Announcement

Collapse

Forum Rules (Everyone Must Read!!!)

1] What you CAN NOT post.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum to post any material which is:
- abusive
- vulgar
- hateful
- harassing
- personal attacks
- obscene

You also may not:
- post images that are too large (max is 500*500px)
- post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or cited properly.
- post in UPPER CASE, which is considered yelling
- post messages which insult the Armenians, Armenian culture, traditions, etc
- post racist or other intentionally insensitive material that insults or attacks another culture (including Turks)

The Ankap thread is excluded from the strict rules because that place is more relaxed and you can vent and engage in light insults and humor. Notice it's not a blank ticket, but just a place to vent. If you go into the Ankap thread, you enter at your own risk of being clowned on.
What you PROBABLY SHOULD NOT post...
Do not post information that you will regret putting out in public. This site comes up on Google, is cached, and all of that, so be aware of that as you post. Do not ask the staff to go through and delete things that you regret making available on the web for all to see because we will not do it. Think before you post!


2] Use descriptive subject lines & research your post. This means use the SEARCH.

This reduces the chances of double-posting and it also makes it easier for people to see what they do/don't want to read. Using the search function will identify existing threads on the topic so we do not have multiple threads on the same topic.

3] Keep the focus.

Each forum has a focus on a certain topic. Questions outside the scope of a certain forum will either be moved to the appropriate forum, closed, or simply be deleted. Please post your topic in the most appropriate forum. Users that keep doing this will be warned, then banned.

4] Behave as you would in a public location.

This forum is no different than a public place. Behave yourself and act like a decent human being (i.e. be respectful). If you're unable to do so, you're not welcome here and will be made to leave.

5] Respect the authority of moderators/admins.

Public discussions of moderator/admin actions are not allowed on the forum. It is also prohibited to protest moderator actions in titles, avatars, and signatures. If you don't like something that a moderator did, PM or email the moderator and try your best to resolve the problem or difference in private.

6] Promotion of sites or products is not permitted.

Advertisements are not allowed in this venue. No blatant advertising or solicitations of or for business is prohibited.
This includes, but not limited to, personal resumes and links to products or
services with which the poster is affiliated, whether or not a fee is charged
for the product or service. Spamming, in which a user posts the same message repeatedly, is also prohibited.

7] We retain the right to remove any posts and/or Members for any reason, without prior notice.


- PLEASE READ -

Members are welcome to read posts and though we encourage your active participation in the forum, it is not required. If you do participate by posting, however, we expect that on the whole you contribute something to the forum. This means that the bulk of your posts should not be in "fun" threads (e.g. Ankap, Keep & Kill, This or That, etc.). Further, while occasionally it is appropriate to simply voice your agreement or approval, not all of your posts should be of this variety: "LOL Member213!" "I agree."
If it is evident that a member is simply posting for the sake of posting, they will be removed.


8] These Rules & Guidelines may be amended at any time. (last update September 17, 2009)

If you believe an individual is repeatedly breaking the rules, please report to admin/moderator.
See more
See less

What is unity good for?

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 8
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 template Next
  • #11
    Originally posted by loseyourname
    The only way to end racial tension is to intermingle and to interbreed. When your mom is white and your dad isn't, you realize that it really isn't that big of a deal, and people like Dan start to look ridiculous and antiquated.
    I'm all for interbreeding and intermingling, you know that. I think a lot of people missed the point of my thread. I think political unity to support a central cause is pretty important to most Armenians. I would hate to see us extinct in a decade or so.

    Comment

    • #12
      I can almost guarantee you that you will still be alive in a decade. So will every person you care about, unless they are very elderly to begin with. They will still be the same people you know and love today. I don't see why you are so concerned with the language habits and cultural identity of future generations. You should be concerned that they are good, capable people, regardless of their political views and national affiliation and regardless of what language they speak.

      Comment

      • #13
        Originally posted by loseyourname
        I can almost guarantee you that you will still be alive in a decade. So will every person you care about, unless they are very elderly to begin with. They will still be the same people you know and love today. I don't see why you are so concerned with the language habits and cultural identity of future generations. You should be concerned that they are good, capable people, regardless of their political views and national affiliation and regardless of what language they speak.
        Look, that is very easy to say for someone who's "American" and whose ancestral culture has already pretty much disappeared.

