Man posts funny pic likening Erdogan to Golum,gets put on trial, summons Tolkien-kin

[Kyriakos]

The trial of a Turkish man accused of insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by comparing him to Gollum has been adjourned so that a group of experts can study JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings character, Turkish media has reported.Bilgin Çiftçi was fired from his job at Turkey’s public health service in October after sharing images comparing Erdoğan’s facial expressions to those of Gollum.
According to a report in the daily newspaper Today’s Zaman, a court in Aydın has adjourned Çiftçi’s trial as the chief judge had not seen the Lord of the Rings films. The court-appointed experts have reportedly been asked to determine whether the comparison is indeed an insult.
Erdoğan’s reign has been characterised by intense pressure on the media and the prosecution of many local journalists. They have decried what they say is theworst crackdown on the press in the republic’s history, saying the Turkish president has little tolerance for mockery or dissent.

Gollum is known for his grotesque appearance, his split personality, eating raw fish and disliking rabbit stew and potatoes, but also for assisting the hobbits Frodo and Sam in their quest to reach Mount Doom to destroy the Ring of Power, thereby defeating the evil Lord Sauron and ushering in an era of peace in the fictional world of Middle Earth.


Some social media users have accused Erdoğan of being “precious” – a favourite word of Gollum – over any mockery. Others pointed out that a more apt comparison would be to compare Erdoğan to Denethor or Saruman, two tragic characters in JRR Tolkein’s trilogy who are undermined by their own ambitions.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-gollum-experts-if-erdogan-comparison-insult

Whatever If you insult Erdo you won't be saved by Tolkien nerds. It is the white cells for you, midnight express asap

-You can discuss the judicial process, and whether Tolkien modelled the degenerate halfling Golum in a logical match to today's Erdo or not.

 

[Leoreth]

You must be really close to Erdogan that you have a personal nickname for him. In any case you seem a little too obsessed with the guy.

 

[Antilogic]

You must be really close to Erdogan that you have a personal nickname for him. In any case you seem a little too obsessed with the guy.

The news gave him an Erd-an.

 

[Kyriakos]

You must be really close to Erdogan that you have a personal nickname for him. In any case you seem a little too obsessed with the guy.

Likely not more obsessed than most others who know of his existence. And don't you have a couple of cruisers to send to Turkey again?

What is next, accusing me of being obsessed with the NOT_TO_BE_NAMED country?

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[Zkribbler]

If we Americans couldn't insult our politicians, we'd have nothing to talk about.

 

[Ryika]

Poor Gollum, hasn't his life been tragic enough?

 

[Mechanicalsalvation]

Gollum is known for his grotesque appearance, his split personality, eating raw fish and disliking rabbit stew and potatoes, but also for assisting the hobbits Frodo and Sam in their quest to reach Mount Doom to destroy the Ring of Power, thereby defeating the evil Lord Sauron and ushering in an era of peace in the fictional world of Middle Earth.

I think this should be the key part of defense for the accused in avoiding life sentence or being sent to Mordor Syria as a part of Erdos humanitarian convoy which is likely going to end up being bombed by Russia.

 

[warpus]

You can still mock someone by comparing him to a hero, you know. The insult is not that he's saying "You are evil like Gollum", the insult is that he's saying: "You look like the ugly thing that we call Gollum"

So it seems to me that it doesn't matter whether Gollum is evil or not.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

Gollum is weak, dominated by the power of the ring. What power is Erdogan dominated by?

 

[warpus]

Islam?

 

[Farm Boy]

Gollum is weak, dominated by the power of the ring. What power is Erdogan dominated by?

The ring dominates the weak and the mighty alike. The mighty fall to become even lesser creatures than the small.

 

[Daw]

In fact, I'd suggest jailing the guy (and life-time banning from the Internet) for bad taste and poor pick of pics. I mean, I don't see too much resemblance.

Eating Erdogan looks more like Denethor, to me.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

The ring dominates the weak and the mighty alike. The mighty fall to become even lesser creatures than the small.

But the mighty become cool badasses creatures as the Nazgul. Putin is a Nazgul obviously.

 

[Farm Boy]

But the mighty become cool badasses creatures as the Nazgul. Putin is a Nazgul obviously.

Golem retains flashes of self despite being dominated. The Nazgul are mere husks of living things. They contain only the will of their master. As pathetic as they are dangerous.

 

[Daw]

Putin is a Nazgul obviously.

Not yet. He still has a face.

Spoiler :

Besides, Nazguls are known to be men and Russians are dvarwes, obviously

They contain only the will of their master.

I'd rather ask who's the master then...

 

[BenitoChavez]

I'd rather ask who's the master then...

Lizard space aliens from the 5th dimension of course.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

Somebody can translate please?

 

[Farm Boy]

Might be the Biebs.

 

[Ryika]

Somebody can translate please?

That's awesome.

 

[Daw]

Somebody can translate please?

Master of the End (or the penis, there's a double meaning) which also requires just a 2 letters (1 sound) change from the "ring": кольца -> конца.