When a noted hacker dies, the community usually mourns them. We all talk about how they impacted our life -- as we should. When some political ruckus erupts, e

When a noted hacker dies, the community usually mourns them. We all talk about how they impacted our life -- as we should. When some political ruckus erupts, either we all gang together in our pre-defined groups and throw monkey poo at one another -- or we ignore it. HN has been better than most places at trying to ignore politics. But every so often there's a story like Turkey -- it's politics, it non-nerd-related, and it's tragic. We are watching a modern country go down the toilet, one little bit at a time. It's a slow motion train wreck where it's not just one person we'll mourn: it's an entire country. My heart goes out to my friends living in Turkey and the rest of those folks who have to live through this. This is the rare story that I think folks all over can agree is an extremely sad one. I'd love to Monday-morning quarterback this thing, talk about how NATO membership needs to be withdrawn and so forth -- but it's just too tragic right now. It's too much.