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  • #31
    Re: Vive La France !!!!!

    Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
    ..... People may not agree that it was a Genocide but their opinons may change over time - but not by forcing them to do it......
    I see a massive contradiction in your statement.

    Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
    ......I believe that the Armenian Genocide must be taught in the schools, colleges, universities...etc....
    Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
    Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
    Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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    • #32
      Re: Vive La France !!!!!

      Originally posted by londontsi View Post
      I see a massive contradiction in your statement.
      Well, of course you do. You are a cowardly and ignorant thug. You do not wish the Armenian Genocide to be recognised as true because of well-argued and well-presented facts. You just want to bully people into silence by having a law that commands them to remain silent. That then spares you (the ignornamus) from the difficulty of actually learning about the subject and then teaching others about it. That is the real reason why you refused to answer my question about which version of the Armenian Genocide you want set into orthodoxy and then protected by this stupid French law, and what versions you want to make illegal for discussion. You do not actually know enough about the AG to know what is true and what isn't (and neither, of course, do those French politicians).
      Plenipotentiary meow!

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      • #33
        Re: Vive La France !!!!!

        Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
        Well, of course you do. You are a cowardly and ignorant thug. You do not wish the Armenian Genocide to be recognised as true because of well-argued and well-presented facts. You just want to bully people into silence by having a law that commands them to remain silent. That then spares you (the ignornamus) from the difficulty of actually learning about the subject and then teaching others about it. That is the real reason why you refused to answer my question about which version of the Armenian Genocide you want set into orthodoxy and then protected by this stupid French law, and what versions you want to make illegal for discussion. You do not actually know enough about the AG to know what is true and what isn't (and neither, of course, do those French politicians).
        The best place for you is to be locked away with this lot you moron.




        Welcome to The Flat Earth Society, home of the flat earth forums and the largest library of Flat Earth Society journals, newsletters, interviews, and books.
        Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
        Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
        Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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        • #34
          Re: Vive La France !!!!!

          Socialists in French Senate demand to pass bill on Armenian Genocide

          December 26, 2011 | 19:42

          PARIS. – Head of Socialist group at French Senate François Rebsamen turned to the government to register bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide as soon as possible, Les Nouvelles d’Armenie reports.

          To be ratified the bill, which passed by the French National Assembly on December 22, should be registered in the Senate and discussed before late February.

          The author of the bill Valerie Boyer has been under the Turkish threats since the bill adoption. Threats come from the Grey Wolves nationalistic movement, French BFMTV reports.

          The MP Boyer complained on the same channel regarding the treats towards her and her family.

          “This action can only reassure us in our persuasions and decisiveness,” she told, Radio Liberty reports.

          The author of the bill has been under the Turkish threats since the bill adoption…

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          • #35
            Re: Vive La France !!!!!

            Originally posted by londontsi View Post
            I see a massive contradiction in your statement.
            We are taught a lot of things in school - but that doesn`t mean that every pupil or every student believe in this. Nor should they be punished for it! And yes, I believe that those who denies the Holocaust or the Genocide against the Armenians, Assyrians and the Greeks are rotten eggs - but putting them in jail or paying a fine is just as stupid to punish those who speak openly and recognize the Armenian Genocide or any other Genocide or Holocaust for that matter.

            I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it -- Voltaire

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            • #36
              Re: Vive La France !!!!!

              Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
              We are taught a lot of things in school - but that doesn`t mean that every pupil or every student believe in this. Nor should they be punished for it! And yes, I believe that those who denies the Holocaust or the Genocide against the Armenians, Assyrians and the Greeks are rotten eggs - but putting them in jail or paying a fine is just as stupid to punish those who speak openly and recognize the Armenian Genocide or any other Genocide or Holocaust for that matter.

              I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it -- Voltaire

              Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
              ......I believe that the Armenian Genocide must be taught in the schools, colleges, universities...etc....
              When you are taught something in school, Colleges Universities ( presumably during history lessons) and sit an exam what is the student supposed to answer.
              "I am waiting to get used to the answer?"
              Naturally he would get "penalised" for the wrong answer.

              That in itself is forcing knowledge or point of view across.

              Originally posted by Alexandros View Post
              I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it -- Voltaire
              I can come up with my own smart ass sayings ... but seriously .....

              This contradicts the orderly transferring of knowledge through generations.
              I cannot imagine a history teacher to say this to his class as an acceptable way to answer his questions.
              Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
              Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
              Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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              • #37
                Re: Vive La France !!!!!

                Originally posted by londontsi View Post
                When you are taught something in school, Colleges Universities ( presumably during history lessons) and sit an exam what is the student supposed to answer.
                "I am waiting to get used to the answer?"
                Naturally he would get "penalised" for the wrong answer.
                Londontsi thinks those who mistakenly give wrong answers in public exams should be prosecuted under the law. However, if they just work out the wrong answer in their heads, not on paper, and they don't tell anyone, then that's alright.

                Originally posted by londontsi View Post
                I can come up with my own smart ass sayings.
                Londontsi thinks Voltaire was an smart ass. And thinks himself more than equal to Voltaire. Maybe he should make that opinion known to those French politicians!
                Plenipotentiary meow!

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                • #38
                  Re: Vive La France !!!!!

                  Originally posted by londontsi View Post
                  I cannot imagine a history teacher to say this to his class as an acceptable way to answer his questions.
                  Then you have not had the right kind of teacher
                  this post = teh win.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Vive La France !!!!!

                    Originally posted by Sip View Post
                    Then you have not had the right kind of teacher
                    I sense a desperation in your debate.


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                    Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
                    Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
                    Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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                    • #40
                      Re: Vive La France !!!!!

                      ANYONE who thinks his or her point of view is absolute is not a teacher. I think by definition he or she becomes a preacher. So if your teachers have tended to be the ones that would not consider reasonable arguments backed up by researched facts that went against their beliefs, then I maintain you have not had the right teacher. In other words, any teacher that would choose to silence dissenting views to his or her own, even from the students, is not a very good teacher.

                      Now I am sure you'll say what is to prevent the students from coming up with any random answer to any question and then blurting out Voltair's quote ... in that case the answer is rather simple. If you can demonstrate your answer is valid, backed up by verified facts and logical reasoning, then you should be entitled to present that answer. If you can't do it, then we usually have a perfectly good grading system to reflect your performance as a student
                      this post = teh win.

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