Monday, October 20, 2003

These signs have been in Tehran for a while, but I failed to notice them until recently.




Father, you arrived home safely!


Of course I did, and it had nothing to with the fact I wore a helmet. Everything is in the hands of Allah, and if something bad did happen you could always blame it on western conspiracy.


Getting back to the earthquake article... this quote is interesting:


Most people think what God wills, will happen. This is absolutely wrong. This thinking is poisonous.

It is a surprising thing to say here (people from Qom must be calling for his head), but one of the reasons 99% of Iranian motorcyclists don't wear helmets is this belief in fatalism.

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