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I watched it, A Armenian woman from Austrlia went back to Armenia to find out about her grand father.
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I watched it. She is half Armenian and the show was pretty good. I found it surprising actually that she felt her family had a "burden", considering she wasn't really raised in a family that was full of Armenian culture. She went to Armenia to become "more Armenian" in a sense, and at the same time to see if something her great-grandfather did can be forgiven so her family/father (possibly herself?) could feel at peace. As I said it's interesting that she felt the need to do that considering she wasn't raised in a full-on Armenian family.
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got it on tape need to watch it
see the xxxxheads call it the alledged genocide number of times
pisses me off so much
please sign http://anc.org.au/news.php?extend.110Last edited by Ari; 08-30-2008, 06:49 PM.Comment
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YEAH they kept saying "The Alledged genocide" My Austrlian friend watched it because i forced him to and he brought it up to. Was making fun of me for it.
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making fun of it? your friend is wierdComment
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SYDNEY: The Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) has condemned the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) refusal to adequately correct its use of the term ‘alleged’ as a qualifier for the Armenian Genocide, labelling the network’s response to community concerns as “unacceptable”.
ANC Australia wrote to the ABC last week, expressing serious concern about the ‘alleged’ qualifier being used when referencing the Armenian Genocide during the 28 August ‘Family Footsteps’ program, which broadcast the story of Joanna Kambourian – an Armenian-Australian who travelled back to the homeland of her ancestors to explore the rich culture of the Armenian people and the tragic history of the Armenian Genocide.
ANC Australia’s correspondence was followed by letters from the Armenian-Australian community, including one from Ms Kambourian herself, classifying the qualifier ‘alleged’ as deeply offensive and calling for a public correction by the ABC.
This week, the ABC responded to community concerns, claiming that, the Armenian Genocide “remains a matter of contention within the international community”.
The ABC letter read: “It is certainly true that many historians and governments have recognised the events as genocide, but others have disputed this categorisation.”
Despite apologising for any offense it may have caused, the ABC concluded their response by stating that the use of the term ‘alleged’ was valid.
ANC Australia has responded on behalf of the Armenian-Australian community seeking a correction for the original offence and subsequent response to community concerns. The letter read: “We find your attempt to justify the use of the offensive qualifier ‘alleged’ with respect to the Armenian Genocide, which is one of the worst crimes against humanity in modern history, unacceptable and no less repugnant than the original offence.
“Your letter suggests that the categorisation of the systematic extermination of approximately 1.5million Armenian civilians by the Ottoman Turkish Government as genocide is legitimately disputed and therefore warrants the qualifier ‘alleged’.
“...your very letter completely ignores the unequivocal position taken by the foremost Holocaust and Genocide scholars around the world who recognised and teach about the Armenian Genocide.”
ANC Australia concluded its letter to the ABC with a request to meet with relevant representatives in order to stress the importance of a public apology from Australia’s national broadcaster.
COMMUNITY NOTE: ANC Australia will keep you updated on its progress regarding this issue.
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