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Explaining Armenians to Armenians:
a field in which every Armenian considers himself an expert.
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Our benefactors operate on the assumption that
the more money they sink into our communities
the greater our chances of survival.
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Gulbenkian was an exception.
He was too big and too smart
to be manipulated by small-time brown-nosers.
He dedicated only a tiny fraction of his money
to Armenians – probably in memory of his parents.
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Our political parties think
the only way to explain our problems
is by recycling their particular brand of propaganda.
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Our organizations like all organization
don’t have a conscience.
They are staffed by academics, fund-raisers
and experts without a single drop of selfless service
in their blood.
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Our historians emphasize Turkish inhumanity
and cover up Armenian incompetence.
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Everyone has an ax to grind
and their unspoken aim appears to be
to chop off our heads.
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Sooner or later our intellectuals give up
for the obvious reason that
there is no money in it.
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The only reason I refuse to give up
is the memory of far better men than myself
like Abovian and Zarian who
persevered to the bitter end.
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Explaining Armenians to Armenians:
a field in which every Armenian considers himself an expert.
*
Our benefactors operate on the assumption that
the more money they sink into our communities
the greater our chances of survival.
*
Gulbenkian was an exception.
He was too big and too smart
to be manipulated by small-time brown-nosers.
He dedicated only a tiny fraction of his money
to Armenians – probably in memory of his parents.
*
Our political parties think
the only way to explain our problems
is by recycling their particular brand of propaganda.
*
Our organizations like all organization
don’t have a conscience.
They are staffed by academics, fund-raisers
and experts without a single drop of selfless service
in their blood.
*
Our historians emphasize Turkish inhumanity
and cover up Armenian incompetence.
*
Everyone has an ax to grind
and their unspoken aim appears to be
to chop off our heads.
*
Sooner or later our intellectuals give up
for the obvious reason that
there is no money in it.
*
The only reason I refuse to give up
is the memory of far better men than myself
like Abovian and Zarian who
persevered to the bitter end.
#
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