notalakersfan

Wait, I am really surprised by this. What's the controversy? That he made a deal with a Turkish company? According to Armenian-Americans, should Americans never do business with Turkish people? Is this not completely hypocritical?

Edit: I want to clarify this a bit. Would it not seem completely insane if Kobe had made a similar deal with Lufthansa and the entirety of the Jewish-American population of Los Angeles protested it because it was a German company? I just don't understand the logic behind it at all.

Ah, I was unaware the Turkish government had partial ownership in the company. Had it not, the hypocrisy would have been that the protest only helps to fuel the prejudices and tensions between the two nations.