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Islam again. Sigh.
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We're very upset that he said something bad about us being violent and stuff. What should we do? I know, let's go threaten to kill some shit!
edit: yep... just reread article; not Islam related hijack at all. (Had only read the top half earlier).
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Seems that those guys are not muslims but christians from Turkey seeking for political asylum.
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| Quote: | | All the Turkish Airlines plane's 107 passengers - including beauty contest entrants - are said to be unhurt. |
*phew* that was a close one |
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| Zepp wrote: | | Quote: | | All the Turkish Airlines plane's 107 passengers - including beauty contest entrants - are said to be unhurt. |
*phew* that was a close one |
Yeah that part of the reporting really pissed me off.. I'd have expected this from lesser networks but not from good old BBC... oh beautiful people are onboard, what a tragedy? 107 people where on there and I'm quite sure the majority of them did something more worthwhile with their lives than look pretty for a few years. |
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| John-Boy wrote: | | Islam again. Sigh. |
He was actually christian, but OK. Who needs facts when you can just make generalizations?
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It is amazing just what the opinion of a small minority can influence the mentally unstable to do.
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| playfool wrote: | | Zepp wrote: | | Quote: | | All the Turkish Airlines plane's 107 passengers - including beauty contest entrants - are said to be unhurt. |
*phew* that was a close one |
Yeah that part of the reporting really pissed me off.. I'd have expected this from lesser networks but not from good old BBC... oh beautiful people are onboard, what a tragedy? 107 people where on there and I'm quite sure the majority of them did something more worthwhile with their lives than look pretty for a few years. |
Nah. Average Turks aren't worth mentioning.  |
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| drizek wrote: | | John-Boy wrote: | | Islam again. Sigh. |
He was actually christian, but OK. Who needs facts when you can just make generalizations? |
Yes - I don't know why I saw the word Islam and associated it with violence. Silly me.
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| John-Boy wrote: | | Yes - I don't know why I saw the word Islam and associated it with violence. Silly me. |
I see 'Great Britain', 'the USA' or 'Israel' - and I associate those words with violence too.
Meguess it's just a matter of reputation.
(and the hijacker was a CO trying to avoid doing armed military service and recent convert to christianity - there's no provision for CO in Turkish law, and prison sentences for objecting to armed military service range up to 10 years. He had tried applying for asylum in Armenia, but Armenian authorities instead phoned Turkey and told 'we've got yer another deserter' - I think he was quite desperate although he acted quite stupid and put the lives of the other passengers in potentially harms way)
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I see 'Great Britain', 'the USA' or 'Israel' - and I associate those words with violence too.
Meguess it's just a matter of reputation. |
Indeed - in the case of the US/etc .. it's a justified response. Matter of opinion as you say.
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