communists reasons to react forcefully would help no one, least of all the protesters. Bush's basic approach was correct and has been vindicated by history.
06/21/09
Honestly, we just need a mute button for them. I don't think they're going to listen to anyone but themselves.
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[www.nytimes.com]
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06/21/09
The Facebook one is more disturbing in that they get right up on her face for a few long seconds. But still, I don't regret that I watched either one.
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As a father, I'm sure you can understand her father's anguish. (Not saying that none of the rest of us can--just that it has to hit home particularly hard for fathers of daughters.)
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06/21/09
I think that the coverage has enabled us to finally see the full humanity of the Iranian people -- we are no longer able to see them as cardboard characters with a pre-set series of characteristics, wants, and needs. And when people start to see the humanity of each other, they reach out. It's why the Iranians responded so warmly to us after 9/11.
The danger will be, when it's over, and we discover the depths to which we are, after all, still different. People sometimes lose that willingness to reach out when someone remains in their difference. But a very big door has been blown open, and I think that, bottom line, it's a good thing.
06/21/09
Megan, thank you for writing about this. I wish I was stronger. I wish I could watch it, but I'm not. As always, your writing helped to put this into context.
06/21/09
Like many others I don't think I can watch this
It's difficult to watch, yes, but I think we as women are OBLIGATED to watch this. The rights and privileges we so complacently enjoy are there because of the sacrifices and unjust fates of women like Neda. To watch and to suffer even a little bit of agony as a result is to underline and forever remember an intense but important moment and honor her death. She deserves no less.
06/21/09
06/21/09
It doesn't matter that we're privilege. The end of privilege is not brought about by being subjected to whatever it is a marginalized person is subjected to. We do not ask women to be raped so they understand rape victims and end that privilege. We do not ask people to change their skin colour. We do not need to experience the suffering of the marginalized personally in order to be on their side and fight the good fight for them.
Watch it, don't watch it, whatever the fuck you want. Just don't be so high and mighty that you now get to decide what is the right course in this for anyone else.
(Sidenote: You have not even taken into account the MILLIONS of women/men out there who have suffered through violent attacks and may suffer from PTSD or related disorders and who would find this extremely triggering. Are THEY obligated to watch this, too?)
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