The elephant, the ant, and the flea!

There is only one day left until the first anniversary of the great earthquake that claimed more than 53 thousand of our lives, according to official data.

Everyone is saying something.

But some, as always, are saying “too much.”

Those esteemed individuals say, “If the central government and local government do not join hands, if they are not in solidarity; nothing will come to that city. Did anything come to Hatay?”

The explanation for these words is this:

“If you want services to come to Hatay, if you are waiting for the city to be rebuilt, you will vote for our party in the upcoming elections!”

Is this a threat?

It is a threat…

Is it blackmail?

It is blackmail…

Is it shameful?

It is shameful…

Is it a sin?

I cannot say about that, call the “Alo Fetva” (Fatwa) hotline and ask!

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I do not want to write about these things today.

Because I am fed up with what has been done and what we have experienced.

In the face of those who persistently continue to do what they do, I no longer want to take a stance or express an opinion.

I have lost my will to live!

Of course, I will take a stance and express an opinion again, but after every stance, I will not neglect to say, “May God give you what you deserve!”

What we have heard in recent days is like a joke…

As if opposing Sharia is opposing religion, as if it is a condition for the citizen to vote for the government for the state to do its duty…

I have grown cold on life.

Everything has become meaningless.

As I said; that is why I will not write about politics today…

I will talk about the elephant that entered the china shop.

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So the story goes; one day the people of a country made a cute little baby elephant their king…

The lion king retreated to his corner and began to watch what was happening.

As soon as the little elephant became king, he granted incredible privileges to all elephants…

“The market is yours, roam around…

Everything you find is yours, eat until you are stuffed…

And do not answer to anyone!

If anyone stands up to you or objects, arrest them, target them, label them as terrorists and ruin them!

Keep them hungry, do not give them water!”

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Years passed; our baby elephant grew and grew, flourished and flourished…

The vase he stuck his trunk into to drink water began to feel too small.

Well, he is a great king after all; he is not going to drink from a plastic bucket… It has to be glass!

He took his other elephant friends with him and went to the bazaar…

He started entering every china shop he could find…

The moment our elephants tried to enter through the door, everything would be leveled…

All the goods would fall to the ground and break, and the place would turn into a battlefield…

From the first china shop to the second, to the third, there was not a single shop left in the bazaar that was not turned into ruins…

Our elephant and his men recognized no rules…

His only concern was a vase that was long and wide, suitable for his trunk.

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This looting lasted for days…

The elephant, unable to find the vase he was looking for, became more and more irritated; he started to wreck other shops as well…

He recognized no law, he listened to no tradition…

He felt no shame, he had no sense of decency!

The ant merchants of the animal world, left helpless, gathered and went to the old lion king:

“Oh lion king, mighty lion king; we have done wrong, please don't hold it against us… Save us from this elephant! We are being crushed under his feet!”

The lion king lifted his head from where he was lying, scratched his rear with his hind leg, and swished his tail from right to left…

Then he roared:

“My ant friends. I can no longer cope with this creature. It would have been different if he were still a baby… But he has fully flourished and developed. He has grown so big; he could break my spine with a single leg. But if you really want to get rid of this trouble, I can show you a way.”

“Go on, show us, show us!”

“Send all the fleas, lice, and ticks of the country to the palace. Let them infest the king elephant so much that they bring him to the point of dying from itching. You will see, that elephant you fear will not be able to stand it and will flee to other lands, and you will be saved!”

The members of the animal world did what the old king said and got rid of the king elephant in a short time.

In other words, they got their wish…

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The ancients say there is no error in a metaphor…

If we ants, fleas, lice, vertebrates, invertebrates, winged ones, caddisflies, in other words, all living things, stop the “you-me” fight and unite…

Instead of shrinking by saying “on our own” or “free and independent,” if we become one body by shouting “all for one, or none of us,”…

We will save not only the china shops but the entire bazaar and market.

In other words, the skill is not in the size; it is in the function…

As long as we do not panic and put our minds and intelligence in the refrigerator.

Let us not entrust them to anyone.

Let us just make the king elephant itch a little; that is enough…

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How was that?

It turns out I can write without a single line of politics when I want to!