This story saddened me for so many reasons. Not least of which the fact that Hrant Dink was an Armenian voice of reason in Turkey. He also took a stand for freedom of speech in that country in the hopes that it would make his home nation one day acknowledge that so as to join the EU. I admired (and still admire) his principles.
After this week's horrifying murder of an NDI staff member in Baghdad and now more fatal oppression in Turkey, I do question why I'm so devoted to promoting freedom of speech. But I know that it's simply because I truly believe that guaranteeing such basic human rights is a strong step toward a more peaceful world, where we can debate one another without going to war.
I hope some world leaders are taking note of the same thoughts.
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Still in D.C. trying out a new job with my newly minted graduate degree, a tidy little apartment, a rather large (and not-so-tidy) man. And yet, still itching to see the world.
D.C. ride
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It's hard to come to the table with people who have fashioned themselves a holy war with freedom and liberty as their main enemies.
Those jihadists despise everything America stands for and will stop at nothing to eradicate us and our like-minded allies. How do you reasonably debate that point of view?
Infidel.
Ummm...am I the infidel?
Always have been, always will be.
But it's cool. I'm an infidel too.
I am planning to go in public today WITHOUT my husband and I'm going to show my face AND my ankle.
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