Greetings from Rhode Island

[AmerikanTurk]

Welcome to the forum, AmerikanTurk.

Thank you Deniz. Feel free to weigh-in anytime.

[TomServo]

A Serb, a Turk, and a chick named Dia joining our forum in the last few days. We must be very interesting people.

[winoman]

AmericanTurk - you obviously choose not to think about these issues that concern us but to be content with your pat answers and shallow incorrect (a priori) observations. In this way you are no different then most other Turks who come to these forums.

[TomServo]

You haven't welcomed him yet.

[AmerikanTurk]

AmericanTurk - you obviously choose not to think about these issues that concern us but to be content with your pat answers and shallow incorrect (a priori) observations. In this way you are no different then most other Turks who come to these forums.

What tripe. Thanks for reserving judgment until a few days have passed since I signed up. How easy for you to dismiss me as "no different than most". Hopefully you are an exception. Hopefully there are at least a few who aren't completely prejudiced against Turks. I am here basically admitting my past apathy and ignorance, but hoping to educate myself and make informed decisions/conclusions. If all Turks did this, wouldn't it be a step in the "right" direction? Why is my effort dismissed? Accept it that in the process, I can and will say things that you don't like or agree with. If I am required to get out of my comfort zone in order to understand, then you should too.

[winoman]

yeah a hole - we are poisoned and indoctrinated and you know it all - FU!

[winoman]

the "G" word is not in my vocabulary, and I don't necessarily want to debate it either. If provoked I will

you will? So you are saying you don't believe and will debate any who do or who affirm it? yes?

Your brain is poisoned from birth to believe that all Turks

again, who is jumping to conclusions? Who has all of the answers?

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

Again conclusions when you admittedly and obviously know nothing.

No need for me to reserve judgement until you make some effort to prove otherwise. And don't think you at all understand me or my position - and certainly not without reading my past posts on this subject - which you abviously haven't done. And if you can't be bothered then neither can I.

[Crissy]

No it isn't ridiculous, although I regret use of the word "poisoned" and I apologize. Perhaps "indoctrinated" is a better choice. This is all a matter of education, of textbooks and grade school teachers and parents and the state or "devlet" filling the heads of little ones with information that is in their interests to perpetuate, to borrow the word of another. Who can deny that Turkish kids and Armenian kids are taught things that are in direct contradiction? Who can blame us for becoming so polarized? Yet here we are, trying to understand eachother. As long as we're not resorting to personal attacks, we should salute eachother for having peaceful dialogue.

In your other posts, you claim that you are mutual and know nothing about the Genocide yet you make assumptions of Armenians being fed lies. Just a suggestion, for someone that doesn't know anything, refrain from posting comments such as "textbooks and grade school teachers and parents and the state or "devlet" filling the heads of little ones with information that is in their interests to perpetuate," perhaps you can research a little more??

apology accepted.

[AmerikanTurk]

you will? So you are saying you don't believe and will debate any who do or who affirm it? yes?



again, who is jumping to conclusions? Who has all of the answers?



Again conclusions when you admittedly and obviously know nothing.

No need for me to reserve judgement until you make some effort to prove otherwise. And don't think you at all understand me or my position - and certainly not without reading my past posts on this subject - which you abviously haven't done. And if you can't be bothered then neither can I.

Point taken! I am in no position to judge, but you are deliberately baiting and provoking me, finding weakness and exploiting it. I never claimed to know it all and merely shared my VIEWS, however un-informed. Sort of ot on a limb here and being attacked... So be it. It's tempting to now simply exit this board and never look back, but sorry you won't get your wish. I didn't realize that reading all of your past messages was a prerequisite for qualifying as a contributor here. "Better to be thought a silent fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." You might have just said this to me instead of calling me an a** hole, birader.

[AmerikanTurk]

In your other posts, you claim that you are mutual and know nothing about the Genocide yet you make assumptions of Armenians being fed lies. Just a suggestion, for someone that doesn't know anything, refrain from posting comments such as "textbooks and grade school teachers and parents and the state or "devlet" filling the heads of little ones with information that is in their interests to perpetuate," perhaps you can research a little more??

apology accepted.

Thank you Crissy, but please don't put words in my mouth. I never used the word "lies".
What I was [poorly] referring to as it relates to "little ones" was the hatred being passed from generation to generation, not lies. I am not qualified to know lies from truth in these matters, yet. I have promised to research, and I also promise to have lots of questions too. Thanks for accepting. Thanks for being cool about my gaffes. I'm not here stating my opinions as fact, they're just my personal views drawn from my limited knowledge and experience. As opinions go, you know what they say...