YouTube: We didn't solve the problem, just made it worse
Güncelleme Tarihi:
Turkey reacted very strongly to the actions of a few idiots who thought they had pulled off a great trick by downloading images insulting to Ataturk onto the internet video-sharing site YouTube.
And in the end, as a result, an Istanbul court ruled that entrance to the YouTube site from Turkey should be blocked. Yesterday, I actually tried to log on to the site, but I was not able to. Whether this was because of the court order or because of everyone trying to enter once they heard about the court ruling was unclear.
Of course, Turkish Telekom General Manager Paul Doany has said that entrance to YouTube is possible using some different servers, but never mind.
Because the truth is, if you really consider it, we created this problem ourselves. While protesting a video clip which at first only a handful of people even knew about, and then moving to block its broadcast in Turkey, what we achieved was that now, the entire country knows about it.
And now these same images, which YouTube has removed because of the reactions, may be broadcast under different names on other sites. And when, as is inevitable, the Western media gets ahold of this story, they will watch the video clip, saying to themselves "now, let's just see what it is that drives Turks crazy."
Meanwhile, we'll just sit back comfortable here in Turkey, knowing that WE can't watch it!
Our societal inclination towards getting angry fast makes us forget this important truth: Sometimes, ignoring something can be the best punishment possible!