Fools

[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

Friday, November 25, 2016
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Power is an exclusive club.
Only those who have it
know all its benefits.
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If God is great,
so must be earthquakes, volcanoes, epidemics,
wars and massacres.
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Some people deserve to die?
What about children?
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God is not a fascist,
but those who speak in His name are.
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The 1% waste most of their time
trying to brainwash the 99% that
subservience is their only viable option.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

Sunday, November 27, 2016
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SUNDAY SERMON
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Writing for Armenians has this in common
with plumbing: sooner or later
you come into direct contact with xxxx—
with one important difference:
there is money in xxxx –
meant to say plumbing.
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You no doubt want to know why
I continue to write
when I can quit and do something
more useful and profitable?
I write to give voice to the voiceless,
the forgotten and the abandoned.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

The overwhelming majority of people
are born, live, and die as dupes.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

Monday, November 28, 2016
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If you can’t tell the difference
between justice and injustice
it may be because
the Law is defined by the State,
its interpretation by lawyers.
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After solving all your problems,
the woman you love will dedicate herself
to being the source of all your problems.
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God gave Adam freedom
and the first thing Adam did was to abuse it,
or so we are told by God’s propagandists.
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In defense of his self interest
an American can be as ruthless
as a Turk on the warpath.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

We are products of two contradictory fallacies: paternalism and tribalism, or the big lie that says, our elders and leaders know better even when they divide us. Anyone who is brought up to believe that, will believe anything, including the illusion that we are smart.

[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

When I was young, brainwashed, and knew everything, I rejected any and all ideas that did not fit in my belief system. Now that I am old and I have a better appreciation of the depths of my own ignorance, my first reaction to a new idea is to welcome it.

[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

Belief systems are worse than jails because they imprison the mind rather than the body.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

If a fool disagrees with you, you may be justified in suspecting you are on the right path.

[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

. In an intolerant environment reason is treated like a hostile witness.

[arabaliozian]

Re: Fools

Saturday, December 03, 2016
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ARE WE RIGHT OR WRONG?
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Wrong question.
Are we equipped to do the right thing?
That’s better.
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Most of our questions are answered by history
but history is a language we don’t speak.
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Amnesia may well be
our favorite medium of communication.
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We are a collection of tribes
that pretend to be a nation.
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Two factors that may identify us as a nation:
We were oppressed and slaughtered as a nation.
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Even our history is not ours.
Our line of destiny was traced not by us
but by our enemies.
Our sole contribution: victims.
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I am not an enemy.
I may however qualify as an honest witness.
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Honesty is another language we don’t speak.
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Of how many Armenians I could say:
”He doesn’t speak Armenian
but he is fluent in propaganda.”
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