--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think you are both basically correct in your description
> of the reasons why rural-based "backward" movements are
> often backed ny self-described leftists over urban-based
> "progressive" ones, but it has yet to be determined that
> what is happening in Iran is actually reducible to the
> country-vs.-city schema. You're talking about what is
> happening in foreigners' heads about what to think about
> Iran, not what is happening in Iran.
>
[Ws:] I clam no knowledge about the current situation in Iran, and as you probably noticed, I remain silent on the subject. I only commented on someone else thread observing a propensity of certain elements of the chattering class to embrace rural utopias.
Wojtek