Kaan (cynicalhope) wrote, @ 2004-01-09 17:35:00

A good quote maybe?
I am reading the memoirs of a Turkish general who was in charge of the commando divisions who fought PKK terrorists/freedom fighter/insurgents between the years of 93 and 95 and successfully de-fanged them to end a civil war that lasted for 14 years with more than 40.000 casualties.

In the book there is a quote in Turkish. I am not exactly sure if its his or not. But I am gonna do my best to paraphrase and translate it since a verbatim translation would kill the meaning.

"An individual within a society is a component of a system. Sytem does not train leaders.The system wouldn't want errors and dislikes risk. Without risk there wont be any success and without errors there won't be any learning. By staying within the limits of the system one can only become its administrator. An administrator at its best would be a man of the system. An replica of its ways only interested in protecting what it has within its fold. Administrator loves the institution and is an mimic artist with a very narrow vision without any tolerance for radical ideas only interested in preserving the status quo"

Osman Pamukoglu
Ret. General

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