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The geek would live a freer, happier, life if he could surrender the delusion that he counts for much in Microsoft's world:

Here are up-to-date numbers for a single country, Turkey:

Turkey has a population of about 75 million.
Of the 300 million MSN users worldwide, 25 million are Turkish.
Turkey ranks third in using MSN Messenger.
Turkey ranks first in the world in using video-chat and Windows Live services.
Turkey ranks fifth in the world with 19 million hotmail user accounts.

Half the users are below the age of 35, and 65 percent are men. Women users made up around 22 percent some time ago, but their share keeps getting larger. Three years ago the rate of users aged above 50 was almost nil, but now it was over 5 percent.

Clicking grannies clock an e-record [April 3, 2008]

What a great way to detract attention from its continuing defiance of the world community -- no, not just the US -- on its nuclear processing.

Sorry to bust your bubble, but there is hardly a world consensus on the handling of Iran's nuclear processing other then the United States overbearing pressure on other permanent members of the U.N. Security Counsel plus Germany, well as least behind the scenes:

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41064

Besides both Russia and China have not adhered to any sanctions imposed on Iran by the U.N. Security Counsel plus you even have states like Turkey that have told the United States to "piss off" when asked to cut international banking ties with Iran:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=95039

Didn't here about that little tidbit of information in the western press now did you? Just as you posted don't believe the cut cables are some type of "US information operation" don't believe that western media is somehow giving an accurate description of the situation when in reality they're only parroting statements from US government officials. Now would you like some bread to go with this circus?

"The American press, with very few exceptions, is a kept press. Kept by the big corporations the way a whore is kept by a rich man." - Theodore Dreiser

What a great way to detract attention from its continuing defiance of the world community -- no, not just the US -- on its nuclear processing.

Sorry to bust your bubble, but there is hardly a world consensus on the handling of Iran's nuclear processing other then the United States overbearing pressure on other permanent members of the U.N. security counsel plus Germany, well as least behind the scenes:

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41064

Besides both Russia and China have not adhered to any sanctions imposed on Iran by the U.N. Security counsel plus you even have states like Turkey that have told the United States to "piss off" when asked to cut international banking ties with Iran:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=95039

I guest you didn't here about that little tidbit of information in the western press. Just as you posted not to believe that cut cables are some type of "US information operation" as some have suggested you have to not believe in the western press lack of, or willful omissions, of facts other then statements by US governmental officials and/or major corporations that will benefit from such "disinformation". Now would you like some bread to go with your circus?

"The American press, with very few exceptions, is a kept press. Kept by the big corporations the way a whore is kept by a rich man." - Theodore Dreiser

When some poor bastard has to report a story on this bloke..

Who says it is not discussed?

As the thread is about the DNS block ordered by a judge of youtube.com which happened in the first place because some a**hole mistook the idea of freedom of speech as the right to insult someone I thought our topic was about the DNS block ordered by a judge.

As for the Armenians, or the Kurds, or the Turks, or the Laz, or the Jews, or the other 58 different groups living in my country we live in peace. What we have in our minds is the daily hassles we go through to get our lives better.

For the so called Armenian genocide, all I'd like to say is this is not the thread for it. But as someone took the pleasure to throw in some accusations off the air this gives me, a Turkish national the right to at least say a few words. If you want to stick to the judge order and DNS block please skip to the next msg.

Since I have said Turkish national, or because I have taken a view different from yours, you will name me as "dog", or "Turk", or whatever. I will not give you the satisfaction to really know who I am, because I am a Turkish national and that is that and I have already told you twice now.

The bottom line is I don't care.

Armenia? I don't care. But if your try like you have before and will sure try again, to take away my land, I will cut your throat but that will be war and you will have started it.

If you want to do trade and prosper together, we will do trade and prosper together.

If you want to live on this land you are welcome to do it. But you will have to do it under my country, which happens to be named Turkiye.

And you will learn that this country is way better than you have been led to believe. Better than yours I am sure.

Your choice.

We are in peace. But you are not. Come to us, and live it through.

Sincerely yours.

A link1: http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?ene wsid=66262
A link2: http://www.turquieeuropeenne.org/

Or kite flying! What could go wrong?

11 dead at Pakistani kite flying festival

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?ene wsid=23090/