Piling wrote:Or perhaps I have allergy to wisdom.
The ambassador wanted to learn about the Kurdish question. I was busy with my paper. Fortunately, there is an international conference about Kurds next saturday, organized by the institute. She will go for learning. She seemed a bit surprised to understand that I have not the slightest intention to be there (what will I learn about the Kurdish question, I know everything).
My conclusion is that it's more probably a private crime. But jealousy can not explain that Güner would have killed 3 women, if he was angry with one. It would be simpler to wait for being alone. So the premeditation is not probable.
As he is mentally diseased, and lost memories, (he has even a pension for his invalidity) he might have an access of madness or anger. I wonder if some psychiatric examinations will reveal more.
There is a conference in London:
The Kurdish population in Turkey. Time for Justice and a road map towards reconciliation, is the title of a seminar of the Law Society, arranged in conjunction with Human Rights Watch, on Wednesday 20 February, 17.30-8pm.
The seminar will bring together international and Turkish lawyers. Speakers include Emma Sinclair Webb, author of the Human Rights Watch report, Professor Francoise Hampson of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex (who together with her colleague Professor Kevin Boyle received the Liberty “Human Rights Lawyer of the Year” award for her work on the Kurdish cases), and Tahir Elci, President of the Diyarbakir Bar, who was himself involved in many of the ECHR cases, including Ozkan v Turkey, the largest of the village destruction cases to come before the ECHR. 20th February 2013 is in fact the 20th anniversary of the attack on the village of Ormanici which formed the basis of this case.
Venue: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL.
Over the years I have been to several such meetings and all that I learnt was that nobody knows what they are talking about, most of the people at these meetings have no connection with Kurds at a ground roots level, and nothing ever changes.
My experience has taught me that many lawyers are vastly overpaid and use Kurds as a way to improve their own standing and boost their egos.
If the claim to fame was that after 20 years a very minor attack on a villages reached the courts, in my mind they are NOT doing much good. I will NOT be going
Mad men - I had a violent friend - he would have been capable of getting into a mad rage and killing everyone in sight - fortunately every time he went into a violent rage he only had a knife and the people were always able to get it away from him - many people are scared of him because he is not well - he never hurt me
Omer spent 45 minutes talking with at least one of the ladies. I believe something happened and after he shot the first woman he just kept shooting. I have never really believed that he was a paid assassin.
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These drugs are awful for liver.