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[Helgoland]

Probably should emulate the greatest poet of them all, William Shakespeare. lol

A vulgar entertainer, a mere crowdpleaser, the greatest poet of all time? I'd beg to differ.

[Orange Wizard]

Spoiler: Cossacks are busy writing insults to Putin. Turks can wait (click to show/hide)

That is so beautiful

[Sheb]

Probably should emulate the greatest poet of them all, William Shakespeare. lol

A vulgar entertainer, a mere crowdpleaser, the greatest poet of all time? I'd beg to differ.

Case in point: I own at least one book of Goethe's poems, but nothing by Shakespear. And despite that, I've read more Shakespear than Goethe.

[martinuzz]

Theo Maassen, another prominent Dutch comedian, has written a letter to the newspaper in response to Hans Teeuwen's sketch about whoreboy Erdogan.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/theo-maassen-reageert-op-hans-teeuwen-erdogan-wegzetten-als-luie-minnaar-is-een-leugen~a4288612/
original text:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Satire.
Jonathan van het Reve neemt het in zijn column (V, 23 april) op voor Hans Teeuwen. Hij stelt dat satire niets 'moet'. Helemaal mee eens, maar de vraag lijkt mij gerechtvaardigd of alles wat hardop uitgesproken wordt door een humorist automatisch onder de noemer satire valt. Onze vrijheid van meningsuiting is te belangrijk om constant als excuus misbruikt te worden mensen standrechtelijk te beledigen.

 De heer Erdogan wegzetten als een zelfzuchtige en luie minnaar is niet alleen lafhartig en respectloos, het is bovenal een onversneden leugen. Ik heb de heer Erdogan leren kennen als een uiterst bedreven, onbaatzuchtige pijper die er letterlijk geen genoeg van krijgt.

 Dat Hans Teeuwen niet oraal bevredigd is door hem zegt waarschijnlijk meer over het primaire geslachtsorgaan van deze geinponem dan over de ethos van het ons zo bevriende staatshoofd."

translation:

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"Satire.
Jonathan van het Reve defends Hans Teeuwen in his column (V, 23 april). He argues that satire has no obligations. I totally agree, but it seems justified to ask the question whether everything that is spoken out loud by a comedian would automatically fall under the label of satire. Our freedom of speech is too important to be constantly used as an excuse to publicly insult people.

Depicting mister Erdogan as being a lazy and selfish lover isn't just cowardly and unrespectful, it is, more importantly, a blatant lie.
I have come to know Erdogan myself as a very competent and selfless dicksucker, who literally cannot get enough of sucking cock.

The fact that Hans Teeuwen did not get orally satisfied by him probably tells us more about the primary sex organ of this joker, than it tells us about the ethos of our befriended head of state"

[martinuzz]

The appartment of journalist Ebru Umar in Amsterdam was broken into and ransacked last night. Umar says she is sure there is a connection between her arrest in Turkey and the break-in, and calls it "pure intimidation and provocation".

She writes "I am in a whirlpool right now. So much is happening right now, but I am trapped. I am not allowed to go home to the Netherlands. My house has been broken open and trashed. My old laptop has been stolen. Good thing I brought my new one to Turkey."

Dutch police and intelligence are investigating the crime. If any evidence is found of Turkish intelligence involvement, we could be facing a major international riot with Turkey.

EDIT:
In related news, program director Viveka Hansson of the Swedish broadcast channel TV4 reports that the Turkish embassy has communicated with her by email to try and stop the broadcast of a documentary about the mass murder on Armenians and other minority groups by the Ottoman empire, during world war 1.

"ofcourse, we can never accept such a thing. We will protest against any attempt to put pressure on us regarding freedom of opinion. This is serious. Which is why it is important to point out events such as this publicly. We will not let embassies, politicians, or any other group moderate our content", the director stated.

