According to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, two members of the largest Kurdish political party in Turkey has been jailed - accused for spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation. The crime is that Nedim Bicer, leader for the Democratic Peoples Party (DEHAP) and his advisor Sadiye Surer sent out a press release where the imprisoned PKK-leader Abdullah Öcalan was adressed as 'sayin', an implication of respect and esteem. The word in it self is the same as 'Mister'.
The pair now risk a jailterm of up to five years.
Imagine that you could get five years behind bars for adressing a convicted felon with Mr og Mrs. Take a US-citizen that has had dealings with know terrorists. If every man, woman and child that has adressed him as Mr. Rumsfeld would get five years behind bars, then things might start to look brighter for Washington.
We like to announce it out loud when Yanks answer silly thing to incredible simple questions - like the fact that a hugh number of Yanks can't place the USA on a world map.
But the Brits are creeping up to the Yanks it stupidity it seems. According to a survey done buy YouGov for the Channel4 quiz show 'Beat the Nation' quite a high number of Brits are incredibly stupid.
65% doesn't know in what city the musical 'Chicago' is set, nor do 57% know in which city the soap 'Dallas' is based. More fun is it when two-thirds don't know which city is the subject in the Ralph McTell-ballad 'Streets of London'. Even more fun is it that the newsagency that has published this story, the French-based AFP, claims that 'Streets of London' is a Roger Whittaker-ballad.
It continues with that 67% of the 1000 people asked doesn't know when WW2 ended, 64% doesn't know where the French Alps are and 70% can't tell you where the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is based.
On the other hand, a whopping 100% can tell you that the capital of France is Paris.
Read the artice in the Winnipeg Sun