Stupidities in the modern world

There are some weird things in the so called modern world (that is, western countries).

Here are some samples from countries which pretty much think that they belong to these “modern countries”. Some of them actually are “modern” in almost every sense but still it’s amazing how much views can differ about how things should or should not be.

Abortion is almost illegal in some European countries.

Some weeks ago majority of Portuguese didn’t want to vote for the abortion law which is very restrictive compared to rest of the Europe. In the same news article it is mentioned that abortion is banned in most situations in Malta, Ireland and Poland. Just what is wrong with these countries?

Here’s a clue.

The picture shows that there are lots of religious people in the above countries (except Portugal). It’s quite hard to believe that people still in the 21st century let religion dictate their beliefs in the world.

Genocide of Armenians decided by Swiss and Turkish courts

Swiss court convicts Turkish politician because he denies Armenian genocide. In the same article it is mentioned that “In Turkey it is a crime to use the word genocide to describe the World War I-era killings”. Why does some court has to decide what happened in the world and what not? Is it like Turkey’s court is trying to protect its country’s image by saying that “nothing happened”. Swiss then again want to write their history so that there was a genocide - claim something else even with a proof and you go to jail. Unbelievable that in the “free world” (I mean Europe here, not Turkey) the freedom of speech is limited this way. Another issue is with the Germans and their swastikas, which is equally stupid thing to be settled in the courts.

Is that really the state of the freedom of speech in Europe? Unfortunately yes.

Turkey bans YouTube

Just what is wrong with you Turks? Don’t you care a bit about what your government dictates and what not? Do you support such ban? There are quite many Turkish CS:S players at Setti. I really hope you don’t support such bans - but are you against that kind of stupidity? Somewhere I read that Turks don’t like to protest at anything because they are too afraid to show what they really think about issues. They rather wait for the problems to fade away. Just how stupid is that? Even though the ban is quite separate example it still shows that it is possible to cencor internet in Turkey the same way that is done in China and other oppressive countries. It is done possible by your courts and people who accept such bans. And for what reason - because you Turks are idiots (and Ataturk is idiot too). Plz ban?

‘28% of Israel’s Arabs deny Holocaust’

Maybe not so reliable statistic as it was not reported in most of the popular news services but maybe there’s a hint of truth. “More than a quarter of Israel’s Arab citizens believe the Holocaust never happened, and nearly two thirds of Israeli Jews avoid entering Arab towns, a poll by an Israeli university showed Sunday.” Maybe Israel should now look example from Switzerland and Turkey and make a law that dictates what happened. Just pick couple people and ask their opinion about what happened and what not.