http://demonized.disqus.com/enMon, 16 Mar 2009 09:56:13 -0000http://www.demonized.com/2009/03/16/norooz-hijacked-by-the-pkk/#comment-7253629<p>Hello there dear friend. I think you have not touched upon a few important facts.<br>Newroz has never been celebrated in London by other Middle Eastern people(s) in London as much as Kurds. This festival is celebrated every single year by them and there has never been less than 10,000 Kurds at the celebration. Newroz has never been celebrated in Trafalga sq and it was the Kurdish people who fought for this right. The Kurdish community centres in London came together and had meetings almot every week with the London mayors and people of authority inorder to celebrate Newroz in Trafalga sq. HOWEVER they gave Iranians, Afghans and other(s) the oppertunity to represent their communities.</p><p>The reason why there was alot of PKK banners is because without the PKK there is no Kurdish people. Their way of life, culture and future is and will be dominated by the ideologies of this man. He is the one that liberated the Kurdish people and is fighting against the opressive middle eastern governements for the good of Arabs, Iranians, Turks, Azeris and others alike. The PKK is primarily fighting for Kurdish rights however if you read and do a little research you would know that its a INTERNATIONAL struggle with fighter of other ethnic backgrounds - German, Turkish, Persian, English and other(s)</p><p>I find it very disrespectful that you can compare a man like Abdullah Ocalan who liberated Kurds to someone like Sadaam who killed thousands and thousands of them.<br>Also, if you disrespect him you are effectively disrespecting a nation of people which is not right.</p><p>If you have not bothered to understand the PKK or Abdullah Ocalan then I do not believe you are in any position to criticise them.</p><p>Peace be with you</p>AsoMon, 16 Mar 2009 09:56:13 -0000