You can't say civilization don't advance. ... for in every war they kill you another way.
[Will Rogers]
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
What a cardinal error
When art becomes estranged from worship, culture becomes degenerate (art).
Says Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany.
Some people dare to critizise him.
Why not feel great pity for this poor man?
Born to be wilde, 70 years ago his "Aryan wisdom" would have generated (sic) thundering applause.
Says Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany.
Some people dare to critizise him.
Why not feel great pity for this poor man?
Born to be wilde, 70 years ago his "Aryan wisdom" would have generated (sic) thundering applause.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Slightly strange syllogisms
One week after his "letter to the Turkish military", today Mustafa Akyol got another remarkable article published in Turkish Daily News (TDN). Headline: The opium of the atheists.
"Did you also read it?" I asked my closest friend. "Ah, sorry, what are you busy with?"
"Yes. Syllogisms, dialectic, nothing special."
"And did you read ..."
"Unconcentrated or impolite, Sean? One word for your first question, even four for your second."
"Sorry, missed that. What do you think about the article?"
"Thought-out. Question-provoking. Listen: The king has two legs. Hens have two legs. Ergo the king is a hen. What's your opinion?"
"Wrong."
"Lovely, my sophisticated friend. Your opinion is, of course, not wrong."
"But you think Mr. Akyol's opinion is wrong? By the way, I am relieved you chose king as your subject, and not ..."
"Mr. Akyol's opinion is not wrong. He is absolutely right. I do just wonder, if he means what he did not say."
?
"Theists are believers.
Atheists are believers.
Ergo there is a god."
"Did you also read it?" I asked my closest friend. "Ah, sorry, what are you busy with?"
"Yes. Syllogisms, dialectic, nothing special."
"And did you read ..."
"Unconcentrated or impolite, Sean? One word for your first question, even four for your second."
"Sorry, missed that. What do you think about the article?"
"Thought-out. Question-provoking. Listen: The king has two legs. Hens have two legs. Ergo the king is a hen. What's your opinion?"
"Wrong."
"Lovely, my sophisticated friend. Your opinion is, of course, not wrong."
"But you think Mr. Akyol's opinion is wrong? By the way, I am relieved you chose king as your subject, and not ..."
"Mr. Akyol's opinion is not wrong. He is absolutely right. I do just wonder, if he means what he did not say."
?
"Theists are believers.
Atheists are believers.
Ergo there is a god."
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Wanted! Good answers to good questions
No, there does not exist any contract or gentleman's agreement between Mr. Bekdil and me.
No, I am not sure Mr. Bekdil is in possession of the best solutions to everything and all.
Yes, I do appreciate the questions he is asking.
Yes, I should like to read somebody's answers to these questions.
No, not Mr. Akyol's answers. (They would - with respect - be of no relevance.)
But what's about both Mr. Akyol's and (sic) Mr. Bekdil's president and prime minister?
Your turn, Mr. Gül! Your turn, Mr. Erdoğan!
Yes?
No, I am not sure Mr. Bekdil is in possession of the best solutions to everything and all.
Yes, I do appreciate the questions he is asking.
Yes, I should like to read somebody's answers to these questions.
No, not Mr. Akyol's answers. (They would - with respect - be of no relevance.)
But what's about both Mr. Akyol's and (sic) Mr. Bekdil's president and prime minister?
Your turn, Mr. Gül! Your turn, Mr. Erdoğan!
Yes?
World's most semiotic nation!
Apropos unrivalled.
Mr. Bekdil lets indeed follow a question mark to one of his recent headlines.
By reading the article it is transmogrifying into an exclamation mark, though:
World's most semiotic nation!
Mr. Bekdil lets indeed follow a question mark to one of his recent headlines.
By reading the article it is transmogrifying into an exclamation mark, though:
World's most semiotic nation!
Turkishness unrivalled
By "googling" Argentinianness, Chineseness, Germanness, Hungarianness etc., coming to Turkishness it becomes obvious:
Turkishness is unique!
Evidence: People trying to learn more about history, geography, literature, architecture, poetry, cuisine, music etc., on the first two pages would find nothing but
denigration of Turkishness (2)
insulting Turkishness (15)
belittling Turkishness
degrade Turkishness
Telling this my closest friend whose current topic of research - Pre-Assyrian Philately - is keeping him very busy, did not even look up when saying: "Inferiority complex."
"Tetrapilotomos", I whispered, "mind your tongue! Some people might feel insulted."
"That's it. Exactly those who feel insulted are meant. I can just repeat again and again that according to a Chinese saying those who feel insulted by others confess to their mental, their intellectual inferiority."
And off he went.
Turkishness is unique!
Evidence: People trying to learn more about history, geography, literature, architecture, poetry, cuisine, music etc., on the first two pages would find nothing but
denigration of Turkishness (2)
insulting Turkishness (15)
belittling Turkishness
degrade Turkishness
Telling this my closest friend whose current topic of research - Pre-Assyrian Philately - is keeping him very busy, did not even look up when saying: "Inferiority complex."
"Tetrapilotomos", I whispered, "mind your tongue! Some people might feel insulted."
"That's it. Exactly those who feel insulted are meant. I can just repeat again and again that according to a Chinese saying those who feel insulted by others confess to their mental, their intellectual inferiority."
And off he went.
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