In what’s one of the most ludicrous, idiotic and silly Christmas stories I’ve heard this year, Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests beat each other up in Bethlehem when they were cleaning the Church of Nativity.

“The basilica, built over the grotto in Bethlehem where Christians believe Jesus was born, is administered jointly by Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic authorities,” CNN explains. (more…)

A couple of days ago I published a post blasting the popular website Facebook for stifling debate (in this case about the so-called Armenian genocide). Facebook shut down two popular (pro-)Turkish websites in one week time: one called “The Greatest Leader of ALL Time: Atatürk,” the other called “The Armenian Genocide is a Huge Lie.”

Now, whether one agrees that it’s a ‘lie’ - or better, whether what happened constitutes genocide - or not, stifling debate is seldom the right course of action. There are cases in which it is - such as terrorism - but this issue deals with history, it was and is about historical events, about which a debate exists. Historians disagree with each other about this issue, (more…)