When it emerged yesterday that Turkey was blocking access to YouTube because of an offensive video made by Greeks, the mind could only boggle at what the offending item may have been:
Turkish media highlighted what some called a "virtual war" between Greeks and Turks on YouTube, with people from both sides posting videos to belittle and berate the other.
The newspaper Hurriyet said thousands of people had written to YouTube and that the Ataturk videos had been removed from the site.
It's illegal to make offensive statements about Ataturk if you're in Turkey, and the title of the vid in question - "Kemal Gay Turk" - gives away its method of attack. But BoingBoing has had the best line I've seen on it so far, calling it "all a 'you're a fag' flame war".
But it's not often you get international politics, history, YouTube and homophobia all wrapped up in one perfect little storm. Pure silliness.
