greekgun said:
For your information, i have been to Turkey - only to have been kicked out because i am Greek. Yet, they were aload to roam around Greece. Im not the "ignorant moron" here, your the one who is acting ignorant to the fact that the majority of the muslims (in my opinion) need to be more adaptable.
Then how come i wasnt respected when i went to Turkey. They forced me back into Greece when i went to Turkey as soon as they found out i was Greek.
I'll tell you why- even though i don't know your story well enough to suggest that you did something wrong- so ill take your word for it
Didnt you know that the Greeks and Turks have been at war with each other? don't you know that turkey is a secular country- more nationalistic than greece??? See when greece goes to war, and win or lose- they get over it. you go to turkey and they will still defend what happened in armenia, in WW1, in Cyprus etc
Its against the law in turkey to be islamic- many clerics have been killed by athiests- 2 of my teacher's teachers were. so how can you suggest that the administrative body of that country is representative of islam??
The turks dont like many of their neighbours for historical reasons. Go to bulgaria or ........ i forgot the country/city- where hundreds of "antique" mosques and other islamic institutions are being destroyed- and many of them had a turkish flavour- so turkish pride is being destroyed
turkey restored several antique churches and asked its neighbours to do the same but they refused ( a lot of the South eastern european states were formerly under the ottoman empire)
Maybe ive got my facts wrong about foreigners being forced to wear veils etc. But that still doesnt change my opinion; we should not have to disrupt our lives for them, as they dont0do this for us. This is my opinion anyway, im sure many people have their own views, and i respect that. And for future note 44Ronin, i would rather you didnt call me an "ignorant moron" when i am giving my two cents.
This is why you were called an idiot, when the "facts" changed, and you acknowledged that the facts that underlined your opinion were wrong, you still kept to those opinions
the opinions you had were not dependent on those opinions
you just had them because you wanted to!
lets go back here- you did not even visit turkey because you were deported correct???
Why is turkey a top destination amongst aussie tourists? Have you met anybody else who has experienced the same thing? Give us another story