That joke of a country called Armenia?

[UrMistake]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

Ok we dont like him for many of reasons but this will not give us the excuse to insult him it that way....

[Armanen]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

bell-the-cat is British, not Armenian. His name is Sean something. He is also the creator of Virtual Ani. Don't fall into his idiotic traps, he is trolling as usual.

[Eddo211]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

Don't fall into his idiotic traps, he is trolling as usual.

Too late as it seems....as I have warned before, he is really good screwing with Armenians.

He does however add spice to the forum and he doesn't do too bad as a halfass historian.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

I'm going to make this thread a regular place for posting news items about stories that reveal stupid behaviour in Armenia or the Armenian diaspora, and which make intelligent Armenians cringe with embarassment (and make stupid Armenians stick their fingers in their ears and shout "blaa blaa blaa I can't hear you!"). I'm sure that comments made by a number of the members of this forum will continue to provide additional unintended examples of embarassing behaviour.

Turkish Film Festival in Armenia Prohibited Because of a Gay Man?

Epress.am (http://www.epress.am/FNew.aspx?nid=10645)
Dec. 14, 2010


Turkish Film Festival "23.5," which took place in Yerevan in March,
was unable to be held in the Armenian city of Vanadzor, the capital of
Lori marz (province). The films were to have screened in Vanadzor at
the Charles Aznavour Culture House on Dec. 10 and then at the puppet
theatre on Dec. 11. After contracts for venue rentals were secured,
organizers began to distribute invitations on Nov. 29.

On Dec.8, the director of the puppet theatre, S. Melikyan, told
Vanadzor festival coordinator Hamlet Gyulzadyan that the film
screening won't take place in the theatre, advising him to go to the
mayor's office to receive details as to why.

Deputy Mayor Norik Sardaryan said though organizers are engaged in
humanitarian activities, the festival won't take place in Vanadzor -
at all.

Turkish Film Festival Director Georgy Vanyan requested a written
explanation of city hall's decision and the one-sided termination of
the lease agreements. Sardaryan responded by saying the festival won't
take place in Vanadzor because he wishes it so. He then advised
organizers to send a letter and wait for a response.

The puppet theatre director confirmed the fact of terminating the
lease agreement. Organizers were able to acquire a lease agreement
which was still in effect from Culture House Director Artyom Gulinyan;
however, one hour before the festival was to begin on Dec. 10,
Gulinyan said he cannot open the doors of the screening room.

At the same time, festival goers began to gather in front of the
Culture House, where staff were instructed not to allow anyone
upstairs, near the screening room. Vanyan was able to negotiate with
staff to allow festival goers to wait at the Culture House cafe until
the issue gets resolved. At the same time, two employees of the city
prosecutor's office went upstairs.

At 3 pm, more festival goers arrived, and there was no more room in
the cafe. They began to gather in the lobby. After waiting for about
20 minutes, when all attempts to fulfill the obligations of the lease
agreement and screen the films had been exhausted, Vanyan declared
that, unfortunately, the festival won't be taking place.

In any case, the festival director made a few opening remarks, turned
on his laptop and began to show the films. Naturally, many of the
approximately 100 festival goers that had gathered couldn't watch the
films on the small screen and they left, asking Vanyan to kindly
provide them with the films later.

The most stubborn spectators remained in the cafe, mainly students
from Vanadzor Academy of Performing Arts (directing department). After
everyone had left, these 7 students watched the 10 films on Vanyan's
laptop.

Later, Vanadzor Deputy Mayor Sardaryan said no one asked him for
permission to prohibit or not prohibit the festival. According to him,
he was only asked for his opinion and he had said, such a festival is
not appropriate. He added, if the directors of the city's
establishments heeded his opinion, then he welcomed their decision.

"My opinion is that the puppet theatre is not a venue for screening
political films," he said.

Sardaryan further said that he did not instruct anyone not to allow
the film screenings and he didn't receive any "orders from above."
Vanyan had come to see him, according to the deputy mayor, with a man
who is gay, and he "doesn't even say hi to such people."

"Such people have gathered and want to show something or another, how
can that be allowed," said Sardaryan.

This article was prepared in the original Armenian on the basis of
Luisa Poghosyan's article.

[gegev]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

I guess, that only those, who agrees with the title of this thread; “joke of a country called Armenia” should post here.

[KanadaHye]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

I'm going to make this thread a regular place for posting news items about stories that reveal stupid behaviour in Armenia or the Armenian diaspora, and which make intelligent Armenians cringe with embarassment (and make stupid Armenians stick their fingers in their ears and shout "blaa blaa blaa I can't hear you!"). I'm sure that comments made by a number of the members of this forum will continue to provide additional unintended examples of embarassing behaviour.

I personally like the following article more than the one you posted.

In the Issue of the Azerbaijani Film Festival in Yerevan, Babukhanyan Only Against the Brits


"Are you the British Council's attorney?" asked leader of the Armenian political party Constitutional Rights Union Hayk Babukhanyan in response to a question by Epress.am, asking whether he was aware that the British Council is neither sponsoring nor participating in the Azerbaijani film festival in Yerevan.

Recall that speaking to journalists earlier today, Babukhanyan had suggested prohibiting "the British Council's activities [in Armenia], which supports holding the festival."

Epress.am informed the politician that it is in fact the US Embassy in Armenia that is the sponsor of the event; however, Babukhanyan continued to insist that he demands "the activities of the British people and the British Council be ceased."

Asked whether he is perhaps suggesting to prohibit the activities of the US Embassy in Armenia, Babukhanyan responded: "I didn't say such a thing."

http://www.epress.am/FNew.aspx?nid=9167

[jgk3]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

Emo adherent Marine contends that if suicide is the real concern,
authorities should focus on the Armenian army, which has experienced
15 non-combat deaths - including two suicides, officially -- since
July alone. "[S]uicide is quite common in the army; many people become
victims of that every year," said Marine. "Let them focus intensively
on the army rather than on us."

How do you guys respond to this in particular? In my opinion it's a good point, but if you have some kind of background information to add perspective, I'd like to hear it.

[KanadaHye]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

How do you guys respond to this in particular? In my opinion it's a good point, but if you have some kind of background information to add perspective, I'd like to hear it.

From my perspective, one suicide stems from the psychological effects of a culture that breeds depression while the other stems from actually being depressed because of a realization that life sucks at times.

[Yedtarts]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

Emo adherent Marine contends that if suicide is the real concern,
authorities should focus on the Armenian army, which has experienced
15 non-combat deaths - including two suicides, officially -- since
July alone. "[S]uicide is quite common in the army; many people become
victims of that every year," said Marine. "Let them focus intensively
on the army rather than on us."

How do you guys respond to this in particular? In my opinion it's a good point, but if you have some kind of background information to add perspective, I'd like to hear it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11131427

http://mentalhealth.about.com/od/traumaptsd/a/iraqptsd604.htm

Let’s not forget that Armenia and Artsakh are still on a standby for war situation.

[jgk3]

Re: That joke of a country called Armenia?

Thanks.