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Being delusional and Crusades :)
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10.       zbrct
90 posts
 22 Sep 2008 Mon 01:22 am

if the usa and american capitalism is very bad and if we Turks (or many of us) hate usa, then why do thousands of Turkish people participate in a lottery to get a green card in order to live and work in usa? I mean if that system is the source of all evils, then why do we want to be a part of it? that reminds me a Turkish saying: kedi ulasamadigi cigere mundar dermis. (Can any one translate this in English?)

11.       catwoman
8933 posts
 22 Sep 2008 Mon 01:36 am

 

Quoting zbrct

if the usa and american capitalism is very bad and if we Turks (or many of us) hate usa, then why do thousands of Turkish people participate in a lottery to get a green card in order to live and work in usa? I mean if that system is the source of all evils, then why do we want to be a part of it? that reminds me a Turkish saying: kedi ulasamadigi cigere mundar dermis. (Can any one translate this in English?)

 

Maybe because life is even worse in Turkey? And when you live an ordinary life in the US, you are not directly affected by their foreign politics.

12.       CANLI
5084 posts
 22 Sep 2008 Mon 02:45 am

 

Quoting zbrct

: kedi ulasamadigi cigere mundar dermis. (Can any one translate this in English?)

 

İf i understood it right,then i think i understand your point!

13.       catwoman
8933 posts
 22 Sep 2008 Mon 03:31 am

 

Quoting zbrct

kedi ulasamadigi cigere mundar dermis. (Can any one translate this in English?)

 

Cat calls the liver it can´t reach ´mundar´ (meat that is not supposed to be eaten according to islamic law). Meaning, when you can´t get something, you talk badly about it, although you really would like to have it.

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