politics

[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

We learn nothing from history
if we emphasize the bloodthirsty disposition of our enemies
and cover up our own incompetence.

[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

FROM MY NOTEBOOKS
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It takes two to tango also means
responsibility must be shared,
the blame-game is out.
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In a political context,
evil and incompetence might as well be
synonymous.
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If you brag about your assets,
they become liabilities.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

NOTES / COMMENTS
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Shaw: “Don’t try to live forever,
you will not succeed.”
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Propaganda has this in common with magic:
it can make a genocide disappear.
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One way to solve a problem
is to pretend it doesn’t exist.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

If you say I am wrong, I say, sure why not? But if you say you are infallible, all I can say is, go ahead, make an ass of yourself.

[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

NOTES / COMMENTS


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All men are brothers?


I was born and raised in time of war.


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Some of the most popular political leaders in the history of mankind were sociopaths.


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If you are wrong, they may forgive you. But if you are right, they will silence you.


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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

POLITICS
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Ramgavars, Tashnaks, Henchaks, Bolsheviks:
meaningless labels.
Dividers: that indeed defines the true aim
of our political activists.
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Uniting the nation has been a priority
only of our poets – sometimes referred to as
vodanavorjis.
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We preach patriotism
but practice the death of a thousand
self-inflicted cuts.
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Others may fight in defense of their homeland;
we fight in defense of our backyard.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

To say that being oppressed and massacred
improves a nation's character is like saying
being run over by a truck improves a man's
health.

[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

SITUATION / xxxxUATION
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We like to say and believe
we are products of the Christian West,
when in fact we have been shaped
by Ottomanism in the Middle East,
Stalinism in the USSR, and
Capitalism in America.
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If it’s not the Almighty Sultan
it’s the Almighty Kremlin and
the Almighty Dollar.
Democracy, fundamental human rights,
free speech: they remain distant dreams
and unattainable goals.
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The rest is propaganda
whose sole aim is
to flatter our collective ego.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

I am against dividers because I believe “all men are brothers” (and I don't mean like Cain and Abel); and when I say “all men” I include Turks. It is a mistake to think of Turks as Turks. I doubt if there is a single Turk alive today. Turks are a mixture of Greeks, Albanians, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Assyrians, Iranians, Arabs, Jews, and Armenians, among others. Something similar could be said of Armenians. As for Armenians who claim the Bagratunis and Mamikonians as their ancestors: Bagratunis identified themselves as Jews, and Khorenatsi identified the Mamikonians as Chinese. Speaking for myself: I have at no time hidden the fact that, on a good day, I can trace my ancestry all the way back to my father.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: politics

REFLECTIONS
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It can truly be said of us that
when at the turn of the last century
we refused to quit the Ottoman Empire,
events proved us wrong.
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Brainwashed dupes make ferocious critics.
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With us, logic and common sense
have never been a central concern.
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