Abdulkadir Özkan: "Can the strong ones break the rules?"

Abdulkadir Özkan: "Can the strong ones break the rules?"
Date: 16.4.2021 17:00

Milli Gazete columnist Abdulkadir Özkan writes on Turkey's agenda. Here is the full article.

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We, as a country, have been facing a serious epidemic for over a year. Our people suffer from this in all respects. In all respects, I try to draw attention to a serious health dimension of the incident, beyond just the economic problems of a large part of the society. Many of our people lost their lives. People suffer from serious mental distress. For this reason, the number of people who lost their mental health is not small. According to the April 14 figures due to the epidemic, the number of people who died was approaching 35 thousand. So, the event threatens the lives of our people. As such, it would not be wrong to say that those who contributed to the continuation and spread of the epidemic with their behaviors commit crimes, and beyond that they cause people they know or do not know to get sick. I don't think more words are needed to explain the seriousness of the scale the work has reached.
 
From this point of view, wouldn't there be a responsibility for those who contributed to the spread of the epidemic by not following the rules? One party, as a member of this society, is meticulous about making thoughts about the health of the people with whom they live, but I do not need this meticulousness, when he breaks the rules, I get the money only because he is fined, but I also have fun as I want. If the deceased dies and continues to act with the understanding that it does not concern me, is there nothing wrong with this?
 
At this point, I would like to dwell on the powerful phrase that I try to draw attention to in the title. First of the title of my article, "Can people with money break the rules?" I had determined. However, considering that only those who have money have fun by forming crowds and having fun as they wish, those who see themselves as strong, consider that they continue their activities by gathering thousands of people as they wish, considering that it would be more appropriate to evaluate those who see themselves as powerful as both financial and state administrators together, and the phrase 'person with money' in the title is strong. I change it. In fact, the important thing is to emphasize that the rules deter the weak because the people of material and spiritual power do not need to control themselves rather than the words used.
 
However, social rules must be followed and applied by everyone as a requirement of the responsibility of living together. Otherwise, if those who consider themselves strong are passed over with punishments that do not mean punishment for them, the manifestation of justice, in other words, the loss of deterrence of laws and rules, makes it difficult to establish social order. For this reason, the parties organized by some spoileds in some hotels and villas continue to receive despite all warnings, it is obvious that the penalties of around 3 thousand lira written on these types do not deter. They are reading what they know. For this, certain rules should either be made deterrent or all members of the society should be aware of the responsibility of living together. Those who are not aware of these responsibilities should be reminded and taught by the state.
 
Otherwise, if the laws and rules to maintain the social order are applied only to the weak, if they are not applied to the spoiled types, even if they are applied, if they continue not to take the fines given due to their power seriously, it will not make much sense to talk about justice and equality in that society.

YEREL HABERLER

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