May 13, 2007
A Model Arabic Country
I'm talking about Turkey.
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of secular Turks demonstrated on the seafront of Turkey's third-largest city on Sunday, fearful that the Islamic-rooted government is conspiring to impose religious values on society.
At least some arabs are willing to fight for their secular freedom. For some reason I doubt there will ever be a reason for the U.S. to invade Turkey. They seem to have themselves under control.
Edit:
Oh my! It appears has boosted the numbers of attendees and added some pictures! No, the sea of red does not mark the return of communism. It's simply another color of freedom of religion. They're saying no to sharia.
Here's the article.
And an quote (note, this is the fourth rally this month and nobody murdered.)
IZMIR, Turkey (Reuters) - At least a million people took to the streets in Turkey's third city on Sunday for the fourth major rally in a month against the Islamist-rooted government ahead of elections in July.
I really want to steal the Reuters photos, but I'm not going to do that. I'll just point you to them:
Here's one from Eitb:
Just awe inspiring.
I'm a bitch who's verbally harassing somebody that doesn't want to have anything to do with me. Some people consider this e-stalking.
I am a sad person and can't figure out it's not my words that people don't like, it's the person inside they detest.