Re: Turk
If you really want to find out if it was a genocide, I would encourage you to stop wasting your time on this forum and get out and read about it. Check out sources that are not supported by the Armenian or Turkish Government. You'll find that the vast majority subscribe to the fact of the Genocide but find out why.
We are not here to educate or debate you nor is that really the purpose of this site. Debating you regarding the genocide only increases or anger and humiliates us. Why? Our people suffered because of yours and in addition to all that was taken away from us interms of relatives, property, homeland, etc. you call us liars. Would you ask a Bosnian to debate a Serb or a xxx to debate Nazi?
If your intent is really to learn, good for you. If your intent is to be patronizing then you should probably leave.
For years, Armenians have gotten to know the official Turkish thesis quite well and we've seen it change gradually. It used to be that the Turks denied any massacres at all, then it transformed into the civil war theory and soon it will change again.
What do we want? Most Armenians want a formal apology from your state, the inheritors of the Ottoman Empire and perhaps some reparations from Armenians that lost property and wealth that was appropirated from them. A small minority want territory.
Regarding your advice, Armenians are holding there own in this quest for Genocide recognition and I can only imagine how much more successful we would be if we were more unified.
Originally posted by AVC
If you really want to find out if it was a genocide, I would encourage you to stop wasting your time on this forum and get out and read about it. Check out sources that are not supported by the Armenian or Turkish Government. You'll find that the vast majority subscribe to the fact of the Genocide but find out why.
We are not here to educate or debate you nor is that really the purpose of this site. Debating you regarding the genocide only increases or anger and humiliates us. Why? Our people suffered because of yours and in addition to all that was taken away from us interms of relatives, property, homeland, etc. you call us liars. Would you ask a Bosnian to debate a Serb or a xxx to debate Nazi?
If your intent is really to learn, good for you. If your intent is to be patronizing then you should probably leave.
For years, Armenians have gotten to know the official Turkish thesis quite well and we've seen it change gradually. It used to be that the Turks denied any massacres at all, then it transformed into the civil war theory and soon it will change again.
What do we want? Most Armenians want a formal apology from your state, the inheritors of the Ottoman Empire and perhaps some reparations from Armenians that lost property and wealth that was appropirated from them. A small minority want territory.
Regarding your advice, Armenians are holding there own in this quest for Genocide recognition and I can only imagine how much more successful we would be if we were more unified.
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