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DEATH WISH / Solidarity is not an enemy but we treat it as such. Why?*Zohrab was too smart not to know the direction of our destiny in the Ottoman Empire. But he did nothing in his own defense. Why?*The obvious answer to both questions must be: death wish.*Why do we brag a lot about our instinct for survival? What else but to cover up our death wish.#
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We are brought up to believe
we were defeated because
our enemies outnumbered us.
The truth is we outnumbered them
but we were as divided then
as we are now.
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The mightiest empire cannot defeat
the weakest tribe if the empire is divided
and the tribe united.
This has been said before
but it bears repeating.
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ON BEING SMART
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If we are smart, why is it that
some of our ablest men
(Zohrab, Siamanto, Sevak)
could not decipher the writing on the wall?
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Understanding is useless
if we cannot understand
that which we must understand.
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Between reality and propaganda,
choose reality.
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The ideal dupes of propaganda
are functional illiterates.
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ON WISHFUL THINKING
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Wishful thinking can be more dangerous
than non-thinking
Examples of wishful thinking:
Russians are our big brothers;
our political and spiritual leaders know better;
genocide is unthinkable
because the whole world is watching.
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There are two kinds of genocide
and one of them is self-inflicted.
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Never say our enemies outnumbered us;
say instead we were divided.
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Different does not mean inferior.
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Propaganda is the mother tongue
of all empires, nations and tribes.
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Talaat was part Armenian. So was the Red Sultan. What does that prove? Only one thing, that all men are brothers, like Cain and AbelComment
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If you and I disagree
it doesn’t mean only one of us is wrong.Comment
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What’s the use of being smart
if we can’t read the writing on the wall?Comment
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“All men are created equal.”
The men who coined that slogan
owned slaves.
Contradictions?
The world is full of them.
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Freud: “The aim of life is death.”
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Do insomniacs look forward to death?
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Donald is the quintessential Gringo.
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You may have noticed that
readers of Heidegger
tend to take themselves very seriously.
Speaking for myself: I prefer Bugs Bunny.
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A STORY WITH MORALS
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Three friends in a tavern were arguing
about the greatest evil in the world,
and since they were not Armenian,
they were able to reach a consensus:
Death, they decided, was the greatest evil.
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Next they agreed to search for Death and kill him.
During their long search they met an old man
who told them where Death lived.
They followed the old man's directions
but instead of Death they found a pot of gold.
To celebrate their good fortune,
one of them went to fetch a bottle of wine.
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While he was gone,
the two friends decided to kill him to have his share of gold too.
And as soon as he returned they fell on him and killed him,
drank the wine, and they died,
because the same idea had occurred to their victim.
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MORAL I: No need to look for Death, he will find you.
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MORAL II: If after a long search you find what you were looking for,
you will wish you had not found it.
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MORAL III: Gold and friendship are mutually exclusive concepts.
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