[lbo-talk] Tell them we are democrats (was: freedom to swim)

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Thu Jun 25 14:11:47 PDT 2009


On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:46:53 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
>
> > Unless you assume really massive electoral fraud -- massive enough
> > to change the result -- of which there is no substantive evidence,
> > then it seems pretty clear that a substantial majority of Iranians
> > *don't* "want a secular government."
>
> Maybe, maybe not. It'd be nice if Iranians were allowed to have the
> choice, no?

Well, they had a choice between a more and less "moderate" figure and (unless you believe the massive fraud theory) they appear to have chosen the less "moderate".

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