Monday, October 16, 2006

"Traditional" vs. "Modern"

Don't put lipstick on a pig and call it lipstick jihad. Iranians are not a modern nation! The constant conflict and struggle between Sonnat (tradition) and modernism is not a new phenomenon in the Iranian society… and as a result every generation has suffered. Sonnat is so fundamental in our blood and bones that our feminists agree to partner up with men they meet an hour prior to the Come to West-marriage, women agree to have anal sex in order to save virginity, men are in pursuit of a modest woman but at the same time demand everything from an education, to a high paid job, and shiny lipstick from the Modern Times-Virgin Bride, say freedom of speech sits high in the agenda but cautiously choose to side with the wrong, promote talks with the Iranian regime and get the shia revival or treacherous triangle up and front on the bookstores' counters and shrug off arrests after arrests after arrests, Sangsar (stoning) and public executions as one percent of the judicial system, and we allow the tradition of censorship in daily life as well as in literature to continue… the list goes on and on...