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THIS & THAT
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We worship our writers
but our financial support goes
to bosses and bishops.
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There is no evidence to suggest
what our writers have said
has made a discernible difference
in the life of the nation or community.
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I have been wrong many times:
that’s the only assertion I can make
with 100% certainty.
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To how many readers I could say,
“I don’t have to understand you – I am you!”
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When depressed I count our moral victories.
As for real victories: I would count them too
if I knew one.
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[arabaliozian]

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IF…
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If Zohrab was taken in by Talaat,
who among us will dare to suggest
he is too smart to be fooled?
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Have I ever been successful in fooling anyone?
I don’t remember.
If I have I suspect my target only pretended
to be fooled not to hurt my feelings.
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If everything worth saying has been said before,
our only option is to repeat
only that which is worth repeating.
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Speak of your faith in humanity
only if you can afford bodyguards;
even then “Speak softly and carry a big stick!”
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When I write I assume I am dealing with
reasonably decent readers
capable of using their common sense.
A big mistake that one!
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If it’s not the hemlock, it’s the cross.
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ON SURVIVAL
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We share with animals
the instinct to survive, with one difference:
when successful, animals don’t brag about it.
We could learn from them.
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We are carefully taught to brag
about our celebrities and
even more systematically and carefully taught
to ignore the mediocrity of our political leadership.
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To brainwash may not be a crime against humanity
but to see nothing wrong in it is worse than a crime,
it's a blunder!
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I repeat myself, granted,
but never as often as our children are taught
to brag about Mikoyan and Gulbenkian.
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In a world where men like Gulbenkian
and Mikoyan are successful,
I see more merit in failure,
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[arabaliozian]

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EXPLAINING THE SITUATION.
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One reason I write as I do is that
I can be of greater service to my fellow countrymen
as a dissident than as a dupe of propaganda.
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We all make mistakes, granted.
But some of us learn not to repeat them.
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Even on the eve of the Genocide
we were divided, one side maintaining
Turks wouldn’t dare
because the whole world was watching.
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Imagine a second Greco-Trojan war.
If the Trojans had been Armenians
they would divide themselves
on the grounds that the gift horse
on the other side of their walls
was not a horse but a jackass.
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Even as we behave like certified morons
we brag about our IQ!
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