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Photo by Andreas Pine.
This is Dr. Mehmet Daimagüler. He is the lawyer representing the families of the victims of the NSU* terrorists in the upcoming trial of the only surviving NSU member, Beate Zschäpe. In the German judicial system, he is also allowed to present evidence, reject expert, and lodge appeals on behalf of the victims’ families.
He was profiled in the Berliner Zeitung Magazine this weekend. Born in Germany as the son of Turkish immigrants, let’s just say that his life hasn’t always been easy, particularly with regard to the subject of identity. One of the best quotes in the article recounted an exchange between Daimagüler and the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Prime Minister told him that he needed to improve his Turkish. To which Daimagüler replied: “Mr. Prime Minister, I think that for a German, my Turkish is pretty good.”
I wish I could have been there to see the look on Erdoğan’s face …
*For more about the NSU, see here.
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I had two cassettes that I listened to repeatedly in highschool. This and Lisa Stansfield. They were both banned by my friends. I still listen to this one. :)I would have had to find some new friends ;-)
The director also worked closely with writer Tim Zimmermann, who in 2010 published an acclaimed article on Tilikum called “The killer in the pool” in Outside, an American lifestyle magazine. Zimmermann also speculated that captivity lay at the heart of why Tilikum ended up a killer. “Tilikum, before 26 years in marine parks … once knew what it was like to swim the ocean alongside his mother and family. And perhaps, just perhaps, that also explains why Dawn Brancheau died,” he wrote.
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The link to Zimmermann’s article is here. I just read it and can recommend it if you’re interested in the subject. There is no reason in the world that these animals should be jumping through hoops in pools for human entertainment. No reason at all. Here, Zimmermann references Jean-Michel Cousteau:
After Brancheau’s death, Jean-Michel Cousteau, president of the Ocean Futures Society, made a videotaped statement in which he said, “Maybe we as a species have outgrown the need to keep such wild, enormous, complex, intelligent, and free-ranging animals in captivity, where their behavior is not only unnatural; it can become pathological,” he said. “Maybe we have learned all we can from keeping them captive.”
But given that this is a multibillion-dollar business for SeaWorld, I don’t expect meaningful change anytime soon … That said, I look forward to the documentary.
Cartoon by Edward Steed. For more: http://nyr.kr/ZdqYBe
I see Irish scones in my not-too-distant future …
Recipe here.
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