[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

taking steps to ensure that it never happens again

That's the bit which concerns me. I would hope that it will be taken into account before Turkey is admitted to the EU. It isn't going to happen overnight.

I agree that we need to move forward and look to the future. We can't go back in time. We can only start out from where we are now and hopefully have learned something from past experiences.

This whole "it's the scary muslims" is somewhat reminiscent of the McCarthyism "reds under the bed" era in the USA.

Yes I am afraid of losing our rights and of being oppressed by an alien culture, who wouldn't be, but I do believe we should try to learn more about each other and to tolerate each other - not to excuse misdeeds of the past but hopefully to move forward.
If Turkey isn't prepared to do that then of course it's a whole different ballgame.

BTW A-b I forgot to give you my email address - see new PM.