To Irrelevant

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Mar 30, 2009 at 20:14

Thanks for sharing.

Well, I've mentioned several times that these scams are not exclusive to Muslims and it's a global problem. Naturally, those in the West who go out of their way to defend Islam and their partner/relative/friends culture are lost on that point because it doesn't affect them personally.

I think you have some points on getting involved with someone who is clearly up to no good, but unfortunately, appearance and exotic culture is enough for some people and hence, the perpertrators will keep scamming for one simple reason:

It works. It's as simple as that.

I do believe that most of us know that not ALL Turkish or Muslim are bad. The reason I hesitate to say that is because for some women, they love to use the excuse "well, there are good and bad man in every culture and therefore mine is good." Of course there are good, practical men, but as I have been saying all along, most Turks will marry Turks and most Muslims will marry Muslims.

On a final note, Irrelevant, please note that those who are truly secure in their relationships have no need for this blog. That is one reason among others why you see bad stories on here. It has little to do with the Turkish culture as a whole. My hope is that people understand that, but I would ask you to remember that whether the women on here slam Western or Middle Eastern, they are doing so mostly out of pain. It does not make it right, but it's why it happens.

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