Is this a composition assignment? Why would anyone in their right mind wish someone to be murdered whether Turkish or who else?

Thanks for the effort. Glad I could help your imagination in ways impossible for me to foresee.

I used to follow this sequence when posting:

write

post

correct

correct again

and post.

Now I am doing the same with record number of footnotes indicating that. What is the advantage of having them as long as you are free to write whatever reason you want?

While I don´t want to label the person who started this thread (since I can´t understand what he really means) but what he wrote calls to mind a few thoughts not necessarily relevant to this person.

There are indeed a few schools of thought in Turkey producing millions of pre-formatted minds capable of only producing one sort of mentalily. These people have a problem with Western values although they have no problem enjoying the positive aspects of it.  With their minds narrowed down to running around  a few iron-clad cliches they are quick to answer criticisim and stay afloat no matter how deep the quagmire of their ignorance is.  Anyone only  capable of producing a colored thought bearing the signatures of a certain subculture  or a certain restrictive ideology at the expense of reason and universal truth  is nothing more than a miserable person.

You can use many arguments to blame the West today. The most striking examples being the newly revealed evidence of large scale torture in Guantanamo and two other US camps. You could point out to the crimes committed by the Bush administration. You could recall what Kennedy said about secret organizations within society and use these as excuses to position yourself as an enemy of the West. 

At the end of the day, there are so many bad things about the West but essentially, there are a lot more good things that came from it.  Our own culture is a product of the thousands of years of interaction between both West and East. 

I see nothing wrong in having an idea different from all others´. This is actually a sign of a creative mind. I sometimes wish all those Armenians and Greeks to visit Turkey once in a while. This way, I believe many of the stereotypes about Turkey will be shattered. I also wish a greater number of Turkish people could freely travel around the world which will help them broaden their visions.

Last but not least, we don´t need enemies, we need friends...

The end of the first decade of the 21st century is drawing closer.  We spent the better half of the decade hoping to witness the continuation of a string of technological miracles that have virtually turned the world into a global village. We enjoyed a steady growth in our purchasing power which enabled us to travel more, communicate more and possess more. We began believing in the future, got more attached to the system as we and everybody else were reaping the harvest of a non-stop growth.

Gradually, once vibrant industries became overpopulated resulting in a substantial change in the way money and labor distributed among various sectors. This resulted in imbalances which were difficult to fix. Proving the proverb: "What goes up must come down", the IT sector began plummeting, hardware, textile and virtually all sorts of manufacturing industries fell victim to the ridiculous labor costs in China. In the end, we were faced with a huge anticlimax: Global Economic Crisis.

As we are nearing the end of the decade now, what is left behind is one giant producer that uses much of the Earth´s available resources for producing massive amounts of commodity and one giant consumer eating up even a larger percentage.  Indeed, China is a product of the big economic powers who moved their production facilities to take advantage of low labor cost. Chinese laborers are working for the bread money at the cost of losing their health.  Somehow it seems, in order for Capitalism to flourish, some of us need to be neck deep in the shit.

Compared to the 90´s when the word 2000 still had that extraterrestrial quality pointing out at a time when all problems would be miraculously solved; we must have been a lot more careful in our expectations of the new decade.  For my own part, I am still hopelessly looking forward to an age of awakening. I hope nations will begin to understand the absurdity of intimidating one another. I hope  governments will stop spending all that money on armament and use those funds to cure social problems.I hope there will be fewer narrow minded bigots who can see things only through a small window. Finally, just like people can quit smoking if they are determined enough, I hope the world can quit fighting in the coming decade and maybe even beyond that.

How likely is a happy new decade? Odds are against us.  It is not just the economy that goes bad these days, racism, ethnic awareness, nationalism and bigotry are on increase.  There has been a surge in the crime rate. People are becoming intolerant, psychological problems have not only diversified but they have also become more impenetrable. In the past, there would mostly be normal people and just a few ones with psychological problems. Today, we are talking about new psychological condiitons like passive aggression. The rarities of bygone days such as borderline psychology has become one of the standard problems of the urban population.  One research (youtube Denmark is the happiest country) positions the mighty and rich US  39th on the list of happiest countries. Though no one wonders what China´s rank is, it doesn´t take much to say that it is probably through the end of the list.

In other words, we are living in a world guided by sad people who are growing sadder and sadder day after day. Will any good come out of this sadness, hope we can live to see it.

How many avid female fans does this Tori Amos have?

At least, I am still here, am I not?

I searched for God among the Christians and on the Cross and therein I found Him not.
I went into the ancient temples of idolatry; no trace of Him was there.
I entered the mountain cave of Hira and then went as far as Qandhar but God I found not.
With set purpose I fared to the summit of Mount Caucasus and found there only ´anqa´s habitation.
Then I directed my search to the Kaaba, the resort of old and young; God was not there even.
Turning to philosophy I inquired about him from ibn Sina but found Him not within his range.
I fared then to the scene of the Prophet´s experience of a great divine manifestation

only a "two bow-lengths´ distance from him" but God was not there even in that exalted court.
Finally, I looked into my own heart and there I saw Him; He was nowhere else.

Source: Wikipedia

Let´s keep on guessing.

Thanks birdy, you would be someone I know?