**alert- Ancient Armenian Forest Is Cut Down**

[Anonymouse]

Stupid environmentalist morons.

[Red Brigade]

Stupid environmentalist morons.

Don't infest this thread with your insignificance.

[bell-the-cat]

Don't infest this thread with your insignificance.

Mice infest everything - it is in their nature.

[bell-the-cat]

First of, a road is usually only 6-12 meters wide. The forest, if it really is that big of a forest won't disappear with a 10 meter road built in it.

Catwoman - you'd never make a good Armenian mafiosi politician.

A 10 metre wide road - how pathetic! You add on another 10 metres onto each side - think how many valuable trees we could be cut down then. Lots of money to be made!! Think of all that wood needed to make wooden trinkets to sell at inflated prices to all the jerk American tourists in Yereven. And of course, once we have the road there and access becomes easy we can always send our goons back later to cut more trees if we need. While there, they can machine-gun a few ibex's for us as well - good meat and the heads will look great on the walls of our villas.

But the possibilities for making quick money from destroying Armenia are getting less by the day, so we should move fast. Think of all those Yerevan parks, ripe for development (oh, sorry, they've done that already), or all those old Russian buildings, so easy to demolish and rebuild as condos (oh, sorry, they've done that already), well let's try and turn lake Sevan into a reservoir (oh, sorry, they've done that already), or the Razdan river into an open sewer and rubbish tip (oh, sorry, they've done that already) or make a quarry out of Ani (oh, sorry, they've done that already) or open a quarry at Garni (oh, sorry, they are doing that one as we write). I know, let's build a dam and flood the Arax valley (darn it - someone else has already got plannning permission for that one).

Hmm .... I suppose we could always join up with our pals in Turkey. Although all their rivers have already been damned, and all their forests already cut down, and all their hillsides already covered with quarries and roads, I hear good things are happening in Dersim: the whole region is going to be one big gold mine - a poluters paradise!

[Armenian]

Why do you need to belive whatever the Dashnaks parrot.The Armenians should stop being the sheeps of just one party whatever that is and see the whole picture.The Dashnaks are supporting the Goverment and their little feud has part from the share$.What else do you excpect them to say.We all saw when they murdered members of the Parliament and the Vice-President.Stop justifying the something which can not be justified.The only reson Armenian people have not revolted yet is because of the conflict of Garabakh and they don't want to create internal problems.

What's with you communists wannabees and Dashnaks???

What's with you Armenians and the Kocharyan administration???

Whether you like them or not, Dashnaks today are one of Armenia's few *real* political organizations. Whether you like him or not, Kocharyan today is the best president we can have. Kocharyan and team have masterfully executed Armenia's foreign and domestic policies. Don't forget, we don't have France, Italy or Luxemburg as neighbors in the Caucasus. Realize what type of a geopolitical environment Kocharyan has to deal with. Don't forget what part of the world we have ended up in.

Stop dreaming, there is not such thing as a perfect government. There is no such thing as perfect justice. Besides which, you communist wannabees are really funny. When commies were running the show, there was no corruption???? When commies were running the show, the Armenian ecology was in perfect order???

I have been to Armenia enough times to know that there are good politicians and bad politicians - as everywhere else in the world. I my opinion, most of the politicians in Armenia actually mean well. However, often times they are simply incompetant and/or inexperianced.

Therefore, its you job, if you consider yourself an Armenian patriot, to support the nation in these bad times. In other words, don't xxxxx and complain every single time something occurs that is not to your liking. Why don't you partake in some constructive criticism instead of destructive criticism.

As far as the forest is concerned, I fully share your feelings. Armenia's environment is very fragile and needs urgent protection. But the other side has some important points as well. We are desperate to have better connections with Iran. Believe it or not, its not as simple as "lets just bypass the area and let the animals run around the forest." There are serious construction issues that need to be solved. And there are time issues as well.

The population in Armenia is more or less desperate to get income into the country, and I can't blame them. Therefore, it is up to people like you and I to get involved and get to the bottom of things. In other wards, stop listening to rumors and gossip and find out for yourself what is really going on. I remain hopeful that the government will come to a compromise and our dwindling forests will get preserved.

Kocharyan and the ARF are not the tools of the devil out to destroy Armenia. Stop the cold war paranoia. Under the given circumstances, they are probably a blessing to have.

[Anonymouse]

Don't infest this thread with your insignificance.

I will speak as I please commie. The only insignificance is you holding on to a bankrupt and discredited ideology such as Marxism. As the famous saying goes, stupidity is when you try the same thing expecting different results.

[CatWoman]

A 10 metre wide road - how pathetic! You add on another 10 metres onto each side - think how many valuable trees we could be cut down then. Lots of money to be made!!

Right, God forbid the government makes money!! That will kill the country, you know!! Let’s not build a road so the government doesn‘t make money!!!

And of course, once we have the road there and access becomes easy we can always send our goons back later to cut more trees if we need. While there, they can machine-gun a few ibex's for us as well - good meat and the heads will look great on the walls of our villas.

I was thinking of other ways the road would be useful, such as giving us access to the Caspian sea, but you’re absolutely right! We *might* cut more trees later on or we *might* hunt some animals, let’s ignore the facts and how it can benefit us and rely on *what ifs* and how they will harm us.

Catwoman - you'd never make a good Armenian mafiosi politician.

You’re right, after reading your post, I came up with the conclusion that cats aren’t made for politics or in your case, even economics.

Last, but not least, I can see many Armenian families picnicking along the road, littering and barbecuing…

You convinced me, the road should not be built!!!

[Thai-Samurai]

So pretty much an extra 17 km takes an extra 15 minutes to drive. What are you still all arguing about?

[Red Brigade]

Ok

[bell-the-cat]

You’re right, after reading your post, I came up with the conclusion that cats aren’t made for politics or in your case, even economics.

All cats are too honest to be successful in those two games.