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[arabaliozian]

PROBLEMS &
THEIR SOLUTIONS
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The solutions to the problems I discuss
are so obvious that formulating them
would amount to insulting the intelligence
of the average reader -- assuming of course
there is such a creature as an average Armenian.
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What is the solution of a political boss
who divides the community?
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What is the solution of a benefactor
who builds cathedrals in a land
whose unemployment and emigration rate
is 50%?
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And last but far from least,
what is the solution of imams
whose sole aim in life is to legitimize
and bless the actions of our bosses
and benefactors?

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"You repeat yourself," I am told once in a while .
I suspect if I were to write a thousand times
"We are the first nation to convert to Christianity," or
"the first nation to experience genocide in the 20th century,"
nobody would complain.
And why?
Probably because both lines appear to be saying
something positive about us,
though I fail to see what’s so damn positive
about being massacred in the 20th
or in any other century for that matter.
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ONE-LINERS
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Americans prospered
by exploiting slave labor.
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They acquired slaves
by violence and terror
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Victimizers have a shorter memory
than their victims.
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A systematically moronized nation
can be easily manipulated into thinking
they are God’s favorite people
and they can do no wrong.
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ON PHOBIAS
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By the time Armenians had good reason
to fear Turks,
it was too late.
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By the time banks failed,
they were too big to fail.
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Man is a bad judge of character --
hence Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini….
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Think the worst and be a pessimist.
Think the best and ignore
the coming catastrophe.
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There are billions of them.
Too big to handle?
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Trump is a clown
as useless as a broken down clock –
right only twice a day.
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INSULTS
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An insult is a dead end.
It says, I know what I know
and what you know is verbal trash.
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Criticism, even contradiction, I welcome
because they may lead to dialogue.
But I draw a line on insults.
That may explain why,
as things stand, I have more “unfriends”
than friends on my Facebook page.
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I don’t consider that a misfortune, however.
No one has ever said majorities are always right.
On the contrary: judging by the number of wars,
revolutions and massacres,
it would be more accurate to say
majorities are never right
probably because complexities
outnumber simplifications and
unintended consequences, (like say, a genocide)
outnumber predictable outcomes.
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The question to be asked at this point is:
How many readers does a writer really need.
Speaking for myself:
as long as I have a single reader who has a friend,
I will consider my mission accomplished –
if you will forgive the overstatement.
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NOTES / COMMENTS
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In the eyes of non-readers,
the function of a writer is to bore
the xxxx out of them.
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The mafia is to Sicilians
what our bosses, bishops and benefactors are to us
– or rather, our subservience to them is.
Our problems will never be solved
as long as they are in charge.
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I don’t solve problems;
I only expose their roots.
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It makes no difference whether religious leaders
plead not guilty by reason of Scriptures or insanity
as long as the number of victims stays the same.
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Where there is a victim,
there will be a victimizer –
and sometimes two of them.
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NOTES / COMMENTS
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America’s greatest contribution to mankind:
gun-slingers.
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Since I am not a source of income to anyone,
beginning with myself, I am a total failure.
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Whenever I skip a line in a book or article
I begin to suspect that line contained the solution
to all my problems.
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If your daughter-in-law is a slob,
she is probably good in bed.
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Some of us may be smart
but collectively we are idiots.
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NOTES / COMMENTS
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To brainwash a child
is to assault the defenseless.
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We are not smart but we think we are.
Anyone who qualifies as Homo sapiens
knows this.
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America has been good to its 1%.
“Almost everyone in Washington is on the take.”
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We are a superstitious bunch.
A thousand priests but not a single philosopher.
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Armenian philosopher: an oxymoron.
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In human relationships there are no rules,
only exceptions.
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Putin praising Trump:
in politics that’s called “the kiss of death.”
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WISDOM
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When we solve a problem which we have created,
we congratulate ourselves for our practical wisdom.
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When told I should be more careful in what I write,
I explain that a fly cannot offend a vulture.
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Thoreau: “We inspire friendship in men
when we have contracted friendship with the gods.”
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NOTES / COMMENTS
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In primitive societies
to refuse to be brainwashed
is classified as a capital offense.
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The true aim of patriotism
is to moronize them enough to kill and die.
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When thirsty you say
“May I have a glass of water.”
When thirsty for blood,
you help yourself.
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For every Soviet dissident
who was silenced, exiled or shot,
there were a hundred
who dropped their panties.
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I value objectivity too much
to engage in flattery and propaganda.
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