on being a writer

[arabaliozian]

ON BEING A WRITER
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You are a writer,
you are Armenian,
and you are alive?
Consider yourself
the luckiest man on earth.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: on being a writer

PIMPS
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On several occasions
I have been approached
by one of our pimps
who gave me to understand
I may be compensated for my work
if I agree to recycle
a particular propaganda line.
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Zohrab is right. Lawyers and doctors
engage in prostitution as surely as xxxxxs.
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Don’t get me wrong.
I have nothing against xxxxxs.
They work for a living.
It’s pimps that I can’t stand.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: on being a writer

WORDS
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You are an Armenian
and you want to be a writer?
Begin by believing nothing you are told.
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And remember: there are advantages
to being a mediocrity.
I shudder when I think of what happened
to far better men than myself.
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If there were a Nobel Prize for cowardice,
Obama would be an excellent candidate
for his fear of the “G” word.
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The irony of all ironies:
the most powerful man on earth
who lives in fear of words like
“genocide,” “Armenians,” “Turks,”
“Liar, liar pants of fire,” “Pinocchio…”
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[arabaliozian]

Re: on being a writer

SITUATION
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One way to explain the situation
in the Homeland today
is to say our rulers are direct descendants
of Genghis Khan and his horde,
namely Mongols who were born and raised
in Armenia and speak Armenian fluently;
in the same way that we in the Diaspora
are ruled by “Turkish agents
who speak Armenian fluently”
(in the words of one of our elder statesmen
who prefers to remain anonymous).
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If you have a better explanation,
I am all ears.
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[lampron]

Re: on being a writer

WORDS
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If there were a Nobel Prize for cowardice,
Obama would be an excellent candidate
for his fear of the “G” word.
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If Obama or anyone after him were to use the "G" word it will be only if Armenia decides to become a 100% US colony, and under strict conditions, such as:
No territorial claims from Turkey!

Use of the "G" word will not come cheap!
But why are the Dashnak, Hunchag and Ramgavar parties so desperate to have US acknowledgement ?
Has the US acknowledged its own genocide?