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  • Re: quotations

    ON POPULARITY
    *****************************
    Democracy does not solve problems;
    it only enhanced our awareness of them
    and the inadequacy of all politically motivated solutions.
    *
    Popularity and prostitution share much more than their first letter.
    *
    To cling to infantile illusions is more rewarding
    than to confront the Unknown and the Unknowable.
    Hence the popularity of organized religions.
    *
    No regime can survive without majority support
    provided we keep in mind that
    there are two kinds of supporters:
    those who support a regime out of ignorance and fear,
    and those who kiss its ass
    because it promises to be good to them.
    #

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    • Re: crime

      COLLABORATION
      ********************************
      At one time or another
      we (or rather, our ablest men)
      have supported a large variety of sultans and czars.
      we have even supported Talaat, Stalin and Hitler.
      We have consistently voted
      for American presidential candidates
      who have promised to recognize the Genocide.
      Why should we be surprised if
      there are Armenians today
      who support the oligarchs
      and equate dissent with treason?
      *
      The word “genocide” evokes in me
      less their crimes against humanity
      and more our status as
      perennial dupes and losers.
      *
      You want to change
      the way Turks and Yanks think?
      Begin with yourself!
      #

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      • Re: crime

        Originally posted by arabaliozian View Post
        COLLABORATION
        ********************************
        At one time or another
        we (or rather, our ablest men)
        have supported a large variety of sultans and czars.
        we have even supported Talaat, Stalin and Hitler.
        We have consistently voted
        for American presidential candidates
        who have promised to recognize the Genocide.
        #
        American presidents have presided over genocide against native Americans and have presided over the deaths of millions of Vietnamese!

        Originally posted by arabaliozian View Post
        You want to change
        the way Turks and Yanks think?
        Begin with yourself!
        #
        Good point. It is reported that Armenian informers helped the Ottomans in arresting leading Armenians in Constantinople on April 24

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        • Re: crime

          ELEMENTARY
          *********************************
          You can tell a man is not favorably disposed
          towards you when he accuses you of crimes
          you could not even imagine capable of committing.
          *
          CONFESSION
          **************************
          I have worked for all kinds of individuals
          and I loathed all of them.
          Sensing this they fired me.
          I have been fired more often
          than anyone I know in my circle
          of friends, relatives, and acquaintances.
          For a long time my only ambition in life
          was to have a steady job
          and to make minimum wage.
          Call me a megalomaniac.
          *
          ON BEING A MINOR SCRIBBLER
          *****************************************
          One of the advantages is that
          no one will ever bother writing
          his reminisces of you
          and expose to the world
          the kind of xxxx you were.
          *
          ON BEING ARMENIAN
          **********************************
          Is it an asset or a liability?
          A blessing or a curse?
          The jury is out on that one.
          To those who say
          “I am proud to be an Armenian,”
          I say: “Enjoy it while it lasts.”
          *
          A GOOD DEATH
          ***********************
          I can’t say I had a good life,
          but I plan to have a good death.
          I say this with the full awareness
          that when man plans,
          God has a good laugh!
          #

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          • Re: crime

            it was an armenian by the name of Manoogian.
            *
            Raffi: "Treason and betrayal are in our blood!"

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            • Re: crime

              THE CHARITY OF SWINE
              *************************************
              Gulbenkian left only 7% of his fortune
              (the largest in the world, it has been said)
              to Armenians.
              How much to Zulus?
              My guess, more than 7%.
              *
              Has anyone ever dared to question
              Gulbenkian’s patriotism?
              With power comes majority support,
              and with majority support
              comes infallibility.
              “Mussolini ha sempre ragione!”
              *
              Let’s assume for the sake of argument
              that Gulbenkian had left 100% of his fortune
              to Armenians: How much of it
              would have reached the people?
              My guess?
              Less than 7%
              *
              Consider our oligarchs::
              They preferred to witness another genocide
              (the exodus of 1,500,000 Armenians)
              than to share the loot.
              *
              Why am I saying these things?
              Nobody is paying me.
              So I might as well speak the truth
              for the same money.
              #

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              • Re: crime

                My ideas are as original as the ideas
                (if that’s what you want to call them)
                of our leadership.
                I am not in the business of being
                original or creative.
                Everything I say has been said before
                by far better men than myself.
                Only to readers who have consistently refused
                to read Plato and the Bible
                do I sound unpatriotic or anti-Armenian.
                *
                I share a great deal with my fellow men
                regardless of race, color and creed;
                I share nothing with readers
                whose secret ambition in life
                is to be alpha males
                like our bosses, bishops, and benefactors.
                *
                You could even say I don’t write for Armenians.
                I write for human beings who are works in progress.
                #

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                • Re: crime

                  Originally posted by arabaliozian View Post
                  THE CHARITY OF SWINE
                  *************************************
                  Why am I saying these things?
                  Nobody is paying me.
                  So I might as well speak the truth
                  for the same money.
                  #
                  Most Armenians are programmed to think that, if you do selfless work, or if you believe in what you do but don't ask for money, you must be a fool!

                  Could that be a legacy of being ottoman (and later russian) subjects?

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                  • Re: crime

                    good question!

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                    • Re: crime

                      FROM MY NOTEBOOKS
                      ************************************
                      Americans refuse to recognize the Genocide
                      because victimizers speak a language
                      that is incomprehensible to victims.
                      *
                      To be pragmatic means
                      to allow self-interest to rule our faculties.
                      *
                      Even if I had a single reader
                      I would continue to write on the grounds
                      that single reader may have a friend.
                      *
                      Reality is unpredictable because
                      it is like a millipede every one of whose legs
                      has a mind of its own.
                      *
                      The difference between propaganda
                      and counter-propaganda is that
                      propaganda works because it is repeated
                      more often than counter-propaganda.
                      *
                      I am predictable?
                      So is our propaganda.
                      I am negative and depressing?
                      What’s so cheerful and positive
                      about Turks and massacres?
                      #

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