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GOOD NEWS--Turkish Club Owner Jailed for Five Months for Banning Jews


World  (tags: world, anti-semitism, goodnews, prejudice, humanrights, freedoms )

Cal
- 203 days ago - haaretz.com
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a man to five months in prison for "insulting a section of society" after he put up a banner saying Jews and Armenians were not allowed to enter his business. ..
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Kathy W. (301)
Thursday May 28, 2009, 12:16 am
Too bad it's only for 5 months. But, that is better than nothing. Maybe this will bring his business to a close! Who would want to go there with someone like that running it?! Maybe that would make him to learn to be more compassionate. Thanks Cal.
 

sue w. (153)
Thursday May 28, 2009, 12:38 am
Seems freedom of speech and choice is not in Turkey either.
 

stan b. (43)
Thursday May 28, 2009, 12:55 am
Sue. Most reasonable people would see this as racial discrimination rather than freedom of speech or choice.
I can't understand where you're coming from. Would you be happy to see a sign banning you from an establishment based on your ethnicity or religion?
 

Pam F. (191)
Thursday May 28, 2009, 2:45 am
And would you have the same opinion if the banner said "No Muslims or blacks", or Christians, for that matter?
 

Kit B. (178)
Thursday May 28, 2009, 6:13 am
I'm just glad the government at least took a stand, I'm a little surprised and very pleased.

Back in the bad old days, the town of Fayetteville, North Carolina had signs posted on restaurants and bars, that said NO BLACKS, NO SOLIDERS AND NO DOGS. The economy of this town was dependent on Fort Bragg and still took this attitude, and other then a few letters from the commander of Fort Bragg nothing was done. Btw this was after the 1964 Civil Rights Act was signed into law.
 
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