DINK

There are many DINKS out there, not all of them with double incomes and no kids. But there is one less to-day. A huge funeral took place in Turkey this week to pay respects to the Armenian journalist Dink assassinated for speaking out in his society in particular with respect to the genocide perpetrated by Turks on Armenians 90 years ago. 100,000 showed up at this funeral which is a sign that the issue will not die despite strong denials of events by authorities over the years. In staid Ottawa, capital of Canadian political doldrums, one enduring memory I have is the couple of assassinations of Turkish diplomats by Armenians that took place in the city which revived the political pulse for a while in the 1980s.