اندیشمند بزرگترین احساسش عشق است و هر عملش با خرد
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Monday, October 6, 2014
Yes, It Makes One Think!
Whenever putting pressure on Iranian regime is needed by the US government and its European allies (to enforce Islamic regime's policies inline with the West, i.e. their policies on Syria and Russia), Zionist propagandists and Israeli regime's mouthpiece begin their efforts in creating an anti-Muslim/ anti-Arab/ anti-MIddleEastern, and of course anti-Iranian climate. Unfortunately, due to such regressive, corrupt, and callous nature of Iranian regime, it is not hard to create such an environment. As such is the following statement e-mailed widely. The propaganda piece (in blue) is long, but the rebuttal (in green) is short, and only offers links for further readings to those interested (do not miss the statement in green following the blue):
Whenever putting pressure on Iranian regime is needed by the US government and its European allies (to enforce Islamic regime's policies inline with the West, i.e. their policies on Syria and Russia), Zionist propagandists and Israeli regime's mouthpiece begin their efforts in creating an anti-Muslim/ anti-Arab/ anti-MIddleEastern, and of course anti-Iranian climate. Unfortunately, due to such regressive, corrupt, and callous nature of Iranian regime, it is not hard to create such an environment. As such is the following statement e-mailed widely. The propaganda piece (in blue) is long, but the rebuttal (in green) is short, and only offers links for further readings to those interested (do not miss the statement in green following the blue):
Sunday, September 21, 2014
شاعره جرالدین مور- نوشتهٔ تونی کیِد
جرالدین در گوشهای ایستاد تا جورابش را بالا بکشد. کِشهائی
را که به جورابش بسته بود تا آنها را نگه دارند باعث خراش پاهایش میشدند. کتابهایش
را زمین گذاشت تا خوب پاهایش را بخاراند. موقعی که جوراب پای چپش را بالا میکشید،
دو انگشتش داخل قسمت فوقانی آن شدند. در حالیکه کتابهایش را بر میداشت و بر خلاف
جهت همه در پیاده رو میرفت با خودش زمزمه کرد: “سگ احمق. اول لباس ورزشی را جوید و
باعث شد که به دردسر بیافتم، و اکنون این جورابها.”
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Somebody Blew Up America by Amiri Baraka
| Somebody Blew Up America by Amiri Baraka |
| They say its some terrorist, some barbaric A Rab, in Afghanistan It wasn't our American terrorists It wasn't the Klan or the Skin heads Or the them that blows up nigger Churches, or reincarnates us on Death Row It wasn't Trent Lott Or David Duke or Giuliani Or Schundler, Helms retiring |
Friday, September 5, 2014
Water Scare
There is a
drought in California and almost all Californians know it by now. We have to
expect more of such natural phenomena in coming years as global warning, which
has been repeatedly hollered since late 1970s, is still ignored by policy
makers as a scientific hoax. The problem with lack of attention to and
acknowledgement of human-caused tragedies is that, the same catastrophes are
bound to be repeated and even exasperated. The positive aspect of paying
attention to warnings and acknowledging the cause of a cataclysm is preventive
measures that the government could take, or at least it could ease the complexities.
Although generally speaking, governments have been in the pocket of the big
business who only considers present benefits and ignores future damages as a
result of their environmental destruction. For example, if governments (city,
state, federal) paid more attention to scientists’ forewarning of global warming, they would have thought of a method to increase the amount of water
without relying merely on annual rainfall, and/or would have increased water storage
in the years when there was excess water. In fact, some municipalities were
more thoughtful and they had adopted a water conservation policy as an ongoing
remedy in order to expand their water storage. Educating the public in water
conservation would be another tactic. However, as it always happens,
resolutions to solve a problem are mandated when the catastrophe has already occurred,
and as it is the recurring instance, it falls on the public to foot the bill.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
ریشه های زن ستیزی در ادبیات کلاسیک فارسی- نوشته مریم حسینی
ریشه های زن ستیزی به سالیان
دراز و ورای مرزهای ایران برمیگردد و میتوان در صفحات تاریخ رد پای آنرا یافت. رژیمهای
اقتدارگرا و دیسپُت بیش از سایر رژیمها و به منظور تسلط بیشتر بر جامعه حاکم، تضادهای
آن جامعه از جمله تضادهای قومی، مذهبی، و جنسی را پر رنگ تر و به اختلافات ناشی از
آن دامن میزنند. زمانیکه رژیم بطور علنی و با شمشیر برهنه به یکی از این گروهها حمله
میکند، عکسالعمل گروهِ آسیب دیده مبارزهٔ آرام و فرسایشی، و در عین حال ممتد است.
