Turkish anti-gambling zealots plant bombs to make their point

Turkish-Gambling-Houses-BombedIt’s said that if one has to resort to violence to make your point, then you didn’t have much of a point to begin with, or you’re just too thick to make it with words. Thus we come to the rather preposterous but seriously sad phenomenon happening in Turkey, in which a bunch of nameless dickheads published a list of establishments that dared to (a) sell beer, (b) permit gambling and (c) hire women to work as waitresses. (Scandalous!) Then they started bombing the joints. It’s true – you can lead a country to the 21st century, but you can’t make them live there. Read more.