I'd like to know who's reading my personal journal, you know? I'm pretty laid-back, and as long as we have something common and you're not someone who enjoys stirring shit up, I'd be more than glad to add you. A bit info about me under the cut if you're interested. ♥

( ★ You Know You're Curious ★ )

I'm trying something different, for anyone who'd like to:

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Tell me a secret.
It can be about anything - something silly, something serious, something you think about me or something about yourself. It can be something you need to get off your chest or just a "gee-whiz" thing you figured you could share since nobody will know who you are, including me. I've been sharing enough about myself, so it's your turn - say whatever you'd like to.

The people of Iran had their first sign of hope for a revolution in a long time. And it was stolen from them, without even the slightest hint of subtlety or care that that the hopes of countless people were being so openly trampled upon.

When people began protesting, peacefully, this obvious and outrageous crime, the government tried to shut it down as fast as they could. Text messaging across the entire country has been disabled, "as was satellite, and websites which can spread information such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the BBC are blocked in the country". At five in the morning, at a university near Tehran, soldiers stormed the dormitories and shot and killed five students as they were sleeping. 192 members of the faculty have resigned in protest.

Those students who were killed were the same age as myself and many of you, or not much older. And their lives were taken because of peaceful protests, while the government gunned them down in their sleep, like dogs.

THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

If you, like me, are outraged at this injustice, please, do something. This post here lists several ways you can keep up-to-date and help, even if it's only in some small way. At a time when the Iranian government is trying to shut down all sources carrying information out of the country, the spread of that same information is the most important thing. So I ask you, please go to the following source, and add the same post to your own blog/journal/whatever you can.

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If you are reading this right now, you have more luxury than someone in Iran could ever hope for right now. If you are watching TV or a video on youtube, updating your status on Facebook, Tweeting, or even texting your friend, you are lucky. If you are safe in your home, and were able to sleep last night without the sounds of screaming from the rooftops, you need to know and understand what is happening to people just like you in Iran right now.




They are not the enemy. They are a people whose election has been stolen. For the first time in a long time, a voice for change struck the youth of Iran, just as it did for many people in the United States only seven months ago. Hossein Mousavi gained the support of millions of people in Iran as a Presidential candidate. He stands for progressiveness. He supports good relations with the West, and the rest of the world. He is supported with fervor as he challenges the oppressive regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

On Friday, millions of people waited for hours in line to vote in Iran's Presidential election. Later that night, as votes came in, Mousavi was alerted that he was winning by a two-thirds margin. Then there was a change. Suddenly, it was Ahmadinejad who had 68% of the vote - in areas which have been firmly against his political party, he overwhelmingly won. Within three hours, millions of votes were supposedly counted - the victor was Ahmadinejad. Immediately fraud was suspected - there was no way he could have won by this great a margin with such oppposition. Since then, reports have been coming in of burned ballots, or in some cases numbers being given without any being counted at all. None of this is confirmed, but what happened next seems to do the trick.




The people of Iran took the streets and rooftops. They shout "Death to the dictator" and "Allah o akbar." They join together to protest. Peacefully. The police attack some, but they stay strong. Riots happen, and the shouting continues all night. Text messaging was disabled, as was satellite, and websites which can spread information such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the BBC are blocked in the country. At five in the morning, Arabic speaking soldiers (the people of Iran speak Farsi) stormed a university in the capital city of Tehran. While sleeping in their dormitories, five students were killed. Others were wounded. These soldiers are thought to have been brought in by Ahmadinejad from Lebanon. Today, 192 of the university's faculty have resigned in protest.

Mousavi requested that the government allow a peaceful rally to occur this morning - the request was denied. Many thought that it would not happen. Nevertheless, first a few thousand people showed up in the streets of Tehran. At this point, it is estimated that 1 to 2 million people were there. Mousavi spoke on the top of a car. The police stood by. For a few hours, everything was peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest for so many in Iran no older than I am. Tonight there is a Green Revolution.


For more information:
PICTURES:
here and here
NEW INFORMATION:
Here - near constant updates
Here - ONTD_political live post
ON TWITTER:
@StopAhmadi, @ProtesterHelp



دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election
- original post by one_hoopy_frood

Spread it everywhere. They can't speak for themselves, so let's put that First Amendment to good use.