زنانی که برای نزدیک به چهار
دهه با وجود قوانین متعدد و به انحائ گوناگون از طرف رژیم تحقیر شده اند، با مبارزه
و تلاش پیگیر سعی در آن دارند که بتوانند از طرق دیگر جبران مافات کنند. یکی از این
طرق ارتقائ از نردبان ترقی در کلیه امور سیاسی، حقوقی، فرهنگی، ورزشی و علمی است.
نمونه های آن بسیار و پراکنده است. معدودی از این زنان، مثل شیرین عبادی، به مقامی
از پیروزی جهانی میرسند که باعث افتخار زنان سرزمین خود، و شرمساری رژیم زن ستیز میشوند.
آخرین نمونه درخشش زنان پیشتاز سرزمین ما مریم میرزاخانی است که در چنین رژیمی رشد
یافته، و نخستین زنی است که مدال علمی فیلدز را نصیب خود کرده است.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Sophi City (3)
New Horizon
There is always a cool breeze blowing from the ocean, which is especially
refreshing to those who enjoy colder climate. However, some find the weather cold and they despise the rain and mist which are present most of the
year in this island. In a small room, the window facing the water is cracked open. A moist
breeze is pushing itself through the crack and makes the heavy load of blankets
covering Julie more appropriate. The rapidly brightening dim light brings her
back from a wild dream to an unconscious reality, which makes her bewildered for
a few minutes. She opens her eyes to see the light, and by scanning the room
she gets lost as to where the strange place she is surrounded with is. Right in
front of her and outside the window, is the vast ocean with a red and clean
globe rising out of the water, gently and with certain grace. A soft cloud of
mist and fog is evaporating from the ocean and covering parts of the sun
momentarily. She looks at the globe as the light emitting from it glows
brighter, to the point that it starts stinging her eyes. After a moment of
adjustment, her eyes are diverted to the room and some of the objects in it. The
aluminum window is old and dirty. A half broken half hanged set of horizontal
blinds are covering a small top portion of the window. The walls with no paint,
or what she considers to be whitewash, are short and surround the small room,
the window and the door. There is nothing in the room but two beds and several
blankets mostly on the beds, with a few of them fallen on the damp and untidy floor.Wednesday, July 23, 2014
نقد فیلم پزشک Medico
بازیگران این فیلم نقشهای خود را به
شایستگی بازی میکنند، به خصوص پسر انگلیسی شاگرد ابن سینا. صحنه آرائی فیلم نیز بی
نظیر است. از اینکه تمدن ایران آن زمان را مطابق معمول فرنگیان تمدن اسلامی نمی
نامند باعث خوشحالی است. بطور کلی آنچه که به آن سینماتوگرافی یا هنر فیلمبرداری
میگویند به طرز شایانی در این فیلم به کار گرفته شده است. در سایر جهات فیلمسازی،
از دکور تا لباس تا موقعیت بومی و سرزمینی به طرز شایستهای استفاده شده است.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
When Great Trees Fall- Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928- May 28, 2014)
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Cinco de Mayo- سینکو دِ مایو یا پنجم ماه مِه
جشنِ روز پنجم ماه مِه در مکزیک و ایالات جنوب غربی آمریکا (کالیفرنیا، آریزونا،
نیو مکزیکو، تکزاس) هر ساله بر پاست. عدهای تصور میکنند که این جشن به مناسبت روز
استقلال مکزیک است. گرچه مکزیک، که از نظر مساحت سیزدهمین کشور بزرگ دنیا و از نظر
نفوس بزرگترین کشور اسپانیائی زبان محسوب میشود، از زمان تهاجم و استعمار اسپانیا در سال ۱۵۲۱ هیچگاه نتوانست استقلال کامل خود را حفظ کند. با این وجود روز دیگری را به منظور جشن استقلال
اختصاص داده است که در ۱۶ سپتامبر
(گِریتو د دولورِس؛ به مناسبت واقعهٔ ۱۶ سپتامبر
۱۸۱۰) میباشد.Thursday, May 1, 2014
اول ماه مه، روز جهانی کارگر
پیش از سقوط اتحاد جماهیر شوروی، روز اول ماه مه، یا روز جهانی کارگر مشخصه تفاوت بین
اردوگاه غرب و اردوگاه شرق بود؛ بدین معنا که دولتهائی که طرفدار اردوگاه شرق و جامعهای با تساوی اقتصادی بودند این روز را جشن میگرفتند. از آنطرف، آنها که به غرب
