Thank You! (and BTW, How Can I Help the Iranian People?)

[thebytewright]

Thank You! I Love Your Code!

Hi! I just wanted to thank you for your excellent code and for the MicaForEveryone distribution itself. It's a work of art, and I recommend it to all my co-workers and friends. 😉

Is There Anything I can Do for Iranians?

First of all, if this is not an appropriate place to ask this, I apologize in advance. I wasn't quite sure where to post the question. But I noticed that your read-me file had a header describing the despicable crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Iranian government, and I felt really bad because I am ashamed that I had no idea any of that was going on.

I'm not Iranian. I'm a German- and Japanese-American (strange combo, I know), which is pretty different from Iranian in general. But I know a bit about the way Iranian people are. The high school I went to in California had a lot of Iranian students, a few of whom were friends of mine. Also, I know it's not the same as Iran, but I did spend more than a year in the Middle East in the early 2000's while serving in the Marine Corps, so I understand how terrible and repressive totalitarian regimes and theocracies can be. I witnessed some pretty screwed up acts by the Afghani Army and government we went to help. Of course, nothing against Afghans—everyone sees and does terrible things during war. The difference in quality of life and the choices people are limited to here and over there is immense and disheartening.

The only reason I'm telling you all this is because I want you to know that there are probably people all over the world like me, who sympathize and want to help in any small way we can.

I honestly don't know what I can do personally except to tell everyone I know about the disgusting things the Iranian government is perpetrating recently, as you described in the read-me file. But if there is anything else I can do, please don't hesitate to let me (and others) know. Awareness is a good first step, but there has to be some way people outside Iran can help.

Anyway, like I said, if this isn't the right place, I'm sorry. I just don't know where else to post this question, but know you have support and I'm with you in heart and spirit. I'm not the most extreme of "activists" (to be honest I'm more conservative in most ways), but this is an important issue to me now, and I hope to make it important to others! Take care and God/Allah/Buddha bless you and yours, my friend. 🙂