[Loud Whispers]

Spoiler: Cossacks are busy writing insults to Putin. Turks can wait (click to show/hide)

My life is complete

[Sergarr]

(in muslim culture, hitting someone with a shoe is the worst insult you can make. That, and shoe rhymes with Haiku)

Let me tell you about Cossacks

Spoiler: Cossacks are busy writing insults to Putin. Turks can wait (click to show/hide)

Zaporozhian cossacks, you mean. There are many more kind of Cossacks than Zaporozhian cossacks. Like Terek Cossacks, who're, in my opinion, far better and awesome-er than Zaporozhian ones. My half-sister even married one!

[ChairmanPoo]

But then you're biased. Maybe if you werent a relative of one by marriage you'd think that Terek cossacks are far less awesome than Zaphorozian cossacks.

[sprinkled chariot]

I wonder, if angered Erdogan may increase refugee flow in Europe at his own will just to show, that he has stronger memes in posession.

[ChairmanPoo]

Meh. The refugee deal was bullshit in more ways than one. I don't think it will matter in the grand scheme of things.

EDIT:
To clarify this, I think I've commented it before: Not only do I think that shovelling the refugees at someone with such a questionable human rights record as Erdogan is of dubious ethicality (not the first time stuff like this has been done, either. As I said, ten years ago illegal immigrants from Southern Europe were handed to Moroccan authorities... who promptly dumped them near the Algerian border in the middle of the Sahara desert), it's also of highly dubious efficacy.

[Sheb]

Well, he has threatened to bus refugees to the border in the past.

[smirk]

translation:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Satire.
Jonathan van het Reve defends Hans Teeuwen in his column (V, 23 april). He argues that satire has no obligations. I totally agree, but it seems justified to ask the question whether everything that is spoken out loud by a comedian would automatically fall under the label of satire. Our freedom of speech is too important to be constantly used as an excuse to publicly insult people.

Depicting mister Erdogan as being a lazy and selfish lover isn't just cowardly and unrespectful, it is, more importantly, a blatant lie.
I have come to know Erdogan myself as a very competent and selfless dicksucker, who literally cannot get enough of sucking cock.

The fact that Hans Teeuwen did not get orally satisfied by him probably tells us more about the primary sex organ of this joker, than it tells us about the ethos of our befriended head of state"

See, now, that's how you do it. Can't just hammer a bunch of insults into vaguely rhyming form and call it satire; there's skill involved. Boehmermann could stand to learn a thing or two from this Maassen.

[Sinistar]

I agree, this one was actually well a played stab!

[smjjames]

And the whole Erdogan saga springs up some more: http://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-demands-offensive-photo-be-taken-down-president-recep-tayyip-erdoga-links-to-death-of-berkin-elvan/

Guy needs to be shown he can't push around other countries like that.

Also, Journalist guy in Turkey says that he wants Trump elected because then we deserve it and get a taste of what the rest of the world deals with.. I suppose outside views could be refreshing, but I don't think we are quite so rock bottom that we deserve it.

Though it could very well be our turn to end up with an authoritarian-esque president.

[Loud Whispers]

So the Austrians have been toying around with fences and they started getting more serious about it after the Hungarians laughed at them for making a "schengen compliant fence" whose gaps German activists just pointed out to migrants, allowing them to just walk around it :P

Anyways this time they're making it more complete but some bishops are all "nah m8 ur not building here" - the fact that the bishops in charge work for the EU bishops commission is pure coincidence
http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/Dioezese_verweigert_Grenzzaun_auf_Kirchengrund-Im_Burgenland-Story-506636

Spoiler: It will be funny to see the Austrians do this (click to show/hide)

And the whole Erdogan saga springs up some more: http://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-demands-offensive-photo-be-taken-down-president-recep-tayyip-erdoga-links-to-death-of-berkin-elvan/
Guy needs to be shown he can't push around other countries like that.
Also, Journalist guy in Turkey says that he wants Trump elected because then we deserve it and get a taste of what the rest of the world deals with.. I suppose outside views could be refreshing, but I don't think we are quite so rock bottom that we deserve it.
Though it could very well be our turn to end up with an authoritarian-esque president.

We all deserve it