Posted on 11/26/2005 3:32:41 AM PST by infocats
TEHRAN
For years, Massoud Dehnamaki was known widely as the feared enforcer of conservative rules that restricted freedom for women and society.
In recent years, however, he has emerged as Iran's Michael Moore, having directed a documentary on the taboo issue of prostitution and another forthcoming film on soccer as a metaphor of political struggle.
Reformists and conservatives alike harshly criticized Mr. Dehnamaki for making the first movie, "Poverty and Prostitution." Conservatives were furious that one of their own had not only highlighted an un-Islamic social pathology but seemed to sympathize with the prostitutes. Reformists believed he deliberately exaggerated the problem to make a case against easing Islamic law.
In an interview in his basement office in downtown Tehran, Mr. Dehnamaki said both camps had gotten it wrong, and denied that his views had undergone a radical transformation.
"I was always concerned about justice in society," he said. "There was a time that I believed that the people were the problem. But that was a mistake. The real problems are our rulers, who have become used to corruption and cannot fulfill the promises of the early days of the revolution about social justice and equality."
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Had to barf here. Conservatism doesn't involve the enslavement, tyrannical or abusive treatment of any individual. That would be extremism, as in the extreme left.
Conservatism would be the opposite, a balanced perspective that barely deviates from the stated intent or platform. Think "Obeying the Constitution as it was written" - That would be conservatism.
Oh goody!
Just what the world needs. ANOTHER Michael Moore!/sarc
This guy is going to wake up dead one morning.
Which guy? You mean the author of the piece? This is not in the same vein as M Moore. His work is predicated upon distortion and conceit. He does not expose the inner corruption of social systems. Moore exemplifies the inner corruption in our society.
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