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Re: Happy Birthday Ara Baliozian!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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HOMELAND & DIASPORA
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According to foreign observers, there is freedom of the press in Armenia. If true, that means our brothers in the Homeland have been more successful in de-Stalinized themselves than we in the Diaspora have been in de-Ottomanizing ourselves.
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Why should I, or anyone else for that matter, be on the side of a victim whose secret ambition is to be a victimizer?
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An important part of life consists in being assessed by individuals who have assessed themselves as competent judges.
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One good thing about alienation is that it allows one to be more objective.
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Education allows the educated classes to acquire more ways to mislead and deceive the uneducated.
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To be a nationalist in the Diaspora amounts to living where the money is and saying your heart is on Mt. Ararat. The true definition of homeland is not where your ancestors were born but where you are allowed to work and provide for your family.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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HOMELAND & DIASPORA
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According to foreign observers, there is freedom of the press in Armenia. If true, that means our brothers in the Homeland have been more successful in de-Stalinized themselves than we in the Diaspora have been in de-Ottomanizing ourselves.
*
Why should I, or anyone else for that matter, be on the side of a victim whose secret ambition is to be a victimizer?
*
An important part of life consists in being assessed by individuals who have assessed themselves as competent judges.
*
One good thing about alienation is that it allows one to be more objective.
*
Education allows the educated classes to acquire more ways to mislead and deceive the uneducated.
*
To be a nationalist in the Diaspora amounts to living where the money is and saying your heart is on Mt. Ararat. The true definition of homeland is not where your ancestors were born but where you are allowed to work and provide for your family.
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