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IF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRATY IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO HANDLE, BE SERVANTS, STAY ON THE PATH OF RELIGION
Posted: 18 Aug 2013 04:15 AM PDT
By Organized Rage
O nation
If my thoughts and beliefs
are not of this day and age
If my wisdom isn't still
the most authentic mentor
Then let my tongue cleave
to the roof of my palate
I apologize
Forget everything I said
Destroy and shatter the
statues you have built of me
If freedom isnt still
the supreme value
If youd rather have
slaves stay chained
Forget everything I said
Destroy and shatter the
statues you have built of me
If you see no sense in
living a civilized life
If you want to be sent
back in time to the middle ages and wish to put a crown on the head of a man
who spits into the face of art
Forget everything I said
Destroy and shatter the
statues you have built of me
If the pain of war
violence was not enough
If peace at home, peace
in the world has no meaning
If to be awarded requires
an arms race
Forget everything I said
Destroy and shatter the
statues you have built of me
If you miss the fez and
the veil and prefer to light the night
If youre still hoping to
find healing from a dervish, a sheik or an amulet
Forget everything I said
Destroy and shatter the
statues you have built of me
If you say women should
not be equal to men and should be covered in black sheets in order to flee from
the wrath of bigots
If you say you dont want
to see our women and daughters to get an education just because you believe
this is their fate
Forget everything I said
Destroy and shatter the
statues you have built of me
If freedom and democracy
is too much for you to handle
If you have a longing for
the sultan of the Sultanate and are still not able to determine the
significance of being a nation
Be servants, stay on the
path of religion and wait for şeyhülislam to lay down the law for you
Forget everything I said
Destroy and shatter the
statues you have built of me
And LEAVE ME ALONE
Musafa Kemal, Atatürk
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