Why dont Armenians get along?

[Darorinag]

Agoump divisions still prevail in the younger generation....... especially in the Middle East, and even here in Toronto..

[dusken]

Re: Why dont Armenians get along?

Originally posted by djp818 Why is there such animosity between Armenians from different countries? Don’t tell me there isn’t.

First of all, I think a lot of playful poking and joking gets mistaken for animosity. I have not experienced true and serious conflict based purely on the nationalities. I do not believe that, if any Armenian of a given nationality were to come in contact with another one of a different nationality, there would be an immediate conflict. Just keep the poking and joking to a minimum because it does feed the general feeling of separation if it gets excessive.

However, assuming that does occur, I think it is safe to say that it does not happen too often and the stereotypes are weak and taken with a grain of salt.

If everybody tries their best to show their respective communities that it is unfair to pass such judgments, I believe such cases will surely be a rare.

[chille]

I think that Armenians just have to get over the fact that we are all from different places now. Majority of Armeinians live outside of Hayastan! But it does not mean that those who live somewhere else are not Armenian enough (that is what I hear a lot from Stansi)! And I dont think that being from Europe makes you a better Armenian either. It doesnt matter which country you are from. All that matters is the way you were brought up, that's it! I am sure that the culture of the country you were raised in plays a great role in your personality, mentality, but if your family put a lot of effort on keeping your Armenian identity, you will still be an Armenian, thus, will find something in common with every single Armenian you meet.

[loseyourname]

I prefer to find something in common with every good-looking, smart person I meet.

[Anonymouse]

Originally posted by Baron Dants Yay! We have reached a new high in pathetic posting material! Hooray for us!

The thread started out really well with somebody asking about the animosity between Armenians (a very bothersome issue, certainly worth discussing)...AND THEN, we start to blame Armenians from the Middle East because "us European Armenians get along fine"!! Am I the only one who sees the irony here?

Yes Patlajan, the water in the Middle East makes us agressive. That's why I, born in Syria (which happens to be in the Middle East) have among my best friends an Armenian from Egypt, one from Lebanon, one from Iran, one from Turkey, and while there aren't too many Hayastantsis in Montreal, I still keep in touch with the Hayastantsis I met in Hayastan (some of whom thought I was from Armenia) and I get along extremely well (maybe TOO well??) with Tigran, among others.

So what is your point exactly?

The cause for all of this is not which region one is from, it has more to do with some Armenians' upbringing and the stupid stereotypes they have formed on other regions, based solely on their laziness.

What the hell is a European Armenian anyways? It sounds as if you feel a greater sense of national belonging with Europeans (Swedes for example) than with "non European Armenian.

Give this bull up already. Oh, I'm an aryan Armenian....TRUE Armenians have blond hair...he has black hair, I'm a better Armenian....bla bla bla bla bla blaaaaaaaaa

So I don't care anymore.....just go have your Gudendagen sausages or whatever they're called with those polite Europeans....I'll have some nice khorovadz with intelligent Armenians from all over the world, who have noticed that being the small nation we are, not only MUST we stick together....we'll actually have a lot of fun doing so..

And yes, I am very very pissed right now...

I concur. However, I wouldn't be all that much against eugenic programs for higher breeding amongst the Armenians.