تمایل داشتند این روز را به رسمیت نمی شناختند و روز دیگری را به عنوان روز کارگر در
گاهشمار خود میگُنجاندند. به عنوان نمونه، اولین دوشنبه ماه سپتامبر به عنوان روز
کارگر در آمریکا شناخته شده است. جالب توجه است که روز اول ماه مِه به دلیل واقعهای
که به عنوان “فاجعه هی مارکت” شناخته شد و در شیکاگو در ۴ مِه سال ۱۸۸۶ رخ داد، که در ادامه تظاهرات مسالمت
آمیز اول ماه مِه کارگران برای کوتاه کردن ساعات کار به هشت ساعت در روز برگذار شده
بود، بدین روز اطلاق گردید. در ۱۴ ژوئیه سال ۱۸۸۹ در انترناسیونال دوم در پاریس، هیئت نمایندگی بیست کشور شرکت کننده به
چنین روزی رأی دادند. علاوه بر این، هشتمین روز از ماه مارس را به عنوان روز بینالمللی
زنان (در ادامه انترناسیونال در سال ۱۹۱۰)، و تصویب هشت ساعت کار
در روز ، در میان سایر خواسته های خود عنوان کردند. مطالب مربوط به روز جهانی کارگر و واقعه
“هی مارکت” و انترناسیونال دوم در ویکیپدیا دانشنامه آزاد، تشریح شدهاند.
May Day
Before the fall of the Soviet Union, International Workers’ Day or
Labor Day or May Day,
marked the distinction between the Western and the
Eastern camps. Governments which were followers of the Eastern camp, or those
who were socialist in nature or in appearance, celebrated May 1 as the day to recognize
labor and its struggles towards an equitable society. On the other hand,
governments which were pro-West, did not mark this day as the day of the labor
and consider other days in their calendars, such as first Monday in September
as in the US. Interestingly, May first was selected in the Second International
in Paris on 14th of July 1889 by delegations from 20 countries,
after the event of Haymarket Massacre in Chicago on May 4 1886 following the
March that started on May 1 demanding an eight hour workday. In addition to
declaration of Workers’ Day in 1889, March 8 was declared as International
Women’s Day (1910) by the Second International, and 8-hour working day was
demanded, among many other declarations. Articles about Haymarket, Second
International, and May Day can be found in Wikipedia.Monday, April 28, 2014
HUMANITY
We call ourselves human being, a specie that branched out
from other mammals in a significant manner about 2.3 million years ago. Those
who moved out of Africa million years later were even more developed and acquired
more physical resemblance to our present features. Throughout centuries, we
human beings continued on a different evolutionary progression than other
species by transforming the nature to fashion it more suitable to our well-being.
We have created technological schemes to reduce direct effects of nature, while
other species have been unable of making such changes. In short, we have made
life more comfortable through such innovations, and lengthier through
treatments for diseases and ailments. In spite of all the successes we have made
in enhancing our living standard and broadening our lifespan, we have caused calamities
which have harmed many lives and precipitated extinction of many species. This
pattern may cause our own annihilation along with all life forms, considering rapid
environmental changes and destructive force of our weaponry in a mass scale:
Thursday, April 10, 2014
نامه به خدا- نوشته گریگوریو لوپز ای فوئنتس
کلبه- که در امتدادِ آن وادیِ منحصر به فرد قرار گرفته بود- بر ستیغ
یک تپه کوتاه قرار داشت. از این بلندی فرد میتوانست رودخانه را همراه با زمینِ
پوشیده از ذرت که با گلهای لوبیا قرمز گُله به گُله تزئین شده بود، و از برداشتِ خوبی
حاکی میکرد، در آن سوی حصار مشاهده کند.
تنها چیزی که در حال حاضر زمین احتیاج داشت بارش، و یا حداقل یک
رگبار بود. لنچو که با زمین زراعتی خود کاملا مانوس بود، تمام صبح نشسته بود و خیره
شدن به سمت شمالِ باختریِ آسمان برای بررسی وضع هوا تنها کاری بود که میتوانست بکند:
“میگم خانم، به نظر میاد که بالاخره میخواد یه بارونی بزنه.” خانم که مشغول آشپزی بود جواب
داد “آره، به امید خدا.”
