I'm hoping the younger ones rise up.
Me too.
Everyone says they love western culture, but silence from the lambs is all we get. It makes me appreciate the freedom of speech we have here even more. These people must be terrified to speak out.
Well, since the mullahs gave a seminar on suicide bombing to 1000 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS last week, finishing off with an event where a good number of the students signed pledges to go off and be suicide bombers, I'm not sure we necessarily want that.
A lot of the younger ones supported and worked for the election of the current nutcase and were dissatisfied with the prior leaders only because they felt they are not extreme enough.
That said, there are certainly some who are opposed to the regime and its craziness. It's a complicated situation, but I don't think we should pin our hopes on them; we've been engaging in that wishful thinking for some time now.