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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: rrufff who wrote (10801)12/19/2005 12:07:45 PM
From: Elmer Flugum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 32591
 
I step on folks who use victims to advance their own political and financial agenda to the diminishment or exclusion of others who have suffered as much or more.

Speaking about Armenians:

Turkey Charges Acclaimed Author

washingtonpost.com

"Turkish Novelist On Trial For Discussing Armenian Genocide
In Turkey, a popular novelist is on trial today for making comments about the veracity of the Armenian genocide. Orhan Pamuk stands trial for insulting “Turkishness” after he gave a magazine interview in which he referred to the genocide committed by the Ottoman government during the First World War. In the interview, Pamuk said QUOTE: "One million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in these lands and nobody but me dares talk about it." Pamuk is one several Turkish citizens who have been issued with similar charges. If convicted, he faces up to three years in prison."

democracynow.org

Yes I killed Chief Seattle and took his land. Yours is next.

len