National right to honor

Collective pride and joy is a natural response to collective success and is necessary for the survival of a society.

Guest note, Koresh Aliani, cultural activist: The Deputy Minister of Health has announced that they have provided the necessary vaccines for the country until the end of 1406 and planned to distribute them throughout Iran. This news should be read in the context of Iran's current situation; War, embargo, and naval blockade. Providing something directly linked to public health under such pressure is a national achievement. We are proud of this success. Collective pride and joy is a natural response to collective success and is necessary for the survival of a society.

Isn't it strange that we often see different behavior in front of Iranian good news? The vocal sections of the society often make comments before the sentence is finished. Have they done something important? Wasn't it their duty? How do you know? Why don't you talk about the shortage? Many of these questions are not forbidden or worthless. But why does this same questioning mind walk in front of other people's success without any questions? Why what is an achievement for another is just the beginning of an investigation for us?

This behavior has a name; self-deprecation Self-deprecation is not criticism. The critic sees the success and also sees the shortcoming; The self-deprecating person closes his eyes to success, he has already accepted that nothing worthwhile will come of us. Repetition of this behavior in Persian writings and conversations may make it appear normal, but the frequency of the behavior is not the reason for its normality.

Besides self-deprecation, there is another habit in these; self-blame The enemy sanctions and they don't talk about the responsibility of the sanctioner, but they judge us. The enemy is laying siege and they are debating why our supply lines are vulnerable. It is as if someone has stuck a knife in our stomach and instead of condemning the assailant, we say that the fault lies in our soft stomach. Knowing the vulnerability and trying to fix it is necessary; But the vulnerability does not erase the responsibility of the attacker.

These two habits are not inherent characteristics of Iranians. You have to ask where they came from. An enemy that plans for economic, military, and political pressure, why not plan to affect our mental judgment? Careful, long-term planning can proceed by selecting news, repeating stories, giving credence to certain voices, and discrediting others. The final success of such a program is that the voices of society, without the need of direct orders, consider the same ideal criteria of the enemy as their own independent evaluation criteria.

changing the function of words; Caution becomes the honorable name of denial of success, realism a cover for self-blame, and fairness an excuse to lighten the responsibility of the attacker. The result is that the society abandons being proud of itself and demanding from the enemy. Then self-deprecation does not allow us to gain strength from our own success, and self-blame does not allow us to place the responsibility of the aggression on the shoulder of the perpetrator. The enemy puts pressure on the outside and inside, he turns our judgment criteria in favor of the enemy.

The news of vaccine supply is not only about the vaccine. It is an opportunity to see the ability of a country that stands under pressure. Be demanding, recognize shortcomings, and be proud at the same time. You should try to correct the weaknesses, not to grumble and exonerate the attacker. The first condition of correct judgment is to know the agent, in success and in offense.