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Why are they a NATO country again
Here is why: Half of the population wants to be part of the Western world. They believe in secularity and many other Western ideals. That's how Turkey became a close ally to US, part of NATO and almost became part of EU. Because this half had the control and the other half previously mostly lived in villages and wasn't interested in power. Then, as they moved to cities and as they became influential, the other half o…
I wonder how would things have been if Turket had been accepted to EU 10 years ago. Would it have helped?
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Indeed! Verizon, a carrier in the US, actually made a product out of this by allowing people to buy what they branded "Ringback Tones" which would play some song or tune when someone called your number and you hadn't picked up yet. Not sure if it's still a thing.
The ringback tones were immensely popular in China. Nowadays it has faded in popularity.
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The difference is you can opt to not listen to the Queen, here you have no other choice, the message is played for any call you make.
What? You can opt out by not watching TV, as you can opt out in Turkey by not calling. What's the difference?
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What? You can opt out by not watching TV, as you can opt out in Turkey by not calling. What's the difference?
Can opt out of being murdered on the street by staying in your house 24/7
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They didn't because most of the UK public supports UK being a monarchy so if anyone made such a proposition it would probably be highly unpopular. But they did vote to leave the EU for not having it their way. This decision has always been more popular, since about 60% of the UK public voted to join the EC, not the EU.
Why is having a monarchy that nobody voted to get rid of more democratic than having a president people voted for? Why is your elected president hijacking the telephone network worse than your unelected queen hijacking your tv network?
Also, if you switch over to Channel 4, you can watch an alternative speech. A few years ago, they had the President of Iran on simultaneously.
For a additional level of scary allow people to opt out but record who they are and compile a list. Use the list to deny them services or imprison when the next overthrow is attempted."You've been protesting and we noticed you blocked messages from our glorious leader... clearly a candidate for the labor camp"
Ouch. It's terrible when guys like this find guys like you to work for them :)
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Devils devils advocate here :) It's part of the nature of radio that you are in control of the channel, but not the message heard, as it's controlled by programming - the other kind of programming. This is dissimilar to telephone where a specific channel (number) is uniquely expected to reach a specific person, company, or household. Thus the analogy breaks twofold. First, while the radio works as expected under thes…
Turning on TV and selecting a channel is supposed to give me news or funny people doing funny things. On Christmas day some channels are hijacked by the Queen in the UK. No opt-out is possible (and would be scary). You are so convinced of your moral high ground that you do not even notice the similarities. Pot calling the kettle black and so.
Nobody(except you) deems it concerning that the TV is 'hijacked' once a year, and your concerns can be dismissed because they are motivated out of defending Turkish actions.
Fuck, this sounds a lot like a communism.