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Today I saw on article on a Dutch newspaper about “ADD want to ban Google from Turkish internet”…..
ADD is an organization who is protecting the name of Atatürk – the founder of Turkey and Turkishness.
And they want to ban Google from the Turkish internet – because you can find anti Atatürk articles via their search engine.
AND – in Turkey it is forbidden to insult or even criticize Atatürk…..!!

There is even a big chance the judge in Turkey will listen to this complaint – as there is already a ban on YouTube because of the same reason….!

It is needless to say how I feel about such a ban uh…??
(as I am a huge believer of freedom of speech – especially on the internet…)

But the following is really interesting; how or why would a country put a ban (and even make it a criminal act) on criticism or maybe even insult “a dead person”……
Or maybe even an imaginary person for that matter……

How can it be – that people could go to prison for “insulting a founder of a country or a God….”….??
Or – as Google and YouTube – be banned…??

Such a question – I think – has nothing to do with freedom or right of religion – but all about freedom of speech…..

Is insulting a religion even a real insult…?
Is criticizing a dead person still criticizing..?
And what is even wrong with criticizing..?

Furthermore; the Judge who banned YouTube and the organisation ADD are probably against Turkey being a member of the European Community uh…??

Sources;

Dutch News; Nu.nl
English article; Todays Zaman
Wikipedia; Atatürk