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Re: Iranian-Armenian relations
To be honest, I couldn't tell whether you were addressing Mos, me, or someone else. Nevertheless, let me clarify:
Actions like that below stir-up certain emotions by Armenians and alter Armenian viewpoints - as they should:
Correspondingly, actions like that below stir-up certain emotions by Iranians and alter Iranian viewpoints - as they should:
Originally Posted by Mos
I see any of those people I either curse them off or spit on them. Few times bunch of rowdy Iranians came and me and Armenian friends started laughing at there concealed women and their men's speaking and dressing. Iranians thought they could say something to us and we replied that we would bring a whole freaking army and beat the xxxx out of each Iranian here. They saw we were serious and ran away like little rabbits.
As to the question of whether altered view points can cause changes in national policy or the attitudes of people - the answer is clear: the story of the Israelis spitting on Armenians has made a lap around the world and now people have strong views on that subject; likewise, Mos's story is also making that journey through Iranian websites now.
As to the question of whether Armenia is susceptible to the adverse consequences of altered view points, we have seen in history Armenia's land shrink to 1/3 of its size based upon actions and decisions made by Ottoman-Turks, Kurds, Russians, and Armenians.
The notion that changes in view points from positive to negative by one of the only allies Armenia has (or could have had) in the region not having any effect on Armenia are far-fetched -- it's just wishful thinking. People are now reading the above-type of comments and starting to form opinions about them -- that will only manifest into policy in the future (I know that based on my own personal knowledge).
Originally posted by Artsakh
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Actions like that below stir-up certain emotions by Armenians and alter Armenian viewpoints - as they should:
A yeshiva student who spat at the Armenian archbishop in Israel and at a 17th-century cross during last week's procession marking the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem's Old City has met with heads of the Armenian community and apologized for his actions, police said yesterday.The student, Natan Zvi Rosenthal, explained that he was raised to see Christianity as idol worship. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition...tting-1.137740
Originally Posted by Mos
I see any of those people I either curse them off or spit on them. Few times bunch of rowdy Iranians came and me and Armenian friends started laughing at there concealed women and their men's speaking and dressing. Iranians thought they could say something to us and we replied that we would bring a whole freaking army and beat the xxxx out of each Iranian here. They saw we were serious and ran away like little rabbits.
As to the question of whether altered view points can cause changes in national policy or the attitudes of people - the answer is clear: the story of the Israelis spitting on Armenians has made a lap around the world and now people have strong views on that subject; likewise, Mos's story is also making that journey through Iranian websites now.
As to the question of whether Armenia is susceptible to the adverse consequences of altered view points, we have seen in history Armenia's land shrink to 1/3 of its size based upon actions and decisions made by Ottoman-Turks, Kurds, Russians, and Armenians.
The notion that changes in view points from positive to negative by one of the only allies Armenia has (or could have had) in the region not having any effect on Armenia are far-fetched -- it's just wishful thinking. People are now reading the above-type of comments and starting to form opinions about them -- that will only manifest into policy in the future (I know that based on my own personal knowledge).
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