5th Jul '10
talking about prisons, kahve pera. a middle-aged man with a mustache and a half-open western shirt, holding a cup of coffee: you are british?
me: i'm american.
him: american? where in america?
me: los angeles.
him: puh. los angeles. makes american movies.
me: you don't like american movies?
him: i hate Midnight Express.
me: what's wrong with Midnight Express?
him: it misrepresents turkish prison.
me: yeah, i'm sure turkish prisons aren't that bad.
him: no, turkish prisons are that bad. misrepresents because the man escapes from the prison. you cannot escape from turkish prisons.
me: really? so the prisons are that horrible?
him: yes. better that way. punishes criminals.
me: but what if you get thrown in jail?
him: i don't get thrown in jail. i don't do anything illegal.
me: what if you get thrown in jail by accident?
him: you do not get thrown in jail by accident here. this is not america.
me: how so?
him: here there is a list, things you cannot do. you do them, you go to jail. i have been to new york once. there, you have a list of things you are allowed to do. you do something not on the list, you go to jail.
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