Brickbat: Have You Ever Been in a Turkish Prison?

A Turkish court has given classical pianist Fazil Say a 10-month suspended sentence for defaming Islam on Twitter. One of his tweets, for instance, mocked the rapid call to prayer at a local mosque, with Say asking if the announcer had a woman or an alcoholic drink he was in a hurry to get to.
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Tweet us a tweet, you're the piano man. Tweet us a tweet tonight. We're all in the mood for some blasphemy, and you got us feeling uptight.
I'm in a Tweeting state of mind.....
Tweeting
On my shoulders
Makes me happyyyyyyyyy....
Speaking of unjust punishment, where is the Friday Bok/Payne cartoon?
Where all the Airplane! quotes are, apparently.
Poor Professor Snape. 🙁
you know who else had a woman or an alcoholic drink he was in a hurry to get to...
Sam Spade?
any male Kennedy?
I suppose it's better than going to a Turkish bath.
It's like the War on Christmas all over again.
Right before the Payne cartoon of Obama on a plane, too. Did the reason staff get together and watch Airplane last night?