April 24

[leo007]

oh yeah i forgot about the disrespect factor, i mean people playing rap music with lyrics like "nigger this sh*t" and "nigger that sh*t", "i fuccked that biatch, smoke this weed"...shows all the respect in the world..especially when dong this to remeber the dead..

You're right about that, it is pretty disrespectful, but not nearly as disrespectful as going around with the turkish flag for some kind of joke.

[leo007]

At the march??? Whoa, I guess I WAS right, after all...

I shouldn't have put it like that. I meant that it's not at all uncommon to see that happen, but out of thousands of people at the march, it's a pretty small fraction.

[Ducati]

so you rather me going around blasting music such as "i fu*ked you mom" rather than a flag? oh the sense in that

[leo007]

so you rather me going around blasting music such as "i fu*ked you mom" rather than a flag? oh the sense in that

I never said that. And it's more than just a simple flag to Armenians when it's on April 24th. That flag repesents a lot of pain and suffering for Armenians. You know that. Why don't you do neither? I'm not saying I like any of those fake wannabe "gangstas", but I don't know why you feel you should try so hard to piss them off. Where does that get you and where does that get them? What does it accomplish? And what about all the other Armenian people who don't fit into the "gangsta" stereotype, you would be really pissing them off as well.

[Darorinag]

Just out of curiosity, leo, which would you rather do? The rap music or the flag?

[xBaron Dants]

Oh yes...brilliant logic Ducati. People act dumb at those demonstrations, so you should attempt to act even dumber. What part of that is well said Dan? I really fail to understand.

If all you want to do is get a rise out of all the Armenians who are going there to protest the genocide, and feel that going around with the turkish flag is really hilarious and that your friends will find you real cool, you are worse than the idiots who at least have some right intentions. You're just an idiot. You're not only going to get a rise out of the people you dislike, you're simply insulting the memory of your own ancestors who fell victim to that flag, and all their children and grand children who are out there protesting the injustice they lived.

April 24 is definitely not about which Armenian sub-culture can piss the other one off more effectively. If that's the most meaningful thing you found to do, it's a shame, really.

[Darorinag]

Hey Baron, this might sound really offensive to some if not most/all, but I would rather walk around with a Turkish flag than turn on rap music like it's some sort of parade.... It's the lesser of two evils. I never said carrying the Turkish flag is the right thing to do. Just the lesser of two evils.

April 24 is definitely not about which Armenian sub-culture can piss the other one off more effectively. If that's the most meaningful thing you found to do, it's a shame, really.

Last I checked, it wasn't about showing off your car either or turning on black music for that matter...

[xBaron Dants]

I'd rather people take April 24 to do what they feel is right to commemorate the memory of their ancestors. If the best idea you came up with is making some joke out of it and provoking fights, then you are just an insult to anything Armenian. And I don't care if the rap lovers are insults too. If your priority on April 24 is those rap-lovers, you would be just as big a problem. At least they, in their confused little way, have dedicated this day to our common cause. What would you have dedicated it to?

Amot ou aboush paner...

[xBaron Dants]

Last I checked, it wasn't about showing off your car either or turning on black music for that matter...

But why is that YOUR priority????
Is b!tching in style this year???
If April 24 does not evoke any other feelings in you except "akh, all those black loving armos will show up again", then, I repeat, you also have a huge problem.

[Darorinag]

It's my priority for the same reason it's your priority to call those who would hypothetically show up with a Turkish flag, idiots. I don't care if black-loving Armenians show up, as long as they don't turn on rap music. Or any other type of music for that matter, unless it's relevant to the theme of April 24... If they want to listen to rap, they can do it at home or while driving around in the cars their mommies bought them. I would rather NOT have their "support" than have them come and turn on their radios like it's some kind of a parade. And I never said I would show up with a Turkish flag. I never would. But if I had to choose, I would go with the Turkish flag.

Besides, what's the HUGE deal about taking a Turkish flag? True, the country has perpetrated the genocide, and the government keeps on denying it, but aren't there many Turkish Armenians out there? Why can YOU take a Canadian flag with you (and many people did even before the government recognized the genocide), whereas it's wrong for people to take the Turkish flag with them? What if some people are proud of being born in Turkey despite the denial of the government (similar to USA, Canada [until the recognition])?