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Turkish soldiers killed at border today...
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240.       mylo
856 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 12:48 am

Bet they don't get a 6 course smoked Salmon dinner at Christmas,I know people who commit offences just to get in for this taxpayer free for all,I really should change the company I keep.
P.S I think Bob learned his trade chasing the rats in there no wonder he was so quick.

241.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 12:52 am

Pretty boy Bob Hayes was carrying Heroin to you guys...Pity he was caught and jailed by the bad hearted and fiercely moustached Turkish Police before he lit up from the airport.

How stupid and unfair can some people get?

242.       mylo
856 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 12:55 am

Yeah fancy believing that he could carry Heroin to the west....Without bribing the guard on duty,silly man,his running shoes didn't help him then did they?

243.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 12:57 am

That was another crime Bob committed .)))))))))))))))
Afterall, what are Customs for?

244.       nucuk34
42 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 05:04 am

Quote:

Well, they are wonderful, somewhat idealistic, statements. I have no idea what your husband's culture is, but what if ( for example) your husband's culture included the selling of young girls as "brides", rape, no education for females, and mercy killings.

Would you still "love and embrace" it?

Is complete tolerance such a good thing when it can be also described as standing by and doing nothing while other's suffer?

(Femme has pointed this out to me, and she is right ...just this ONCE! )



My husband is Turkish, and his family, whom I love as my own blood lives in Turkey. Why is everyone so quick on this board to read between the lines? I didnt say I had the answer to life's horrific turmoils. I am just saying, we can start by teaching our children better. I grew up as ignorant as can be about other cultures and people outside of my little town. I was not taught tolerance and acceptance. In fact quite the opposite. If I carried that with me and not opened my own eyes and learned things for myself, I would never have met my wonderful Turkish husband or his beautiful family. I will remember always the horror as I watched New York be attacked on 9/11. I dont wish that on anyone and can promise you if someone came into my home to try and harm my family, they would leave in a body bag. Before you are so quick to assume I am trying to solve the world's problems, please take some time to look at a little more positive light. All I can do right now, is teach my son to respect others, pray for peace for the families of the killed because they could have been my brothers, and watch what happens in the world around me. Forgive me if I sounded like someone who knew it all.

245.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 10:30 am

You definitely hit the right note...

You may not have been taught tolerance and acceptance..

Look back at your family, your hometown in all honesty amd tell us if you were loaded with prejudices against people of different nationalities, races or colors...while growing up.

The difference may be there...

246.       MrX67
2540 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 12:05 pm

i think not to hard to find some clear trues by a simple thinking or using logic filter.Globe full with planty different cultures and each one has their own specialities,and each culture riased on their own area and with own realities,and i think judging a culture without don't know it's realities or without lived or raised in this culture not to just.And i think noone healthy logic never can defende a wrong attitude,so cristism is good but never with blaming,juding or insulting.with the possitive effects of comunication and better economical conditions cultural diversities becoming less day by day by learning more about others and diversities.So i believe that tolerance and understanding the most important pieces of hard life puzzle

247.       nucuk34
42 posts
 31 Oct 2007 Wed 01:36 pm

Of course, as I look at that town today, it is still loaded with prejudice and injustice. That is one of the reasons I left and never looked back. My family is ignorant to what else lies in this world outside of their little town. This is why I know that I cant do the same to my son. I want him to explore this world, welcome new ideas, meet new people. I pray for tolerance because we come across prejudice all the time. My father took years to acknowledge my son because he was of mixed races. I am grateful my father has learned a little more and welcomes my son and my husband. Prejudice comes from ignorance and fear of the unknown. Unfortunately, many die from this fear. I just hope, and pray, that Turkey can be spared from much more death and that a resolution can be found. It is heartbreaking to watch a mother cry for her son.

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