{"id":8089,"date":"2009-06-25T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8089"},"modified":"2009-06-25T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T14:04:09","slug":"i-thought-three-times-about-posting-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8089","title":{"rendered":"Torture in Iran: I Thought Three Times About Posting This"},"content":{"rendered":"

But I decided that, since the Iranian government has shut down just about every outlet by which people there could get there stories out, and since the Iranian government is trying so hard not only to take control of how events in Iran are shaped, but also to hide what is going on there<\/a>–check out this article<\/a> in particular–that it is more important to bear witness when we can and watching this video will be nothing if it is not bearing witness: not to sentimentalize the man being tortured in this video in the way that Neda has been sentimentalized, but because if we do not bear witness, then the people who perpetrated and the people who gave license to the perpetrators for this kind of thing will have won. (I will add that an Iranian friend of mine points out that the thugs in the video are speaking a language other than Persian.)<\/p>\n

I will say it again: This video is very, very, very, very disturbing, and if you have triggers it will likely pull all of them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ETA: This clip from The Daily Show is also worth watching:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\nMon – Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reza Aslan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
www.thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Daily Show
Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n		Political Humor<\/a><\/td>\nJason Jones in Iran<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Cross-posted on It’s All Connected<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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