turkey stalls NATO over reasons of religion and freedom of speech

04-05-09, 03:22 AM

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Skybird I agree that religion should be a non-issue when making military decisions

So the military aspect of this dispute was that Denmark is hosting an alledged propaganda outfit from a proscribed terrorist organisation that is engaged in attacking Denmarks Ally .

JALU3 · 04-05-09, 05:53 AM

Was this Kurdish radio station connected to said terrorist organization? Or was it just because they catered to a specific ethnic nation which they have a problem with?

Skybird · 04-05-09, 06:08 AM

The radio station was not the main reason for the Turkish stand against Rasmussen, it was his lacking compliance when demanded to forbid those newspapers printing the muhammad cartoons.

Respenus · 04-05-09, 12:37 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7964494.stm

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Following the imams' intervention, the lives of the 12 cartoonists changed irrevocably and they paid the same price as author Salman Rushdie.

Only Mr Westergaard has come out of hiding. The 11 others have followed Danish secret service advice and either have round-the-clock protection or maintain low profiles. One of them is suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

I'll have to get behind Skybird on this one. I feel sick after reading this article. For Lord's sake (insert your deity here), what has he/they done to deserve a ransom on their lives? This is just pathetic. Why don't they just pass a law forbidding any satire? If satire, even an insulting one, was a cause to kill someone, The Times would had run out of cartons since a long time ago (go check their cartoon page, it's hilarious yet speaks the truth). Add to this the fact that the PM will have to apologise, it is like putting salt on the wounds of those who cannot sleep at night.

Now, I am not calling for another crusade yet we, Europe and the Muslims anywhere have to realise that we have to live together and that the irrationality of changing religious arguments into political ones must stop. We had our Thirty Year's war to teach us this. They have not.

04-05-09, 02:41 PM

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Was this Kurdish radio station connected to said terrorist organization? Or was it just because they catered to a specific ethnic nation which they have a problem with?

Good question . So how many NATO members have banned these broadcasts because they are linked to a proscribed terrorist group ?

04-05-09, 05:53 AM	#2
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Was this Kurdish radio station connected to said terrorist organization? Or was it just because they catered to a specific ethnic nation which they have a problem with? __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

04-05-09, 06:08 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,830 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The radio station was not the main reason for the Turkish stand against Rasmussen, it was his lacking compliance when demanded to forbid those newspapers printing the muhammad cartoons. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.