if...

[arabaliozian]

If Turks are as bad as we say they are,
how did we manage to live with them for 600 years?
And if we are as good as we say we are,
why is it that most of us prefer to stay away
from the nearest Armenian church or community center?
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[lampron]

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If Turks are as bad as we say they are,
how did we manage to live with them for 600 years?
And if we are as good as we say we are,
why is it that most of us prefer to stay away
from the nearest Armenian church or community center?
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If we are as good as we say we are how come
a prosperous Armenian community such as in Dubai
has no time for the hundreds of Armenian women said to have been
trafficked into the Gulf emirate from Armenia?

[arabaliozian]

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good qeuestion!

[arabaliozian]

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It is an undeniable fact that some of us prospered in the Ottoman Empire and the Soviet Union. But by the time they realized they were on the wrong side of history, it was too late:they were either assassinated (Zohrab) or slept with a revolver under their pillow (Mikoyan). *No crime goes unpunished. Or, in modern parlance, nobody gets away with nothing.

[arabaliozian]

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You are an honest man?
Prove it!
Show me your scars.

[arabaliozian]

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NOTES / COMMENTS
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There are two kinds of ideas:
ideas that flatter the ego
and ideas that expose contradictions.
You may now guess which ideas are more popular.
*
To say “God is great” is also to imply
He is on our side.
Bur there is no evidence to suggest
God takes sides.
*
God is great?
Yes, but He is also just!
*
Our most unpopular contradiction:
If we are smart why is our history
a litany of blunders worthy of –
( you may now finish that sentence).
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[arabaliozian]

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PROVERBS
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If you like proverbs you will love
THE DICTIONARY OF MODERN PROVERBS
Compiled by C, Doyle, W. Mieder & F.R. Shapiro
(London: Yale University Press, 2012).
Some samples follow:
*
“The best man for the job
may be a woman.”
*
“If you aren’t the lead dog,
the scenery never changes.”
*
“Life is a xxxx sandwich:
the more bread you have,
the less xxxx you eat.”
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[arabaliozian]

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I have been cheated so many times
by so many people
in so many different ways that,
theoretically speaking,
the only time I should feel comfortable
is when I do the cheating,
which I never do,
not because I am morally superior,
but because I have had so little practice
that I am liable to get caught and fry.
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[arabaliozian]

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If we like to brag about our celebrities it may be because, unlike us, they were successful in breaking their Ottoman mold and emerging as individuals who did not allow their past to shape their future. In Biblical terms, they ceased being pillars of salt and were born again as human beings.#