I was reading about this Guy :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Amir-Entezam
He is Persian. He was the deputy prime minister of Ira n right after 1979 revolution.
He was wrongly accused of being American spy by young radical revolutionaries. Once accused, he was the ambassador in Sweden. Even though recommended not to return to Iran, he went back to defend himself as he believed he is innocent.
He was condemned to life-time in prison. After few years in prison, he was offered to be freed in return of official confession of being guilty. His friends proposed him to accept it and announce guilty to be freed (and then refuse it once out ) but he rejected this proposal.
however, he spent around 30 years in jail before being realsed even though he was super innocent.
Now, my question is that, was he right to stand on his own beliefs and spending 30 years in jail?
or did he just wasted 30 years of his life?
would n't he be mentally destroyed if once confessed of being guilty?
or, would n;t he be more useful for himself ,his society and democracy in his society if he would confess and then he was out to spread the right word?
how much should we pay for our beliefs?!!! what if one day we realize they are wrong?!
It is hard to say....
