Turkish bath.
A few quick notes about this and that. They had a plane hijacking in Turkey today in which a group of men took over a plane and diverted it from it's original destination. When it landed it was found that the men had done it to protest the visit by the Pope to Turkey in November. (Remember, it was also a Turk that shot John Paul ll.)
Turkey's government/military wants to join the European Union and I personally don't think it's a very good idea.
Turkey is 95% in Asia and only 5% in Europe. Turkey is a Muslim state while Europe is predominately Christian. Turkey is a closet dictatorship while European States are Democracies. Turkey's cultural ties and mores are closely linked with the Middle East rather than European traditions........ need I go on!
Meanwhile in Jakarta, Indonesia there is a 100 year old "banyan" tree that is rumoured by the locals to have special "healing" powers. Local Muslim youths thought this reverence that people displayed for the tree was "idlo worship" and tried to chop the tree down before being stopped by police. (Need I remind you of the Taliban destroying historically significant Buddhist statues in their part of the world!)
In researching this piece I started to get into the situation in the Far East. Between the political corruption, busines corruption, radiacal Muslim groups and a whole list of other maladies, they have a hodge-podge of ill's that in some ways makes the Middle East seem tame by comparison.
Fortunately for us they are far enough away and don't affect us in North American and Europe the way the Middle East (and it's oil) does. From the little I have read about Indonesia and much of Oceania there could be one unholy mess there in the near future.
Your ever vigilant scribe;
Allan W Janssen
Turkey's government/military wants to join the European Union and I personally don't think it's a very good idea.
Turkey is 95% in Asia and only 5% in Europe. Turkey is a Muslim state while Europe is predominately Christian. Turkey is a closet dictatorship while European States are Democracies. Turkey's cultural ties and mores are closely linked with the Middle East rather than European traditions........ need I go on!
Meanwhile in Jakarta, Indonesia there is a 100 year old "banyan" tree that is rumoured by the locals to have special "healing" powers. Local Muslim youths thought this reverence that people displayed for the tree was "idlo worship" and tried to chop the tree down before being stopped by police. (Need I remind you of the Taliban destroying historically significant Buddhist statues in their part of the world!)
In researching this piece I started to get into the situation in the Far East. Between the political corruption, busines corruption, radiacal Muslim groups and a whole list of other maladies, they have a hodge-podge of ill's that in some ways makes the Middle East seem tame by comparison.
Fortunately for us they are far enough away and don't affect us in North American and Europe the way the Middle East (and it's oil) does. From the little I have read about Indonesia and much of Oceania there could be one unholy mess there in the near future.
Your ever vigilant scribe;
Allan W Janssen
posted by Allan W Janssen | 8:27 a.m.
1 Comments:
You're absolutely right. I at first heard it was a Muslim but the hijacker turned out to be Christian and just plain every day variety nuts.
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