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Building a Better World
Monday, 15 October 2007
Real progress...
Topic: courage

...is the kind that government could never mandate or block.

Rare protest targets Iranian president

100 Iranian student protest President Ahmadinejad and no police bother them.

That's what real progress looks like.

And it has nothing to do with ideology or power.

It is about courage. And these students have it.

Love,
Ben


Posted by benfrankln at 9:40 PM CDT
Updated: Monday, 15 October 2007 9:43 PM CDT

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