GROUPS IN EXCESS OF G5 CONVENTION TRIMMED
Ali Asker wrote:
> Turkey attacks Kurdistan: D=E9j=E0 vu of Kurdish genocide :
> Some readers have sent me prejudiced comments indicating disapproval of=
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> of my previous articles "In response to their brutality, Kurdistan shou=
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> boycott Turkish products[1]". One reader described me as being backward=
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> not realistic in urging a boycott of Turkish products. Another reader=20
> compared my views to those of German Nazism and French nationalists.
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That's unfortunate. One may disagree with another person without=20
resorting to ad hominem attacks of that sort.
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> Every civilized person should support the boycott of Turkish products i=
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> view of the cruelty the Turkish government practices in the region. A=20
> boycott is more powerful and is more effective than demonstrations in t=
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> streets, because it affects Turkey's economy. Turkey's policy in the re=
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> and the rest of the world is quite insensitive and ignorant. Turkey has=
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> apologize for the Armenian genocide instead of committing another massa=
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> in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Substitute the zioNist entity for Turkey/Turkish and Palestine for=20
Kurdistan and tell me how that sounds.
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> The comments by some readers intended to undermine my view on boycottin=
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> Turkish products are some examples of the double standard that Turkey h=
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> always presented. When something is not in Turkey's favor, it's accepta=
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> for the Turkish public and Turkish business communities to take the boy=
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> approach.
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I agree with you. Economic boycotts are a forceful method to persuade=20
others by non-violent means.
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> Finally, you should realize that with any Turkish made product you buy,=
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> are backing, encouraging and promoting the denial of the Armenian=20
> genocide[5], the Assyrian genocide[6], the Greek genocide[7], and=20
> contributing to the recent killing of innocent Kurdish civilians by the=
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> Turkish government.
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Care to comment on al-Nakba and the continuing genocide of the=20
Palestinian people in what remains of their homeland?
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> The author is a freelance writer lives in Saudi Arabia.
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You are a Kurd living in KSA?
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> http://www.kurdmedia.com/
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