Perhaps you take the wrong message from this appeal to help out a young man (and family) whose life is forever changed. You and I are not the only ones eager to

Perhaps you take the wrong message from this appeal to help out a young man (and family) whose life is forever changed. You and I are not the only ones eager to right this injustice- there are other individuals and organizations arguing his case, in Canada and, undoubtedly, in Tehran. This post, and many other like them, add up to something substantive, whether within the the preferred time-frame (Now!) or a little later on. Outrageous governments like Iran's cannot stand the test of time (admittedly, there will always be evil of one kind or another, just as, Jesus said, there will always be poverty) and it is events like these, and the pressure that they invoke from external (read international) and internal parties (rest assured that there are countless discussions on how these injustices can be resolved within the Iranian state, more so in the wake of the recent nuclear deal) that the infrastructure of oppression will eventually be dismantled. For instance, while the Arab Spring produced mixed results, numerous organizations trained activists for decades, one at a time (perhaps a little more, perhaps a little less), training them on organizing petitions, using Tor, launching demonstrations, keeping safe... What I am saying is that (and you will hear this a lot here, in other forums, and in everyday life, that is, if you haven't already) it all starts from somewhere- at the end of the day, everything counts.