Wil's Rant

Jail time for insulting the Turkish identity in a book. That's exactly what's going on right now as yet another Turkish writer is brought up on charges. Perhaps the Turkish authorities have yet to recognize the positive benefits of allowing freedom of thought and expression. Too bad! Of course we in the U.S. and Canada are only marginally better as can be seen by the outrage over anyone who dissented with the George Bush opinion immediately following the 9/11 tragedy. In the U.S. they were called traitors and Un-American. I don't really see the difference between Turkey and the U.S. at such times.