Where's the TCLU when you need them?

Man fired over camel sacrifice in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey - A crew of mechanics at Istanbul's airport were so glad to be rid of some trouble-prone British-made airplanes that they sacrificed a camel on the tarmac in celebration — prompting the firing Wednesday of their supervisor.

The photo of a worker raising a large piece of bloodied camel meat on the tarmac of Ataturk International Airport was published on the front page of at least two newspapers, drawing the wrath of transportation authorities.

Under pressure from the EU, Turkey has introduced fines for those who slaughter animals outside special facilities.

I gather from the tone of this article that the only reason any action was taken is because the Turkish government wants to join the European Union, and this was rather embarassing for them. Take that out of the equation and it would be just another every day occurrence.

Slaughtering animals is a no-no; preventing the slaughter of Christians in Sudan, Africa and elsewhere in the Middle East is evidently not a high priority.

The ACLU should open up a branch office in Ankara; this sounds like it's just their cup of tea. Of course, then PETA would open up a branch office. That would be an interesting leftist vs leftist confrontation that I'd enjoy seeing.

I wonder, if a group of Northwest Airline ethnic employees decided to follow suit and sacrifice some cows after getting off some particularly nasty DC-9's, would the tolerance crowd support it; after all, it sounds like something that's part of their culture.