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Turkey's riot police storm Taksim Square
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2013-06-11, 10:50 | Link #28804 | |
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Admittedly it's sort of a like a Japanese "shigata ga nai" attitude by a lot of people, but what it really comes down to it, is the ghosts of 9/11, especially with the recent Boston Bombings. People are willing to give more of a wide bearth to security and military concerns out of the worry of "being safe". |
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2013-06-11, 14:18 | Link #28805 |
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It's mostly because a lot of us are more worried about getting enough to eat and paying our bills. Hierarchy of needs; it's hard to care much about what the government is listening in on when you're worried about putting food on the table next week.
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2013-06-11, 14:55 | Link #28806 |
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Turkey is a secular nation. Consider the number of people in America insisting (incorrectly) that it is founded on Christian principles, it might come a day when the US would invade Turkey for not being religious enough.
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2013-06-11, 16:15 | Link #28807 | |
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Erdogan (and his governors) are trying to integrate Islam into every single aspect of life. They pretty much banned the selling of alcoholic beverages in most Anatolian region, by not renewing the licenses of placing selling them. Right now, you need to go to a hotel to drink alcohol, and not all of them carry anymore. The state airlines banned the servicing of alcoholic beverages on the planes for most of the flights, based on the reason "people don't ask for it, and carrying it costs a lot". They have kinda moral-cops, walking around in parks, warning teens, cannot hold hand, cannot kiss in public, etc. Oh, and they don't give a damn about the people anymore, especially the kids. They have changed the education system many times over the last decade. And have recently started turning all the schools into Islamic education schools that were originally established to raise imams. In any case, Turkey is going to explode sooner or later. Especially now that the oppressed people know they are not alone and they can raise their voices to let everyone hear. |
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2013-06-11, 16:59 | Link #28808 | |
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And yet in every broadcast I watch about football derbies, they show Galatasaray and Fenerbahce fans drinking pints of beer like a boss. That government is just asking for trouble with such measures pushed by force against people who know how to live quite an European way of life. |
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2013-06-11, 18:33 | Link #28809 | |
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The Government recently passed a legislation that goes beyond that (the president approved it yesterday, I believe). You cannot drink anymore in public places (like parks, events, etc), if you want to drink in restaurants, you need to drink it inside. You cannot buy alcoholic beverage after 10pm anymore. And many more restrictions... The stupid part in all of these is that Turkish people don't really drink much, maybe less than 10 percent drink regularly (and I mean it not in an alcoholic kinda way, like on weekends, a few beers a week). And, maybe only 10 percent of the whole population supports the ban (they are the radical Islamist, so they will support any kind of ban that impose Islamic lifestyle on everyone, Muslim or not, like not sending girls to schools). |
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2013-06-11, 19:08 | Link #28810 |
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Preview: Iran election offers choice, but little change
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...95A18520130611 Insight: Ahead of vote, 'kidnapped' Iran reformists imprisoned at home http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...95A0OH20130611
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2013-06-11, 20:18 | Link #28811 | |
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2013-06-11, 22:36 | Link #28812 |
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Indeed, this moment may provide some clarity. Both parties are united in labeling Mr. Snowden a traitor. Now this might or may not be true, but the eagerness of them all and such to pass these judgements while not addressing the issue of blatant lies, shows that the traitors are very much right in front of us.
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2013-06-11, 22:43 | Link #28814 | |
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Though to blame it exclusively on this particular era, would be short sighted.
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2013-06-11, 23:08 | Link #28815 | |
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2013-06-11, 23:59 | Link #28818 |
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I don't understand your concern. Your faith gets chipped away at so many common instances as simple as the ones this thread.
Either it's by fractional amounts, which means it's too tiny to matter, or it's negative which means you can hit the despair button. In any case, the abyss is fun to stare at. -Your local cynic.
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2013-06-12, 02:13 | Link #28819 | |
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