Guy Who Passed Around Image Of Turkish President As Gollum Given Suspended Sentence, Loses Custody Of His Kids
from the it's-not-even-gollum dept
Remember this image?
The Gollum case, however, is partially done, with one person accused of passing around the meme, Rifat Cetin, given a 1 year jail sentence, but having it suspended for five years -- meaning if he breaks no other laws in the next five years, he won't have to go to jail. He does, however, lose custody of his kids, which seems pretty damn harsh for sending around a simple (and not very insulting) internet meme. And this is actually a different case than the one we discussed earlier -- it's just that there were multiple lawsuits over the same image.
Cetin is going to appeal, not on the basis of "WTF, I don't even..." which should be the standard here, but on the technicality that Erdogan was actually Prime Minister at the time the image was posted, rather than President -- and the law is only against insulting the President.
Either way, all this has done, of course, is get more people to post and share that image over and over and over again. You'd think that "growing a thicker skin" might be a better overall strategy. But, then again, I'm not the President of Turkey, so what do I know?
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Filed Under: gollum, insults, recep tayyip erdogan, rifat cetin, smeagol, thin skin, turkey
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Jesus...
So you've been lying to us THIS ENTIRE TIME!!???
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Defamation Poem, by Jan Böhmermann
Stupid as fuck, cowardly and uptight,
Is Erdogan, the president,
His gob smells of bad döner,
Even a pig’s fart smells better,
He’s the man who hits girls,
While wearing a rubber mask,
But goat-fucking he likes the best,
And having minorities repressed,
Kicking Kurds,
Beating Christians,
While watching kiddie porn,
And even at night, instead of sleep,
It’s time for fellatio with a hundred sheep,
Yep, Erdogan is definitely
The president with a tiny dick,
Every Turk will tell you all,
The stupid fool has wrinkly balls,
From Ankara to Istanbul,
They all know the man is gay,
Perverted, louse-infested, a zoophile,
Recep Fritzl Priklopil
Head as empty as his balls,
Of every gang-bang party he’s the star,
Till his cock burns when he has a piss,
That’s Recep Erdogan,
The Turkish president.
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You'll be skinned alive for saying anything negative about the prophet mohammed.
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or to put it another way...Erdogan's got more chance of getting the One ring, than a ladies.
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That's not really a technicality. If the law makes it a crime to insult the President, and the guy being insulted wasn't the President, then the law was not violated.
The fact that they even have this law shows that Turkey is not interested in allowing things like free speech. The fact that they're prosecuting it in this manner shows that they're also not interested in the rule of law itself.
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however, how any court can take away custody of a person for his children over something as trivial as this, is beyond me. that is not only much more of a crime, but shows how the Turkish courts will do what they are told by their 'leader'!
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He's had politcal allies (and their families) 'accidentally' burned alive in their houses.
Ordered troops to shoot live ammunition into protesting crowds, used nerve gas to destroy villages (ala Saddam Hussein) and basically deserves a bullet to the face as soon as possible.
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Poor kids
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Either Gollums or Erdogans, that's up for debate...
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That or perhaps the nation is being held captive by someone more concerned about his appearance than the quality of of lives of those he claims to represent.
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Recep "Gollum" Erdogan. Well, it fits...
I'm wondering when the MPAA will file copyright infringement charges.
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Göllüm for short.
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Judging by a quick image search there's plenty of source material.
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All I want to know is, ..
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way to harsh
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