I'm not sure that political views are inherited anyway. ;) Grand-Duke Nikolai Romanov's political views are a far cry from those of Tsar Nikolas.
--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Marv Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
> From: Marv Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Hamid Dabashi on Iran
> To: "LBO-Talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 9:44 AM
> Michael Smith writes:
>
> > I note with some pleasure that the late Shah's son
> has
> > joined the pro-democracy forces:
> =====================================
> The irrelevant exiled royalists, the Rafsanjani-Mousavi
> faction of the
> ruling regime, and the demonstrating students and youth all
> have different
> and often conflicting values and interests - inevitably the
> case when very
> diverse forces coalesce in any social upheaval.
>
> It seems evident that, were you in Iran, you and others on
> the list would be
> watching the unfolding events from the balconies with
> sardonic detachment
> rather than participating in them.
>
> Would you ever join a movement for democratic rights aimed
> at deposing the
> present regime? How would it differ from the one which
> presently exists?
> Would you decline to march with those whose class
> background or possible
> illusions about the West offended you? How would you
> propose to exclude
> those you disliked or with whom you disagreed?
>
>
>
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