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• Desme commented on Zahra’s Paradise
  In answer to your question, if in Iran what would I do? There is no way to answer this. I come from a society and a country where I have never had to face a situation that could even remotely be similiar. I could only speculate from total inexperience. I may have mob mentality and be the first to strike or I may have a whiff of compassion for the Basij. It would depend on many factors. For example, have they hurt my children or loved ones? As any normal human, I experience strong feelings of vengeance and anger when I feel the side of righteousness has been gravely wronged . I know I would act on the side of my beliefs and those would be outrage at the injustice and brutality. But, I also may have the desire to not act in the same manner as that which I opposed. I do have a fierce pride in independence and the right to be who I am. This I believe to have inherited from my Kainai great grandfather, who practiced the Medicine Dance (aka Sun Dance) when outlawed by the Canadian government. The repercussion was not death or imprisonment, but they had their own special ways of making him pay for his defiance. Adherence to his beliefs and culture and identity as a free man were worth the persecution. I embrace this right to question and disagree and go against a governing force that does not have my best interests in mind. Is there a way to live under tyranny while retaining dignity and as much freedom as possible without violence? My great grandfather accomplished this. Perhaps I could too. That would be my wish.
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• Desme commented on Zahra’s Paradise
  At our local college, there is a professor who teaches a Graphic Novels course. I recommended Zahra's Paradise to him and indeed to anyone I think may take a look and perhaps even further...
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• Desme commented on Zahra’s Paradise
  "Don't cry for me, cry for your own plight." Jahan Pahlavan Takhti an admirable and honourable man.
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• Desme commented on Zahra’s Paradise
  I enjoy reading the discussions after I peruse the panel. This often offers more insight than I earlier gathered. This is all quite foreign for me, so it is good to gather all the main story progression from Amir & Khalil & the additional information from the readers.
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• Desme commented on Zahra’s Paradise
  I like the imagery of words in this panel..."barely visible, like the rest of us " and one flash at a time we'll snatch Mehdi out of Taymour's magnificent beast." That is great stuff!
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