[Gamecock]

any sort of "indigenous Roman Catholic practice," which doesn't exist in Turkey.

a. The trinket sales are inside the boundaries of the site.

b. In post 3 you claim there are Catholics in Turkey. Now you claim there are no Catholics. If there are 30,000 Catholics, isn't it safe to assume they are practicing?

c. Western Catholics were there by the busload. Should they have been appealed by the practice? Are you appalled that this activity is happening inside the boundaries of a Catholic shrine?

[marshmallow]

See post # 11.

A shame to drag what could have been a beautiful thread down the toilet over a friggin' souvenir salesman.

[Campion]

30,000 Catholics out of a population of 71 million. You think this evil eye charm is some sort of indigenous Catholic practice in Turkey? Sounds to me like an indigenous Turkish practice in Turkey.

So what if the trinket salesman is inside the boundaries of the site? That proves that evil eye charms are "indigenous" to the practically non-existent practice of Turkish Catholicism?