American politics can get a little rough, but thank heaven we’ve not sunk to this point yet:
It can’t be flattering to be compared to “Lord of the Rings” character Gollum, but a Turkish court is trying to determine if it is a crime.
A doctor who likened President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the pasty, cave-dwelling creature is facing up to two years in prison in Turkey, where insulting the president is a crime, reports said Wednesday. Bilgin Ciftci is accused of sharing images of the two, but it is up to a court to determine whether a comparison to the muttering, gangrel creature from J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels and the hugely successful films is a punishable offense
They’d need to build new prisons to house all the people on both sides who have dared to insult Presidents of the United States. As much as we could do without much of the nastiness leveled at our politicians (granted, not always undeserved), it’s comforting that we still can speak our minds without threat of jail.
You’re such a hatemonger!
Do you know anyone who’s buying? Being vegan I can’t be a fishmonger anymore, and no one seems to need a tofumonger. I’m still on the fence about hatemongering, though. I suspect people are able to make their own far too cheaply to be interested in mine–unless I can find a way to get the quality up or the price down.
Can’t reply without getting to overtly and meanly, as it would be interpreted, political. Gonna have to let this one drop.
I think the market for hatemongers is a bit overcrowded right now, rather like tattoo shops.
I’m considering a less-tapped market, like being an æbleskivermonger.
I guess haggismongering is out of the question then?
I think that one would have been out even before I became vegan.
æbleskivers rule! I really need to find my pan for making them. It’s somewhere…