Pamuk Critisizes French Genocide Legislation

According to news I read on the website of Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, Nobel winning author Orhan Pamuk critisized the French decision to pass a law punishing denial of the so-called Armenian genocide. He said the law goes against the French culture of freedom and that it was a disgrace that did not suit the nation. He also said that Turkey should not retaliate with similar legislation, because responding to the wrong actions of another nation with similarly wrong actions would be like "burning our own blanket because of a flea." That is a nice Turkish saying. It is similar to the English saying "to cut off one's nose to spite one's face." Anyway, I agree with what Pamuk is saying here, and its good that a universally respected author like him is speaking out on the disturbing law passed in France yesterday.