Little White Lies

What is a lie, and when is someone lying?

Some People Are Obvious Liars ......

They are questions that we all assume we know the answers to and that are in fact universal truths.

More Terror Than Tea Served In Turkey

A judge in Turkey recently remanded in custody a cook on a charge of insulting the President. The cook, who just happened to work at one of the few opposition newspaper left in the new Islamic state which is forming on the EU's southern borders, had offered mild dislike of the president. 

Senol Buran - A Man In Deep Trouble

 

What did he do? Well apparently Senol Buran, the cafeteria head at newspaper 'Cumhuriyetis', is alleged to have told police "I would not serve that man [Erdogan] a cup of tea." after he was held up as part of security measures for a speech being given by Mr Erdogan.

Beheading and Human sacrifice to Gods

Beheading and Human Sacrifice in history: Firstly, when is it human sacrifice and when is it merely a form of punishment? 

 

Beheadings Were Common Across Europe

 

The answer seems to lie in who is relating the story. History is always written by the victors so they say, and that seems to have greatly influenced what we consider human sacrifice or not.