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  • #21
    Originally posted by Darorinag
    Look kiddo, whoever whined that I was oppressed? the question is not about being oppressed or not. the question is about Armenian schools vs. odar schools. the problem with diversity is that smaller nations run the risk of getting off-balance and mixing two cultures too much that their own culture would be depleted. i don't care about diversity if mixing is not forced upon us by various methods such as the stigma of being racist if one is going to an all-white or all-Christian school.

    I think you take vegetables too seriously.

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    • #22
      Originally posted by dusken
      I think you take vegetables too seriously.
      Yeah, I think I do..

      Anyway, there is a very very small chance I'd send my kid to a non-Armenian school, and that's only in highschool when the kid already knows the language, culture, history, etc. I know some parents complain that Armenian schools don't have any extracurricular activities such as sports, etc., but there's always separate training things for each sport, and the community centers for other activities such as chess, etc. That's hardly an excuse.. I don't see a logical excuse for taking your kid out of Armenian elementary school. At LEAST elementary school - I understand the problem with high schools.

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      • #23
        Originally posted by Inna
        I don't see how diversity is forced onto people, I actually think so many people, especially parents, including my own, who are agianst their children making friends and interacting with people of different races and religions.

        Maybe at work... but I agree... my parents wanted me to have armenian friends too...

        I have ONE Armo friend that I hang out w/ sometimes. I have one school friend, but she doesn't really count cuz I can't stand her.

        Otherwise I have white, korean, phillipino, and chinese friends, oh yeah, and persian.

        I love that... everyone brings something different to the table. Their experiences are less similar to the experiences of other armenian children, but we are still enough alike that we get along great.
        In fact I think other than my upbringing, i have more in common with a lot of them than I do w/ other armenians.
        Last edited by Siggie; 04-09-2004, 10:17 AM.
        [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
        -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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        • #24
          i have more in common with a lot of them than I do w/ other armenians.
          And that's worth celebrating, right?

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          • #25
            That's funny so because you can find you get along with non-Armenians therefore it MUST be diversity. Talk about fallacious reasoning. I have no news for you. It's not diversity but that all too human trait that there are good and bad in all. I can very well find Armenians that I get along with and say "Oh look I get along with them and its not diversity". There is nothing about having friends who are non-Armenians. I myself have tons. That still isn't an argument of diversity as a strength.

            Basically "diversity" is the just weakness. It is the illusion of the 20th century.
            Achkerov kute.

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            • #26
              Originally posted by Anonymouse
              That's funny so because you can find you get along with non-Armenians therefore it MUST be diversity. Talk about fallacious reasoning. I have no news for you. It's not diversity but that all too human trait that there are good and bad in all. I can very well find Armenians that I get along with and say "Oh look I get along with them and its not diversity". There is nothing about having friends who are non-Armenians. I myself have tons. That still isn't an argument of diversity as a strength.

              Basically "diversity" is the just weakness. It is the illusion of the 20th century.
              The fact that you live in someone else's country and you don't like diversity isn't contradictory to you at all is it?

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              • #27
                Originally posted by patlajan
                The fact that you live in someone else's country and you don't like diversity isn't contradictory to you at all is it?
                Hey wait a minute I thought this was 'everyone's country'? Isn't that why we are so diverse? There is no one group that can claim it as their own, right? So wouldn't your assertion contradict that?
                Achkerov kute.

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                • #28
                  Originally posted by Anonymouse
                  Hey wait a minute I thought this was 'everyone's country'? Isn't that why we are so diverse? There is no one group that can claim it as their own, right? So wouldn't your assertion contradict that?
                  Someone let you in here because they thought diversity is a good idea. And you're busy railing against it.

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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by Anonymouse
                    That's funny so because you can find you get along with non-Armenians therefore it MUST be diversity. Talk about fallacious reasoning. I have no news for you. It's not diversity but that all too human trait that there are good and bad in all. I can very well find Armenians that I get along with and say "Oh look I get along with them and its not diversity". There is nothing about having friends who are non-Armenians. I myself have tons. That still isn't an argument of diversity as a strength.

                    Basically "diversity" is the just weakness. It is the illusion of the 20th century.

                    Diversity makes it easier to make friends of other backgrounds. That's a strength. It creates an opportunity to make friends with people you may not have met otherwise.
                    [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
                    -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by patlajan
                      Someone let you in here because they thought diversity is a good idea. And you're busy railing against it.
                      So they let him in because diversity is a good idea? Rather, they let him in because he was a potential person for further advancing the cause of capitalism. Get it right. Do you really think they would give up their entire land just for the sake of a CONCEPT called diversity? Get real.

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