On genocide

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ON GENOCIDE
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Our genocide is not just a crime against humanity
but also a tragedy, and tragedy, as defined by
the Greeks, consists in the downfall or
destruction of a being who, as a result of a
weakness (as pride, envy, etc.) breaks a divine
law or moral precept that leads to terror and
catastrophe.
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Re: On genocide

Julian Barnes (b. 1946): The
greatest patriotism is to tell your country when
it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly,
viciously."

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Re: On genocide

ON SURVIVAL
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If we are survivors, why is it that millions of
us did not survive? I should like to read a book
by our genocide scholars that emphasizes our
failings. We study history to learn, not to
lament and blame.
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A nation that hates together stays together.

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REFLECTIONS / Once upon a time I believed –make it, I was brought up to believe—in the fundamental decency of all Armenians. I now find that to have been an absurd conviction worthy of an inbred moron.*Napoleon was a tough hombre. After the Russian expedition, a half-decent normal person would have hanged himself. Something similar could be said of post-Genocide political leadership, whose greatest enemy (according to Zarian) is free speech.*Garabents put it better when he said: “Once upon a time we fought and died for freedom; we are now afraid of free speech.”*Please note that Garabents was neither a terrorist (or freedom fighter) nor an anarchist; but a product of our 1% on friendly terms not only with our bosses, bishops and benefactors in the Diaspora but also our commissars in the Homeland.*Have I said this before? Probably. Make it certainly! Like all organized religions, I believe in the usefulness, importance, and sanctity of repletion: “Our Father who art in heaven,” “Hail Mary," “Allahu akbar!”#

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"When the blind lead the blind, both shall fall
into the ditch,"the Bible tells us. Our history
in a nutshell.

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Our bishops are accountable only to god; our benefactors are accountable only to capital; andour political bosses continue to think ofthemselves as the brains of the people, thusfeeling no need to be accountable to thebrainless. The massacre continues. #

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THEM & US / They ruled over us for 600 years. As their “most loyal subject nation” we fought their wars and provided concubines to their harems.At the turn of the last century they massacred us by the million, stole all our possessions and so far they haven’t paid a single cent in reparations or returned a single square inch of dirt.From World War I they emerged as victors.Now then, my question to you, gentle reader, is: Have you ever heard any one of them brag about how smart they are?#

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An Armenian says, “Turks are evil and Armeniansgood.” A Turk says, “Armenians are evil andTurks good.” Both are believed by millions oftheir fellow countrymen because a lie that flatters will always enjoy more popularity than a truth that hurts.

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It has been observed that
what holds us together is the Genocide.
Does that mean on the day the Genocide is recognized
the glue that holds us together will dry up?
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