A plea from Iran
<p>I received an email that deeply moved me a few moments ago.  I&#8217;m going to reproduce it here exactly, except that (as requested) I am omitting the name of the sender.  Because I think I&#8217;m going to need a term of reference for him, I am substituting the name of a legendary Persian hero.</p>
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<p>My name is [Rostam] , an open source fan and your blog regular commenter &#8230;</p>
<p>Regarding to security consideration,  PLEASE KEEP MY IDENTITY SECRET !!</p>
<p>I wanted to inform you about what&#8217;s happening in Iran , but the the wildness circle of Iran&#8217;s religious and dictatorship regime is so that I can just invite you to check this two link in youtube :</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/results?&#038;search_type=&#038;search_query=neda+protest</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/results?&#038;search_type=&#038;search_query=iran+protest</p>
<p>Eric, I know that I will maybe face the deadly threats by sending this email. But, I do this because I do believe in freedom.</p>
<p>Inasmuch as, you are one of the most influent persons in one of the most talented community (Hackers) in the world, I humbly ask you write about Iran and what&#8217;s going on there.</p>
<p>Please tell the world that Persian people are fight for freedom . Our fight is &#8220;weapon less&#8221; against a full armored enemy . Our weapon is our great civilization , is our will of freedom and is our prior experience over the history.</p>
<p>PLEASE tell the world that there is no doubt at all that we will see freedom as you saw it after destroying Hitler&#8217;s nightmare &#8230;</p>
<p>Sincerely Yours , [Rostam]
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<p>Rostam, I will indeed blog about this.  I begin by publishing your plea, which despite its somewhat broken English is probably as eloquent as anything I could write on the matter.  You have my promise of secrecy.  I will have more to say in coming days.</p>
<p>And, an interesting contrast with <a href="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=290">my last email from Iran</a>&#8230;</p>