Friday, April 4, 2014
Sophi City (2)
New Arrivals
People living in Sophi City use resources equally. Whether we call them inhabitants or inmates, they are residents of an island where they will eventually be buried. Streets, shops, and places don’t have names. There is an untold and unwritten code of conduct that everyone, or almost everyone, obeys; and since there is no contact with outside, necessity of a government body has not been envisioned. The more optimist citizens of the island philosophize that up to the recent times, people have been bound to the land where they were born, for the remaining of their lives. They think of the same circumstance, exasperated by the fact that they are denied of the modern technology, and their life style mimics those of their forefathers. At least, optimists reason, their living conditions are much better than those living in the US prisons or clinics; especially those who lose their lives to capital punishment. On The other side, there are pessimists who do not appreciate their life sentence in the island, and they condone their conditions. Some miss their former family members, relatives, and friends. However, it does not take long for the pessimists to join the optimists’ camp, due to the positive attitudes spread out among the islanders. There are people with talents and professions of diverse sorts, and they are free to express themselves. The large room or salon where new arrivals are led to, comprises of two doors; one near the waterfront wharf, and one at the other end leading to the longest street in the island. Above this door, there is a wooden arch-shaped tableau covered with various figures designed by straws and rocks, and a statement made of seashells that reads: “It is not my decision to start life here. It is not my decision to leave this life. It is my decision to enjoy the best life while I am here.” The population of the island is constantly increasing, as there is a new shipment almost every month. When they arrive in the island, they look confused as they are not given much information about their destination after they are sentenced to life to Sophi City. New arrivals enter a large room and stand by the wall looking at the people in the room, whom are dispersed around the room. Some are sitting by themselves, indifferent of the new faces. Some are talking to each other and some are just staring at the new condemned. For the new arrivals, the large room seems small and stifling.
Monday, March 3, 2014
باغ سریال- نوشته جون آیکِن
مارک در حالیکه با بی اشتهایی به ظرف
صبحانهاش نگاه میکرد با اعتراض پرسید “فرنیِ سرد بجای صبحانه؟” مادرش گفت “اینقدر ایراد گیر نباش. فقط تو
یکی داری اعتراض میکنی.” در حقیقت این حرفِ منصفانه ای نبود چرا که او و مارک
تنها کسانی بودند که سر سفرهٔ صبحانه نشسته بودند. هرییِت رفته بود خانه یکی از همکلاسیهایش
و سرخک گرفته بود، و آقای آرمیتاژ بغفلت در گنجهٔ قفل شده حبس شده بود. خانم آرمیتاژ هم که به هرحال هیچوقت
بغیر از نان و مارمالاد چیز دیگری روی میز صبحانه نمیگذاشت. مارک همینطور با اخم به فرنی سرد نگاه
میکرد. این تنها صبحانه ای بود که در گنجه نبود، و همان موقع از یخچال بیرون آمده
بود.Saturday, March 1, 2014
THE GRAND DESIGN
Our vision of the future is
the most important characteristic that separates us from
other living organisms. We visualize a situation or a condition based on understanding of our surroundings and our knowledge of the past. We are certain that nothing lasts forever, and not only living organisms are mortal, so are other matters such as rocks and liquids. The only difference is the time that it takes for each object to decay. We know by experience that it takes milk two hours to spoil in room temperature; and it takes a plastic bottle one million years to decompose. In general, rates of change are different for each object. Therefore, change is a certainty, but the method and time of change varies. We may expand this to our galaxy and our universe and our world as a whole. Equipped with historical knowledge of our galaxy, our universe, and the events that started our world, scientists can draw a picture of the condition that determines fate of our world. Depending on how the beginning is theorized, the future can be predicted as the continuation of the same process. Some scientists have come to the conclusion that everything started at the point of the Big Bang, and anything prior to that event is dismissed as irrelevant. A few disregard the idea of the Big Bang, for a supreme munificent that created everything for a purpose not disclosed to us. Fewer scientists believe that the creator had designed everything, and the Big Bang was a part of such design. Some, including Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, speculate that it was designed by a scientifically conceivable natural and logical process, without interference by any supreme being.
