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    Thursday, March 12, 2009
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    ON OPTIMISM
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    If all our writers, from Khorenatsi to Zarian, have so far failed to penetrate the thick walls raised by our political and religious leaders, whatever possesses me into thinking I have a better chance? And what kind of arrogance bordering on pathological megalomania is it that makes our Turcocentric ghazetajis entertain the illusion they will have better luck with the Turks? Perhaps there is a Don Quixote in all of us – a Don with the IQ of Rosinante, or is it Sancho Panza's jackass?
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    “Please, don't tell my mother I am a CEO on Wall Street. She thinks I am a pimp.”
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    When millionaires declare bankruptcy, they do so to protect their millions. Some laws, it seems, are made by crooks, for crooks.
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    In his autobiography,Theodore Reik, a Freudian psychoanalyst, writes that for many years he was deeply in love with a very attractive woman. But when he finally married her, the wedding night was a disaster. He seems to be saying, a penetrating awareness of the other is achieved only by penetration.
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    Both pessimism and optimism are more or less legitimate ways of forecasting the future. Sometimes pessimists are right, and sometimes optimists. But optimists are never right if their optimism is motivated by wishful thinking. Reality advances on a different plane from our wishes. That’s why, even when our dreams come true they have a tendency to turn into nightmares.
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    Friday, March 13, 2009
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    REFLECTIONS ON OUR HISTORY
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    “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
    Our history in a nutshell.
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    There are two kinds of nations: those who divide and conquer, and those who divide themselves and are conquered.
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    The function of a belief system or ideology is to raise a wall between us and our perception of reality. The function of our nationalist historians, leadership, and educational system is to cover up this fact. And the function of our writers is to remind us of it. There are many references to this fact in our literature. (See below.)
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    To those who say, how could little Armenia resist the overwhelming might of ruthless empire builders like Genghis Khan (13th century), Timurlang (14th century), and Suleiman the Magnificent (16th century), my answer is: our predisposition for dividing ourselves was in full swing long before these gentlemen went on the warpath. Listen to our 5th-century historian, Yeghishé:
    “Solidarity is the mother of good deeds, divisiveness of evil onces.”
    Elsewhere: “We may not be allowed to question the integrity of princes, but neither should we praise men who pit themselves against the Will of God” (that is, the Reality Principle).
    And more to the point:
    “In the same way that a man cannot serve two masters, a nation cannot have two kings. If a nation is ruled by two kings, both the kings and their subjects will perish.”
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    Am I rubbing salt in our wound? Why not? -- if the wound is self-inflicted.
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    Raffi: “An Armenian's worst enemies are not odars but Armenians.”
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    Gostan Zarian: “Armenians survive by cannibalizing one another.”
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    Charents: “O Armenian people, your salvation lies only in your collective powers.”
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    For more on this subject, see my DICTIONARY OF ARMENIAN QUOTATIONS.
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    Saturday, March 14, 2009
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    LITERATURE
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    The only time I am referred to as a writer by our commissars is when they tell me it is my duty as a patriotic Armenians to echo their sentiments and thoughts. You say I have said this before? How flattering! Not only you read me but you also remember what I say.
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    Money goes to money, they say. Something very similar happens to culture too. Consider the situation of 20th-century French literature, one of the most highly developed and influential in the world: the three playwrights who revolutionized the French theater (Samuel Beckett, Arthur Adamov, and Eugene Ionesco) were an Irishman, an Armenian, and a Romanian respectively). And now consider the situation of Armenian literature at the other end of the spectrum: not only we don’t encourage or welcome outside contribution, but we also alienate and silence our own (from Abovian to Zarian). Figure that one out if you can.
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    Re: literature

    Originally posted by arabaliozian View Post
    ..........There are two kinds of nations: those who divide and conquer, and those who divide themselves and are conquered.
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    The function of a belief system or ideology is to raise a wall between us and our perception of reality. The function of our nationalist historians, leadership, and educational system is to cover up this fact. And the function of our writers is to remind us of it. There are many references to this fact in our literature. (See below.)
    *
    To those who say, how could little Armenia resist the overwhelming might of ruthless empire builders like Genghis Khan (13th century), Timurlang (14th century), and Suleiman the Magnificent (16th century), my answer is: our predisposition for dividing ourselves was in full swing long before these gentlemen went on the warpath. Listen to our 5th-century historian, Yeghishé:
    “Solidarity is the mother of good deeds, divisiveness of evil onces.”
    Elsewhere: “We may not be allowed to question the integrity of princes, but neither should we praise men who pit themselves against the Will of God” (that is, the Reality Principle).
    And more to the point:
    “In the same way that a man cannot serve two masters, a nation cannot have two kings. If a nation is ruled by two kings, both the kings and their subjects will perish.”
    *
    Am I rubbing salt in our wound? Why not? -- if the wound is self-inflicted.
    *
    Raffi: “An Armenian's worst enemies are not odars but Armenians.”
    *
    Gostan Zarian: “Armenians survive by cannibalizing one another.”
    *
    Charents: “O Armenian people, your salvation lies only in your collective powers.”
    ..........
    So this curse runs deeper than I thought??……… Why am I not surprised.

    Ancient tribes united against a common enemy..........so can we.

    I respect your philosophical opinions Mr. Baliozian……..but every so often we could use a little good news.
    Last edited by Eddo211; 03-14-2009, 07:32 PM.
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      Re: literature

      Originally posted by arabaliozian View Post
      The function of a belief system or ideology is to raise a wall between us and our perception of reality. The function of our nationalist historians, leadership, and educational system is to cover up this fact. And the function of our writers is to remind us of it.
      Correction:

      The function of a belief system or ideology is to raise a wall between reality and our perception of reality. The function of our nationalist historians, leadership, and educational system is to cover up this fact. And the function of our writers is to remind us of it.
      Plenipotentiary meow!

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