Adventures in Turkish Civilization Envy, Wanting to re-convert Hagia Sophia

[Queequeg]

There's like 16 million Muslims there.  It's hard to liberate a city by kicking out 16,000,000 Muslims for maybe 30,000 Christians. 

[Siege]

Not true.

I liberated Athens after it had been occupied by the Aztecs for almost a 1000 years and it became my perma-ally, granting open borders and shit.

[Capetan Mihali]

When I was in Istanbul, I had just visited the Hagia Sophia and had started out on the street, when I noticed it was time for prayer.  Lots of Arab tourists, among other people, were headed towards the Blue Mosque.  As I was taking in the atmosphere and strolling down the street, a man with a submachine gun suddenly appeared out of nowhere and started blocking off the sidewalk.  I started to cross the street, a little concerned, but then I saw Tayyip Erdogan right there, headed for afternoon prayer at the Blue Mosque.  I waved to him and he waved back. 

[Queequeg]

That's...kind of cool actually.  When I was in the Alaeddin Mosque in Konya a redhaired janitor with a Wahhabi beard (neck, no mustache) started screaming that I was an infidel and that I should get out, which was quite confusing because I was being extremely respectful.   

[Admiral Yi]

That's...kind of cool actually.  When I was in the Alaeddin Mosque in Konya a redhaired janitor with a Wahhabi beard (neck, no mustache) started screaming that I was an infidel and that I should get out, which was quite confusing because I was being extremely respectful.   

Harsh toke.

[Ed Anger]

Not true.

I liberated Athens after it had been occupied by the Aztecs for almost a 1000 years and it became my perma-ally, granting open borders and shit.

And I made a puppet Nazi Israel in Hearts of Iron 2. And just laughed and laughed.

Big deal.

[Viking]

That's...kind of cool actually.  When I was in the Alaeddin Mosque in Konya a redhaired janitor with a Wahhabi beard (neck, no mustache) started screaming that I was an infidel and that I should get out, which was quite confusing because I was being extremely respectful.   

So, what you are saying i that even being extremely respectful is not enough to avoid provoking and insulting?

[Queequeg]

Pretty much.  Konya is one of my favorite cities in Turkey, though, and I actually love Seljuk architecture and art, but that was one of the more unpleasant memories of my time there.  I think the guy might have been mentally ill, though. 

[Viking]

Pretty much.  Konya is one of my favorite cities in Turkey, though, and I actually love Seljuk architecture and art, but that was one of the more unpleasant memories of my time there.  I think the guy might have been mentally ill, though.

seriously.. I demonstrate my self control by not responding to that in the manner you people expect...

[Queequeg]

"You people?" 

[Viking]

"You people?"

The ones who freak out about me giving my opinion of religion, theology and spiritual claims.

[Queequeg]

I consider myself to be a Christian, so I don't really know what lesson you are drawing from this.  A crazy person told me to leave a Mosque when by everything I knew of Islamic practice I had every right to be there.  That could happen almost literally everywhere. 

I was once shooed out a downtown bus stop by a crazy black woman in her mid-50s.  Does this mean I should be prejudiced against black women, or people who use public transport, or both? 

[Capetan Mihali]

Does this mean I should be prejudiced against black women, or people who use public transport, or both?

[Languish] Yes. [/Languish]

[Admiral Yi]

No.  One data point is not enough to formulate a valid generalization about an ethnic group.

[CountDeMoney]

No.  One data point is not enough to formulate a valid generalization about an ethnic group.

For Euros, it does.  Data point = Jews.