other living organisms. We visualize a situation or a condition based on understanding of our surroundings and our knowledge of the past. We are certain that nothing lasts forever, and not only living organisms are mortal, so are other matters such as rocks and liquids. The only difference is the time that it takes for each object to decay. We know by experience that it takes milk two hours to spoil in room temperature; and it takes a plastic bottle one million years to decompose. In general, rates of change are different for each object. Therefore, change is a certainty, but the method and time of change varies. We may expand this to our galaxy and our universe and our world as a whole. Equipped with historical knowledge of our galaxy, our universe, and the events that started our world, scientists can draw a picture of the condition that determines fate of our world. Depending on how the beginning is theorized, the future can be predicted as the continuation of the same process. Some scientists have come to the conclusion that everything started at the point of the Big Bang, and anything prior to that event is dismissed as irrelevant. A few disregard the idea of the Big Bang, for a supreme munificent that created everything for a purpose not disclosed to us. Fewer scientists believe that the creator had designed everything, and the Big Bang was a part of such design. Some, including Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, speculate that it was designed by a scientifically conceivable natural and logical process, without interference by any supreme being.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
سپندارمذگان یا ولنتاین- نقل از گروه آریا در یاهو
February 18 coincides with 29 Bahman
روز ۲۹ بهمن مصادف ۱۸ فوریه است
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بهمن ماه (ولنتاین) را به عشقمان تبریک بگوییم یا
۲۹ بهمن ماه (سپندارمذگان) را؟
سال ها دل طلب جام جم از ما می کرد
وانچه خود داشت ز بیگانه تمنا می کرد
تنها مدت کمی به اواخر بهمن ماه و اواسط ماه فوریه باقی مانده که
روز عشق فرنگی (ولنتاین)
و
روز عشق ایران باستان (سپندارمذگان)
به فاصله ی چهار روز از هم قرار دارند

سال ها دل طلب جام جم از ما می کرد
وانچه خود داشت ز بیگانه تمنا می کرد
تنها مدت کمی به اواخر بهمن ماه و اواسط ماه فوریه باقی مانده که
روز عشق فرنگی (ولنتاین)
و
روز عشق ایران باستان (سپندارمذگان)
به فاصله ی چهار روز از هم قرار دارند
Saturday, February 1, 2014
نقد دو کتاب جرج ارول: مزرعه حیوانات و ۱۹۸۴**
در سال ۱۹۸۴ مردم در سراسر جهان، در جستجوی یک کتاب قدیمی
که در دبیرستان خوانده بودند به فروشگاه های کتاب هجوم بردند. عنوان کتاب هزار
و نهصد و هشتاد و چهار (۱۹۸۴)
بود و به نظر مردم خنده آور
میرسید که چگونه جورج اورول میتوانست در پیش
بینیهایش چنین اشتباه گزافی کرده باشد. آنها به اشتباهاتی که در این کتاب وجود
داشت میخندیدند، و به خصوص خوشحال بودند که دولتهایشان هیچ شباهتی به رژیمی که
ارول در این کتاب توصیف میکرد نداشتند. این ساده نگریِ مردم به
راستی مانند شخصیتهای کتاب ۱۹۸۴بود؛ چرا که آنها به دشواری میتوانستند
نزولِ دولت را به سوی استبداد تشخیص دهند. دنیائی که در این کتاب ترشیم شده است در
سال ۲۰۱۴ کاملا قابل لمس است. درست مانند "تِلهسکرین"، مردم امروز از
طریق دوربین های امنیتی، اینترنت، و تهدید جدید “اِن.اِس.اِ” کنترل، و کوچکترین جنبهٔ
زندگی افراد زیر نظر دولت است. کسی در امریکا برای انتقاد به سیاستهای دولت کشته
نمیشود، اما دولت آمریکا می تواند یک فرد را به دلیل یک تهدید، و یا به عنوان یک
تروریست برای همیشه به زندان خلیج گوانتانامو بفرستد. وزارت عشق در رمان خیالی از
سرنوشت زندانیان در گوانتانامو سخن میگوید:
مردم داخل میشوند و هیچگاه بر نمیگردند، و کسی جرأت ندارد از دولت بپرسد که بر
سر آنها چه رفته است. تعطیلات و جشنهای ما بدین منظور بنا شدهاند که مشقات زندگی را،
مانند آنهایی که در ۱۹۸۴آمده است، برای مدت کوتاهی فراموش کنیم. هر
چه بیشتر این کتاب اورول مطالعه شود شباهتهای بیشتری با زندگی امروزه یافت
میشوند. برخی ممکن است ادعا کنند که اتفاقاتی مشابه حوادث ۱۹۸۴برای افرادی
هوشمند مثل جامعه ما رخ نخواهد داد، اما شاید این واقعیت که ما فکر می کنیم ما را
نمی شود فریب داد مستمسکی است در دست دولت برای تحمیق ما.
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