election in iran

[myrrh]

Originally Posted by Sean

How is protesting a lesser form of terrorism? And isn't Iran already doing "whatever they want" to end the protesting - essentially through straight up terrorism against their own citizens? And isn't that exactly why the protesters are continuing to protest?

This may be, but it doesn't justify the likely vote tampering that took place. The protesters have undeniable justification in speaking out against what's happened and what is happening now.

Protesting is a lesser form of terrorism in the fact that the purpose of terrorism is to displace the everyday life of normal civilians. So when things have to shut down due to a protest taking place, it is a lesser form of terrorism. For example, if a man has a deli on a street where there just happens to be a protest on today, and no one can come to his deli, and he loses all his business that day, then in effect those protesters were disrupting the normal flow of daily society, and this, to me, is a lesser form of terrorism.

And the protesters may have justification in speaking out against what is happening, but the reality is it wouldn't be happening, if they weren't protesting.