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[Mos]

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I always disliked those environmental hippies. Yerevan Mayorship has done a fine job with its improvements of Yerevan, especially improving green areas and parks. Most of the green areas/trees were destroyed during Levon's Presidency when there was little heat. I think it's worth replanting trees and making Yerevan more green, and city officials along with other groups have been working and progressing on that. You can't have everything you want, there are trade offs, these environmentalist hippies think rather naively.

[Tigranakert]

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Yerevan mayor refuses to support environmental activists

February 21, 2012 | 20:33
YEREVAN. � Yerevan City Mayor Taron Margaryan made a statement in relation to the protests against installing boutiques in the Mashtots Park.

�Dear Yerevan residents,

The installation of temporary pavilions in the non-green area of the Mashtots Park gained a public resonance. It is better to exchange reasonable facts and achieve mutual public understanding instead of protesting.

Anyone who desires to get acquainted with the facts on installing temporary pavilions in the park will make fair conclusions. The facts are the following: the pavilions mainly in green areas on the Abovyan Street in Yerevan downtown has been dismantled by the city hall. However, the owners were provided with other areas as compensation, including the nearby non-green area of the Mashtots Park. To note, the area is for temporary use. Important and complicated property issues should not be settled based on separate people�s idea of justice.

I believe any issue regarding the capital may be settled in a civilized way for the benefit of our city, the statement reads.

Great news. This issue is a great example of the wrong direction Armenians are heading. They think now think that "democracy'' means that you can do whatever you want, you can say whatever you want to government officials and police, and demand whatever you want. I think the Armenian police have gone too soft. If there is one thing you should NOT do against Armenians, is being soft, as they will want more and more and more, which will eventually lead to more destruction, which is inherit to our genes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mjpWvWMKN2o

This video is a disgrace. Armenians, also members of this forum, just like donkeys believe everything, which is being said about Armenia, only if it has a negative tone. Per definition the government is wrong.

Have you guys seen the video? In Europe, the protesters would have been arrested within a second. They disobey the police, they push the police, they shout at the police, and if that is not enough, around 8:00, they even BEAT A TRUCK, and THREATEN THE DRIVER, who is just a normal person doing is job, AND THE POLICE DOES NOT EVEN INTERVENE. This is a disgrace, an utter disgrace.

The consequences of this will be very dangerous. What do Armenians want, justice, rule of law and no corruption? Then our police forces should also act professional and the citizens should obey the laws. The person who used violence, and those disobeying or obstructing the police should have been arrested, just as in Europe.

Furthermore, after being informed by a friend, he also told me the construction was on a small non-green Area of the Mashtots park. Hell, do you guys even know what Mashtos "park" is? Is not even worth to be called a park, it's like a small area in a street, with like 10 trees, and construction all around it. It has already been great that they have moved the kiosks on the streets of Abovian, to a place, which is not even that popular, was underdeveloped, dirty and will bother nobody.

A disgrace. I am not even talking about some Americans and Europans who state that because they are an "American" and as in "America" there is rule "law" they are demonstrating, just for the cause of demonstrating. Haha, are they being serious?

[Federate]

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Great post Karo.

Apparently, there's foreigners protesting too in this video:

[Armanen]

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The biggest issue I see is when Armenians politicize problems that should not be and invite foreigners to meddle. I see that as weakening Armenian statehood, and those doing it as traitors to the nation. I am not saying these particular protesters are doing that, mind you.

[Mher]

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I agree 100% with the protest, this is what should be done to improve the country. The young people need to challenge the authorities and keep improving the country. Those are not the people that are complaining they are improving the country, they are real patriots and if I was living in Armenia I would be one of them. What Armanen is talking about are the people that only see the bad side of things and cannot stop complaining and only see the dark side of everything. When you hear some people describe Armenia you would think it is the worst place on the face of this planet. Look at those cops in the video and how civilised they are and after that go and look for videos about Occupy Wall street.

Yeah I absolutely agree with that. People in Diaspora, or people who just want to leave the country shouldn't complain. But these people who are actually fighting to improve need to do exactly what they are doing.

[KarotheGreat]

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But people shouldn't have to settle with what they have. Yes they should see the positive, but they should always strive to improve it, and there is alot to improve. It takes people like these to advance a country.

I agree 100% with the protest, this is what should be done to improve the country. The young people need to challenge the authorities and keep improving the country. Those are not the people that are complaining they are improving the country, they are real patriots and if I was living in Armenia I would be one of them. What Armanen is talking about are the people that only see the bad side of things and cannot stop complaining and only see the dark side of everything. When you hear some people describe Armenia you would think it is the worst place on the face of this planet. Look at those cops in the video and how civilised they are and after that go and look for videos about Occupy Wall street.

[Mher]

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Right!? But Armenians can only complain, never see the positive.

But people shouldn't have to settle with what they have. Yes they should see the positive, but they should always strive to improve it, and there is alot to improve. It takes people like these to advance a country.

[Armanen]

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God, those cops are so nice, if it was Europe or the US most of them would be arrested by now.

Right!? But Armenians can only complain, never see the positive.

[KarotheGreat]

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God, those cops are so nice, if it was Europe or the US most of them would be arrested by now.

[Federate]

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