        Most Armenians don't want to have that plight. With the language and the national affiliation comes the culture and everything we have been born and raised with.

        Who are we to say that the works of Tumanyan, Charents, Tekeyan, Naregatsi and all can just disappear because "America is helping us now", when we know what our very own grandparents went through just to keep it alive?

        Comment

        • #14
          Originally posted by loseyourname
          I can almost guarantee you that you will still be alive in a decade. So will every person you care about, unless they are very elderly to begin with. They will still be the same people you know and love today. I don't see why you are so concerned with the language habits and cultural identity of future generations. You should be concerned that they are good, capable people, regardless of their political views and national affiliation and regardless of what language they speak.
          Yes, that's a given. Of course I care about those things. But don't you think it would be a complete waste to let such a rich culture die? It would break my heart.

          Comment

          • #15
            Originally posted by Baron Dants
            Most Armenians don't want to have that plight. With the language and the national affiliation comes the culture and everything we have been born and raised with.

            Who are we to say that the works of Tumanyan, Charents, Tekeyan, Naregatsi and all can just disappear because "America is helping us now", when we know what our very own grandparents went through just to keep it alive?
            What plight? I'm a perfectly happy person, and I'm also living without the terrible ethnic anxiety you all seem to have. I fail to see how that it is a plight.

            I also fail to see how the works of great Armenians will disappear if the language dies or the nation collapses. Ancient Greece is gone and the language is dead, yet their great writers and thinkers remain the most influential and most widely read in all of western civilization.

            Comment

            • #16
              Originally posted by Aphrodit3
              Yes, that's a given. Of course I care about those things. But don't you think it would be a complete waste to let such a rich culture die? It would break my heart.
              Perhaps, but it happens. New cultures come out of it.

              Comment

              • #17
                Originally posted by EvrLstngDaze
                allright, this may sound like a retarded post, but...
                so I was reading over the jew thread, and about armenian unity, etc. and I can't help but wonder why it is that we want to be united? why this urge to unite all armenians? why do we consider it to be bad to go off and dilute in people to have a one big UNITED WORLD? why the segragation and hence unision of armenian people?
                ...now obviously, since I'm at this site, I have a natural tendency to stick with armenians, but I can't figure out why...
                any thoughts?
                Since you're sleeping Ill wake u up!!! duuhhhhh! are u first generations armenian in US? or anywhere else? i guess u are. then u need to understand that unity keeps ur identity, ur nationality,ur self by all means. if u start thinking that why we have to be united then u shouldnt consider urself armenian? unity brings a nation closer, keeps the bounds strong, how do u expect to stay armenian longer if u dont know the importance of unity? i guess u dont care if u ask such a question

                Comment

                • #18
                  Originally posted by loseyourname
                  What plight? I'm a perfectly happy person, and I'm also living without the terrible ethnic anxiety you all seem to have. I fail to see how that it is a plight.

                  I also fail to see how the works of great Armenians will disappear if the language dies or the nation collapses. Ancient Greece is gone and the language is dead, yet their great writers and thinkers remain the most influential and most widely read in all of western civilization.
                  Haha. This anxiety doesn't at all compare with the tremendous amount of joy that comes with it too. Anybody who's stepped on Armenian soil after hearing about it for so long knows what I mean.

                  I've read translations of Baruyr Sevak. Doesn't compare to the real deal. And why can't we accept ethnic diversity? What's wrong with that? Are you too afraid you'll have the urge to become a racist? You won't get rid of prejudice by taking away all ethnicities. Some new form of prejudice will be created.

                  Comment

                  • #19
                    Baron, I respect you more with every post that you post.

                    Comment

                    • #20
                      Originally posted by sSsflamesSs
                      Baron, I respect you more with every post that you post.
                      You know that it's more than mutual.
                      Now I'm just afraid that I'll post something really stupid and lose it all.

                      Comment

                      Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 template Next
                      Working...
                      X