OK, I apologize if that was tongue in cheek. Wasn't obvious to me, nor to another (nonLDS) poster who also thought it was quite rude.
Turkey rounds up 37,500 educators and bans all educators from traveling abroad
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addictionary
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Colton negs people? That' not very Mormon. Jk
Miggs
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Colton negs people? That' not very Mormon. Jk
Exactly!
Miggs
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That person also misinterpreted it then, dude. Seriously. C'mon man. I'm pretty transparent.
The LDS Church does not put it's "young volunteers" in dangerous situations because the parents at home expect their kids' safe return. They are not paid, it is voluntary service, and the ordinary expectation is that they will be pulled out if things get dangerous.
I don't blame Colton for being a little defensive of this practice. The LDS maintain a non-political stance worldwide. Other branches of LDS workers maintain humanitarian services like airlifting food and medicine to people affected by calamities, and do so under somewhat more challenging circumstances, but the political neutrality is considered in situations where there is political unrest that might make the activity look partisan.
I don't blame Colton for being a little defensive of this practice. The LDS maintain a non-political stance worldwide. Other branches of LDS workers maintain humanitarian services like airlifting food and medicine to people affected by calamities, and do so under somewhat more challenging circumstances, but the political neutrality is considered in situations where there is political unrest that might make the activity look partisan.
I am concerned that this situation calls for another kind of volunteer. I've belonged to Amnesty International, I think I'm gonna sign up again. This has got to have them swamped with needs. Hey, you get to write letters to dictators and corrupt politicians all over the world, not just to Obama and Hillary.
Miggs
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My dad lived in Izmir the first two years of his life. Beautiful from the little he remembers and his mom told.
addictionary
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Was your grandpa by any chance a NATO soldier? My Grandpa served in NATO establishment in Izmir back in the day as the organizer of house finding for soldiers of the organization. Maybe they knew each other
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Miggs
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Was your grandpa by any chance a NATO soldier? My Grandpa served in NATO establishment in Izmir back in the day as the organizer of house finding for soldiers of the organization. Maybe they knew each other
He was in the U.S. Army and stationed there after WW2 I believe.
addictionary
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If he stayed in the late 1940's then no dice. My grandpa worked in there in the 50's at earliest iirc.
Miggs
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It was probably around late 1948 to late 1950 or thereabouts.