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...took place under the watchful and wary eye of state security. He had died in a hospital shortly after reportedly being shot in the chest during Sunday's riots. An account of the funeral, said to have been written by a member of Iran's security forces with sympathies toward the opposition, is currently circulating. It describes a bleak ceremony, held just after dawn, with men and women from the Revolutionary Guards dressed in black mingling with family members. The undercover agents hissed the mourners to quiet down when the cries and wails grew too loud...
...some people, trying to moderate bad habits is not achievable or takes more effort than abstaining altogether - as the philosopher St. Augustine put it, "Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation." Recognizing this by trying and failing can also be a critical step toward behavior change...