Greetings from Rhode Island

[AmerikanTurk]

Look forward to getting to know everyone! I'm a US born Turk who enjoys getting to know others with dual citizenship/culture/tradition. I ask people to reserve judgment until after getting to know me at least a little. I won't hide the fact that the "G" word is not in my vocabulary, and I don't necessarily want to debate it either. If provoked I will, but it's a fruitless endeavor for both sides, so unless you glean some sick thrill from giving and receiving disparaging put-downs with strangers, let's not go there. If that's your thing, bring it on, but I came here mostly to try and educate myself about Armenian culture and the history of Armenia within it's own borders. Meeting some kind and intelligent people would be a bonus. All the best.
-Murat

[TomServo]

Welcome, pari yegar, hoshgeldiniz, and all that jazz.

[Anonymouse]

Did you know that Rhode Island would not ratify the Constitution and so they had to blockade it and to force it to comply?

So much for "democracy".

[AmerikanTurk]

Hello TomServo and Anonymouse. Thanks for welcoming me. Yes Rhode Island is certainly an oddity of a state. We've been here since 1999. For such a small state, quite a few movies were filmed here such as Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, Me Myself and Irene, etc. Anonymouse, you like logic games? I am more into visual math types of puzzles. Here's one off the top of my head:

A farmer plants ten trees arranged in five rows of four trees each. How is this possible?

This is one I was able to solve very swiftly which is why I remember it. I'm a proud card carrying member of the "stupid Spanish girl club". Get it? If you do please don't give it away. Cheers.

[deniz]

Welcome to the forum, AmerikanTurk.

[Sip]

New member:

"Hello I am Turk and I don't know the word genocide. Here's a math problem."

My Reply:

"Hello wow you are so cool welcome to the forum OMG OMG I'm so excited to know you. The answer to your question is a pentagram. Now here's a question for you: Suppose you could get a raise of $2000 every year on your yearly salary or $500 every six months on a six-monthly salary. Which one would you take?"

[TomServo]

Calm down Sip.

[Sip]

Sorry but math always gets me going

[karoaper]

perhaps egging us on is not the best way to seek a welcome into this forum.

meeting intelligent and kind people eh? you might, but from your inability to even utter the word that perfectly describes your ancestors' doings, I doubt we will (if ya know what I mean).

btw you're the first to bring up the topic of GENOCIDE (see it's not that hard to do).

[AmerikanTurk]

perhaps egging us on is not the best way to seek a welcome into this forum.

meeting intelligent and kind people eh? you might, but from your inability to even utter the word that perfectly describes your ancestors' doings, I doubt we will (if ya know what I mean).

btw you're the first to bring up the topic of GENOCIDE (see it's not that hard to do).

Of course it's not hard for you to do, and I don't fault you for it. Your brain is poisoned from birth to believe that all Turks young and old, dead and living, in the US and Turkey, civilian and military, tall and short, male and female, Christian and Muslim, blond and brunette, are responsible for the death and famine and mayhem that occurred 90 years ago. See most Turks living today realize they are hated, and they resent that they are fingered for crimes they did not commit. It doesn't feel good to be so hated, to be considered an enemy. Why should any Turk tell you anything that you want to hear, be it true or false, until you reach out and make a genuine effort to stop hating and de-humanising an entire population of innocent people? Personally I don't believe that admission of guilt will achieve anything. More likely it will add fuel to the desire of Turkey's neighbors to wipe Turks off the map. No disrespect intended to you or any other Armenian. These are just the views of a Turk born and raised and living in the US.