Comments on: Top 6 things that piss me off about #IranElection http://siliconangle.com/ramine/2009/06/18/top-6-things-that-piss-me-off-about-iranelection/ Entrepreneur, Nerd, Gamer and occasional Blogger Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:47:37 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ramine Darabiha http://siliconangle.com/ramine/2009/06/18/top-6-things-that-piss-me-off-about-iranelection/#comment-33 Ramine Darabiha Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:55:16 +0000 http://ramine.net/?p=83#comment-33 I hopefully you are right :) I hopefully you are right :)

]]> By: Marko http://siliconangle.com/ramine/2009/06/18/top-6-things-that-piss-me-off-about-iranelection/#comment-32 Marko Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:42:33 +0000 http://ramine.net/?p=83#comment-32 Oh and one other thing about the 5) Flip flopping; I understand what you are saying in this, but I would think that the negative statements that you mentioned here have most likely been towards the government and their policy, which of course gets most of the news. It's just natural as there [in Iran] has now been people stating their opposing opinions towards the more conservative policy that the people in Twitter, and in many other places too, have stated their support for them. And I hope there really haven't been people out there who really believe Iran is a some kind of a developing country. People should read some history if that has been the case. :) Oh and one other thing about the 5) Flip flopping;

I understand what you are saying in this, but I would think that the negative statements that you mentioned here have most likely been towards the government and their policy, which of course gets most of the news.

It's just natural as there [in Iran] has now been people stating their opposing opinions towards the more conservative policy that the people in Twitter, and in many other places too, have stated their support for them.

And I hope there really haven't been people out there who really believe Iran is a some kind of a developing country. People should read some history if that has been the case. :)

]]> By: Marko http://siliconangle.com/ramine/2009/06/18/top-6-things-that-piss-me-off-about-iranelection/#comment-31 Marko Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:28:40 +0000 http://ramine.net/?p=83#comment-31 Thank you for this nice post Ramine! I always like to support statements and writings which hopefully make people to think things from many different angles. Although I put my Twitter avatar green, but more to show my support for the overall situation to end peacefully and that I'm following and interested about what is happening. In a way I agree with what Cheryl said up there about going straight to the source and see what people are really thinking (if that's possible). Last summer I visited Israel the first time and after that it has really bothered me how media sometimes treats either the Jewish people or the Arab people as the 'terrorists' – depends who is writing about the everlasting conflict. If one could only talk with the ordinary people out there, one could see that most of the people just want peace – this most likely is an universal thing that people are after, I hope. This may sound just too sweet to your ears to bear, but I think people should sometimes forget who's been so-called right and who's wrong and who has been first to live somewhere, and try to settle their differences and make things better from here on. It's just heartbreaking sometimes to see how close some groups are to each others, closer than they can even understand, with their ways of acting in life. Thank you for this nice post Ramine!

I always like to support statements and writings which hopefully make people to think things from many different angles. Although I put my Twitter avatar green, but more to show my support for the overall situation to end peacefully and that I'm following and interested about what is happening.

In a way I agree with what Cheryl said up there about going straight to the source and see what people are really thinking (if that's possible).

Last summer I visited Israel the first time and after that it has really bothered me how media sometimes treats either the Jewish people or the Arab people as the 'terrorists' – depends who is writing about the everlasting conflict. If one could only talk with the ordinary people out there, one could see that most of the people just want peace – this most likely is an universal thing that people are after, I hope.

This may sound just too sweet to your ears to bear, but I think people should sometimes forget who's been so-called right and who's wrong and who has been first to live somewhere, and try to settle their differences and make things better from here on. It's just heartbreaking sometimes to see how close some groups are to each others, closer than they can even understand, with their ways of acting in life.

]]> By: Ramine Darabiha http://siliconangle.com/ramine/2009/06/18/top-6-things-that-piss-me-off-about-iranelection/#comment-30 Ramine Darabiha Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:17:03 +0000 http://ramine.net/?p=83#comment-30 Don't get me wrong, I think it's great you're getting into a cause and trying to help! I just wish people would be a little more cool headed about this :) Don't get me wrong, I think it's great you're getting into a cause and trying to help!

I just wish people would be a little more cool headed about this :)

]]> By: Cheryl http://siliconangle.com/ramine/2009/06/18/top-6-things-that-piss-me-off-about-iranelection/#comment-29 Cheryl Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:09:08 +0000 http://ramine.net/?p=83#comment-29 OK, so maybe setting your twitter location to Tehran isn't actually effective, but my desire to help the people there, even in a very small way, was genuine even if it was naive. It's my fervent hope that people will someday soon begin to cross the boundaries of national identity and engage directly with each other on a large scale, perhaps through social media such as twitter, in order to avoid situations like those you described in #5. Too often (speaking here as an American) the general public perception comes only from what our evening news shows foreign leaders saying - which they only show when it's something outrageous, like Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial and calls for wiping Israel off the map. People need more complete information on which to base their opinions of the whole people of another country, and our mass media and governments aren't giving it to us. Seems best, then, to go straight to the source to find out what "the people" think and what they're like, no? OK, so maybe setting your twitter location to Tehran isn't actually effective, but my desire to help the people there, even in a very small way, was genuine even if it was naive. It's my fervent hope that people will someday soon begin to cross the boundaries of national identity and engage directly with each other on a large scale, perhaps through social media such as twitter, in order to avoid situations like those you described in #5. Too often (speaking here as an American) the general public perception comes only from what our evening news shows foreign leaders saying - which they only show when it's something outrageous, like Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial and calls for wiping Israel off the map. People need more complete information on which to base their opinions of the whole people of another country, and our mass media and governments aren't giving it to us. Seems best, then, to go straight to the source to find out what "the people" think and what they're like, no?

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