If you’re in Turkey, you can’t read me (or any other WordPress blog)!

This “slander! Waaaah!” rhetoric is pathetic, considering the fact that it’s coming from a developed nation with some serious EU aspirations.

Not only is it silly, it’s sort of humiliating for the Turkish government. Did I say sort of? I mean totally.

And deleting the “slanderous” blogs in questions would, indeed, set a horrendous precedent. So don’t go there, WordPress!

(And don’t get me started on online censorship in the Gulf… *grumble grumble*)

Oh, and here’s a good reaction from the comments thread:

I can’t say I’d be pleased to find myself or anyone I remotely liked criticized in a bunch of carbon-copy blogs, but so far, the universe hasn’t ordered itself to my preferences. In other words: tough nuts, guys.

There is also advice from Budi Rahardjo that may help solve the problem in the long run:

Somebody is using http://adnanoktar.wordpress.com to pretend that he/she is Adnan Oktar. If the person is using another name, not AdnanOktar, it might be a different story. My suggestion is to approach whoever using “adnanoktar” and investigate further. Perhaps changing the name would solve the problem?

And more from Gabriel (who’s got a great blog, btw, in case you’re reading this… and want more stuff to read):

Whether or not this nut job is responsible for finding a Turkish court gullible enough to make such a sweeping judgement without requiring WP lawyers to be there isn’t the only issue here. You can’t have democratic governments just turning off the information taps, fine. But even worse, for WordPress, is the idea that a democratic government can take such radical steps against a (re: Your) company for such a tiny issue. Either way — altruistic or corporate — there has to be some responsibility on WP’s part to get the Turkish blogs back up… I think it’s time to find a good lawyer working in Turkey.

Either way you look at it, it’s a mess.

Mummy moderator is reminded of the fact that the internet can be a scary place

From the commenting queue:

Sir Anthony | [edited]@mail.yahoo.uk | IP: [edited]

I love your blonde hair and blue eyes.

You should read Camp of the Saints. Darkies secretly despise women with blonde hair and blue eyes.

My real hair colour is russii, btw. There’s no word for it in English. It’s a kind of ash blond which turns to reddish in certain light. False advertising, I’m afraid!

(Seriously though, dear God! Blech!)

As someone who used to be into checking out rich, older, handsome men

This post on double standards really ticked my fancy. Particularly this comment from nausicaa:

When men are attracted to hot, younger women, it’s “just natural — can’t fight biology, man.”

When women are attracted to rich, older, handsome men, it’s because they’re shameless golddiggers with daddy complexes.

Ka-ching.

Another gem from the same thread:

I’m still rather fond of “What’s the difference between a slut and a bitch?” “A slut sleeps with everyone, and a bitch sleeps with everyone but you.”

I’ve a whole new arsenal of pithy observations for parties! If we were actually going out much nowadays…

Oh, oh, and this one’s good:

I have another I hear a lot from both sexes. Women’s bodies and sexual parts are “beautiful.” Men’s are “funny looking.”

So true. And all because women aren’t supposed to like dick. Pish posh.

This is just sad at this point

Sad that Shevchenko is not even a sub today. I guess AC Milan wants him back, and they will probably get him back. It’s the sort of thing that’s truly depressing, considering the fact that Sheva and Chelsea would have been a great fit, but the magic is not there. I suppose it’s the Real Madrid curse – you can’t buy a world-class player and ensure a success, because something else, some organic process, has to occur for things to work out. What sort of organic process? God, I don’t know. Perhaps he and Mourinho should have shopped for fresh-picked tomatoes together. Perhaps cannabis should have been involved.

Although the real issue may be the conflict between Mourinho and Abramovich – with the latter wanting Chelsea to be “more cavalier.” Whatever the hell that means. I’m admittedly more lenient to fellow ex-Soviets, but Roman should remember that footballers aren’t show-monkeys who dance for one’s amusement (with the possible exception of Cristiano Ronaldo).