Comment Re:Gandhi isn't always right (Score 2, Interesting) 838
Exactly. Ghandi had the ideal conditions for his style of protest. He was not just a silly idealist, but rather a clear headed thinker. He looked for the method that would cause them to lose face at home. Iranians don't have such a situation. They are the voters who have been decieved. They are rising up and telling thier governement that they do not approve of being lied to.
They arent just comitting random acts of violence as far as I can tell. I watched a youtube video earlier where the crowd attacked a riot cop who was on a motorbike swinging a baton at the crowd. They pulled him off the bike and torched the bike. Yet they spared him any attack beyond that. In a mob situation like that it is easy to lose your humanity. The crowd could have killed him, yet they didn't. That shows to me that they are genuinely angry yet still responsible about it. Even Ghandi would have approved of this.
They arent just comitting random acts of violence as far as I can tell. I watched a youtube video earlier where the crowd attacked a riot cop who was on a motorbike swinging a baton at the crowd. They pulled him off the bike and torched the bike. Yet they spared him any attack beyond that. In a mob situation like that it is easy to lose your humanity. The crowd could have killed him, yet they didn't. That shows to me that they are genuinely angry yet still responsible about it. Even Ghandi would have approved of this.