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  • #11
    Re: status quo

    Even belief systems whose central idea is mercy can be merciless against their critics.

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    • #12
      Re: status quo

      Perhaps one reason we feel guilty when accused of a crime we did not even contemplate committing is that, at one time or another, we have probably committed the most unspeakable crimes in our dreams, most of which we may not remember.

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      • #13
        Re: status quo

        We are not smart if only because we have been and continue to be at the mercy of idiots - if it's not Ottoman or Soviet idiots, it's our own.

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        • #14
          Re: status quo

          To be at the mercy of idiots means being lesser idiots.

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          • #15
            Re: status quo

            "Armenians are smart!" = 99% wishful thinking and 1% cunning in the marketplace. #armenians

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            • #16
              Re: status quo

              If we want to understand ourselves and the world in which we live, we must also try to understand the Turkish side of the story. And we must do this for purely selfish reason.

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              • #17
                Re: status quo

                Shavarsh Missakian on our degeneration: “The Armenian Diaspora is losing its character. Our language, our literature, and our traditions are degenerating. Even our religious leaders have abandoned their calling and turned into cunning wheeler-dealers. Our press thrives on meaningless controversies. I see charlatanism and cheap chauvinism everywhere but not a single trace of self-sacrifice and dedication to principles and ideals. What's happening to us? Where are we heading? Quo vadis, O Armenian people?”#

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                • #18
                  Re: status quo

                  Levon Pashalian on our bosses:
                  “A familiar figure in our collective existence is the wealthy and arrogant community leader who, by obstructing the path of all those who wish to reform and improve our conditions, perpetuates a status quo whose sole aim is his own personal profit and aggrandizement.”
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                  • #19
                    Re: status quo

                    “After reading you I feel ashamed of being an Armenian,” writes a reader; and he feels ashamed not because he is exposed as a dupe, but because I dare say there is something rotten in the State of Denmark.
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                    I don't write to promote shame. I write to challenge readers to confront the forces of darkness that have shaped and continue to shape our destiny as a nation.#armenians

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                    • #20
                      Re: status quo

                      NOTES / COMMENTS
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                      Both Turks and Armenians
                      are brainwashed to believe
                      they are Turks and Armenians.
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                      Once upon a time we outnumbered Turks.
                      I have every reason to suspect we still do.
                      *
                      Can a man speak in the name of God and lie?
                      No, but it’s done all the time.
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                      Our enemies did not defeat us
                      to improve our conditions of life.
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                      We know our problems and their solutions.
                      To suggest that we don’t is to lie..
                      *
                      I no longer reread incomprehensible sentences
                      in the hope I will have better luck next time.
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                      Key to happiness?
                      Minimize your contacts.
                      If you deal with more than one man,
                      one of them is sure to betray you.
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