Persepolis

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

10.07.07


Apparently, it was created with the motive of changing the reader's general opinion of Iran. Instead of viewing Iran as a country run by extremists, the author shows you everything from the eyes of a religious moderate, whatever that means.

Yes, yes, a religious person who wants to have both his religion (the cherry-picked parts) and his science is generally a docile one, but only because the beliefs are cherry-picked. Anyone who has read Sam Harris' The End of Faith, would know that such moderates play a large role in the continued existence of, well, stupidity.

Ah, and I still think rather badly of Iran. Any country that lacks a separation of Church and State is not on my list of countries to spare in my world domination schemes.