as i see it

[arabaliozian]

NOTES / COMMENTS
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“All you do is criticize Armenians,” a reader writes.
No! I expose the fallacies and lies of propaganda
regardless of nationality.
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With men of power,
power comes first.
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In our environment institutional support
is the kiss of death.
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I am suspicious of all projects
that require money and are therefore dependent
on the charity of swine.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: as i see it

A SERIES OF
UNFORTUNATE
OCCURRENCES
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Our political incompetence is such that
I for one will not be surprised
if the word “genocide” is soon replaced with
“a series of unfortunate occurrences.”
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What’s happening in the Middle East today
has been happening in Armenia for 1500 years.
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To a dupe, propaganda is never wrong.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: as i see it

ON DEMOCRACY
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“…the state should be small
except for its riot squad and secret police.”
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We survived alien tyrannies.
The question is: Will we survive
our own democracy?
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Between truth and propaganda,
man will invariably choose to believe
that which flatters his ego.
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Any day now, identifying our enemies
will be considered “hate speech”
and as such not politically correct.
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How can we be proud of who we are
if who we are is at the very root
of our own disintegration?
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[arabaliozian]

Re: as i see it

I have never brainwashed a child,
or speechified in the name of patriotism
or sermonized in the name of God.
And yet, those who do these things
look down on me as an undesirable intruder
and an enemy of the people.