politics

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Re: politics

Thursday, October 27, 2016
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NOTES / COMMENTS
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There are two kinds of people:
carnivores and vegetarians, sometimes also identified as
Turks and Armenians.
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As for identifying people by race, color creed or DNA:
such divisions are no longer valid or even practical
because of the high rate of mongrelization.
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The world has become a nightmare
for racists, nationalists and all dividers in general.
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The old Turkish saying (probably of Armenian origin)
is as valid today as it was when it was first spoken:
“Don’t stir things too much,
you may expose the crap.”
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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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Trump reflects American values
more faithfully than the double-talk
of the competition.
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In order to work,
propaganda must flatter.
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Behind every story
there are a thousand other stories.
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My greatest liability:
I refuse to be a dupe.
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If only lovers learned to keep their distance!
If only He had planted two gardens.
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An honest politician would have to spend
so much time cleaning up the mess that
it would paralyze the nation.
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[arabaliozian]

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George Orwell: "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

[arabaliozian]

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infidel, imam, fatwa, jihad.: 4 words that are hateful, repellent, disgusting, and worthy only of bloodthirsty barbarians regardless of race, color, and creed!
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[arabaliozian]

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Sunday, October 23, 2016
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FROM MY NOTEBOOKS
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Millionaires have feelings?
I didn’t know that.
But I guess it makes sense.
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I don’t believe in literature
but I do believe in the power of words
to create magic.
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No one questions the credibility
of sermonizers and speechifiers;
and as far as I know
no one has ever criticized a boss or bishop
for repeating himself.
On the contrary, they are amply rewarded
to do so.
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[arabaliozian]

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From a contemporary African novel: "as ugly and dirty as a hyena's anus."

[arabaliozian]

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My enemies are my most faithful readers.
They know they are the central character in everything I write.

[arabaliozian]

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
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AS I SEE IT
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A war produces two sets of liars
one of which identify themselves
as winners.
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Democracy may or may not be the best system
but in the short run it may well qualify as the safest.
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Once when a reader disagreed with me
he called me “son of a Turkish xxxxx.”
I could not help reflecting that
he probably identifies himself
as the offspring of a long line of virgins.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

Henceforth, we should concentrate our efforts on
humanizing the Turks as opposed to dehumanizing
them, if only because we cannot make any moral
demands on a dehumanized entity.