( Milani is the head of Iran studies at Standford U.)
"ROBERTS: Does the government not want her to become a martyr here, a rallying point, as we saw during the 1979 revolution?
MILANI: The government has made every effort to even make it impossible, as you pointed in your description, of even having a funeral for this young lady.
But I think they figure consistently wrong. They miscalculate. They make the same mistakes that other despots make. They think, by pressure, by intimidation, they can erase memory. Memory has a way of surviving despotic interferences.
And I think Neda has become the voice and the image of this moment in history."
What stood out to me was this: "They think, by pressure, by intimidation, they can erase memory. Memory has a way of surviving despotic interferences."
Especially: "They think, by pressure, by intimidation, they can erase memory."
Very useful for Targeted Individuals..especially to validate that what is happening is indeed a process of trying to re write a history.
Apply it.
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