Badge of honor

There are a few newspaper in Iran that when they personally attack someone, it's been perceived by everyone as a badge of honor; and I received my first one yesterday.

Jomhouri Eslami wrote yesterday:

Goverment newspaper, Iran, in its "what's up" column supported a political campaign that is defending the freedom of websites on the internet. Introduced someone named as Hossein Derakhshan, it wrote the he [Derakhshan] had asked every blog to specify some space to reformist [website's] contents.

Hossein Derakhshan was working for chain newspaper, including Hayat-e No, until a few years ago and then moved outside the country and has started a website there which has written the harshest swears to the regime's officials and has much insulted sacred [concepts and figures of] Islam.

In his diaries, he takes pride in drinking [alcohol] and having fun.

So this shows our protest has done the damage we intended. They are frustrated.

Moreover, everyone needs this sort of honor to be respected by other people. Hundreds of Iranian scholars and intellectuals have recieved them from hardline Islamists in Kayhan, Jomhoori-e Eslami and Iranian TV and radio (IRIB).