I woke up this morning, thinking I have just dreamt about sharing a panel with the giants of UK blogging, Guido Fawkes and Slugger O’ Toole and later in the evening had been to an awards ceremony dinner at the Athenaeum Club in Pall Mall, where I was presented with an award for 'outstanding work as a blogger'.
So far so good, except that it was true, it wasn't a dream!
Sharing the panel with Paul Staines and Mick Fealty was surreal enough and I was sure that I would just be a silent audience at the dinner ceremony. When it was announced that the next winner is someone 'sweet but hot tempered', I joked with people on my table 'that rules me out because they said 'sweet' ', then it was said 'he wears his heart out on his sleeve and makes some people angry' followed by 'he is a rough diamond' and I thought Holy Mackerel! this is too close to home, they were talking about me!
The biggest prize for me however was to get to know the people that were there last night, 'Good people who had not stayed silent when they had seen evil' that was the real privilege.
This weblog was created to act as a platform for the voice of secular pro-democracy activists in and outside Iran who are struggling against the religious dictatorship of the Islamic clerics in Iran. Follow me on https://gettr.com/user/potkazar or My Telegram Channel https://t.me/SledgeHammerNews My favourite quote: "Evil only prevails when the good stay silent"
13 comments:
Congratulations mate! You have to write a bit more about this event. :)
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Congratulation, I always believed your blog is one of the most informative and up-to-date blog that I have come acrossed. It was not unexpected for me. Well done and keep going.
congrats!!! say more about it. What did you guys talk about?
Congratulations. You deserve it.
H.i.
Congrats
"'Good people who had not stayed silent when they had seen evil' that was the real privilege."
I guess that rules me out.
Congratulations on the recognition; well deserved.
wanted to say to you last night that your Ed Burke quote tied it all up for me... It all came a little out of the blue for me... Very moving to be present at such an event and with such great people... Good to meet you too... All power to you!!
Congratulations on the award!
Congratulations Potkin, it is not a surprise as i believe you really deserve it. Your blog is one of those bloges which can always be trusted. Well done mate!
haha u awarded for being a motherfucker Zionist slave by Zionists!
You can read and decide for yourself here:
http://www.ncfpeace.org/drupal/node/306
Then feel embarassed about the stupidity of your comment
Congratulations on your award dude!
Congratulations on your award dude!
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