Iran: A Basement Culture!

So I guess we have to be proud that we are a basement culture. That we are something to your face and different in your absence. I look at this fashion show in Iran and I wonder if these people could sink any lower than what has been institutionalized in their blood and bones. This basement culture is not a product of this regime. The basement culture existed during shah’s regime as well. The difference was that the stoning, and psycho acts that we see under the current regime of Iran were not celebrated by people or the previous regime. The criminals would severely get punished. Now under the current regime these people who have attended this fashion show are happy that they belong to the bunch of hypocrites who can enjoy a fashion show in a basement. The issue is not who is rich and who is poor. Never mind that these people can’t care less for the stoning, or the public executions happening in their cities. What bothers me is that these people don’t have the dignity to tell themselves they are entitle to have a fashion show in public not in a basement!

Photo taken from SERENDIP's blog.