crackpots

[arabaliozian]

There is a type of reader
(and I have my share of them)
who is programmed to disagree and reject
anything that is not recycled propaganda.
Such a reader doesn’t even bother or begin
to understand what’s being said.
He just hangs a label on you
and forever after identifies you
as the lowest form of animal life –
namely, an Armenian
who doesn’t love all Armenians
and hate all Turks.
Such a reader is convinced
anyone who has more power or money
must know better.
He is Bolshevik in his pragmatism,
capitalist in his value system,
and Catholic in his dogmatism.
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[arabaliozian]

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Our infatuation with our celebrities is such that
we would brag even about Cain and Judas
had they been of Armenian descent.
#armenians

[arabaliozian]

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MUSIC
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When about a month ago I suggested
the world would have been a better place
without Elvis and the Beatles,
only three readers agreed with me.
The rest (several dozen) told me
in no uncertain terms to f*** off.
And they say music ennobles.
But then, if it failed to ennoble the Germans,
why should it ennoble the rest of us?
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[arabaliozian]

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Every Armenian should carry a sign with the warning: "Contradict me and make an enemy for life!"
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[arabaliozian]

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NOTES / COMMENTS
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Armenians from the Middle East and I
speak a different language
even when we speak Armenian.
We are incomprehensible to each other
especially when we understand each other.
A paradox?
Armenian life is full of them.
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Nothing is as I imagined it to be.
Imagination is a misleading faculty.
Sometimes it can even be a deadly trap.
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To explain and to justify
are not synonymous words.
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Like the moon we have a dark side
clearly visible to others,
invisible to ourselves.
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As a rule, enemies of the state
are friends of the people.
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[arabaliozian]

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It is not easy convincing barbarians that they are barbarians.

[arabaliozian]

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Recycling propaganda is not just repeating hearsay evidence but parroting perjury.

[arabaliozian]

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Cyril Connolly: "If attacked by a lion thrust your arm down his throat. This takes some practice."

[arabaliozian]

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In a world where everyone is proud
to be a Turk, Kurd, Jew, or Armenian
I prefer to be a humble human being
if only because humility is a virtue
and pride leads to arrogance.

[arabaliozian]

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A reader writes:
“The only thing I know about Armenian history
is that once upon a time we were a great nation
and God was on our side.”
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