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  • Re: elegy

    Thursday, July 9, 2009
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    MISERABILISM
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    Whenever I say tribal divisions have been at the root of all our defeats and miseries, someone is sure to raise his voice and say: “What chance did we have against much more powerful enemies like the Romans, Arabs, Tatars, Mongols, Turks, and Russians, among others. But I maintain we were defeated not because we were small and our enemies big, but because we could not shed our tribalism, which is as true today as it was then. There is no limit to what a nation, any nation, no matter how small, can achieve if it stands united. As a case in point, consider Vietnam versus France and the United States, the mightiest empire in the history of mankind. America lost the war not only because Vietnam's resistance was heroic, obstinate and single-minded but also because America was divided – successive Administrations were for the war but an important fraction of the people was against it.
    Which is another benefit of solidarity: it tends to divide the opposition.
    Closer to home: in his magisterial 12-volume STUDY OF HISTORY, Toynbee speaks of Urartu versus the Assyrian Empire, one of the mightiest empires of its time. Though repeatedly attacked by the formidable military machine of Assyria, Urartu stood its ground and never lost its independence. And why? I will let you answer that question.
    What's done is done and cannot be undone. We cannot change the past, only our perception of it. If I write about past blunders and failings it is not to rub salt on our collective wound but to expose present blunders and failings, which we refuse to acknowledge because we have become so subservient to authority, any authority, including our own, that we believe what we are told, even when what we are told is a bare-faced lie.
    We go further: instead of analyzing our present condition objectively and honestly, we speak endlessly about someone else's criminal conduct. To what end? To remind us of our status as victims and to assert moral superiority?
    Speaking for myself: I do not feel morally superior to anyone, and I am fed up to the point of disgust with our status as perennial victims. And if you, gentle reader, do not feel as I do, I can only say, to each his own. I for one have no intention of standing between you and your miserabilism.
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    • Re: elegy

      Elegy

      Extinguished gaiety of years, which sunk in madness,
      Presses on me like a hangover restless.
      But in my sole, foregoing pine
      Becomes through time still stronger, like a wine.
      My way is sad. Predicts me toile and woe –
      The sea of future in a wrath and row.

      But, oh, my friends, I do not want to die;
      I want to live for reasoning and trial;
      I know, it will come – my satisfaction
      Amidst the troubles, grieves and agitation:
      Sometimes I’ll sink in harmony again,
      Or wet my thought with tears of joy and pain.
      And maybe, else, to my nightfall, in darkness
      Will love smile farewell with her former brightness.

      -- Alexander Pushkin
      Between childhood, boyhood,
      adolescence
      & manhood (maturity) there
      should be sharp lines drawn w/
      Tests, deaths, feats, rites
      stories, songs & judgements

      - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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      • Re: elegy

        As far as what you have just mentioned above Ara, other than Dikran the Great's era and King Levon Lucinian of Giligia we demonstrated acts of tribalism yes; but there has been a few times that we were united with our kings, loved him and our nakharars followed him and honored him. I wish I could say that it has been more times that way than not. And I agree of course that the only way of succeeding today or tomorrow is to be united as people and as a nation. Including our government factions. However what worries me in our Republic today is the killings of civilians every now and then. The way that some are carrying on by intolerance and severe harshness is unspeakable of and terrible. Even some benefactors that have gone there are being killed. I am not saying that it doesn't happen in other countries or other states; but already in a very small nation as it is ours the extreme intolerance must stop. Instead of killing each other or hurting one another, there is such a thing as to talk it out their differences in a civilised manner. That's the least that I expect and wish for from our people.
        Last edited by Anoush; 07-09-2009, 04:17 PM.

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        • Re: elegy

          Friday, July 10, 2009
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          “I BELIEVE IN AMERICA”
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          Remember the opening line of THE GODFATHER? The screen is dark. The voice is that of an undertaker. His name is Buonasera (“good night” in Italian). His daughter has been raped and beaten by two hoodlums and since he cannot get justice in the courts, he begs for justice from Don Corleon (“heart of a lion”).
          *
          I once had a friend who also believed in America. He was a chain-smoker. He breakfasted on bacon and eggs with buttered toast. He was a chic Bolshevik (a middle-class Armenian-American who hated Tashnaks, supported the Soviet system, and believed the Russians to be our Big Brothers), until he had a heart attack, open-heart surgery, and the Soviet Union collapsed.
          *
          What do we really know about what goes on within us or around us? What do we really know about our past? How many of us are interested in reading historians as opposed to ghazetajis and dispensers of “graphic porn”?
          The Garden of Eden.
          The Cradle of Civilization.
          The Battle of Avarair.
          Is anyone out there really interested to know that the Battle of Avarair is Mamigonian propaganda? It never happened.
          *
          We live in darkness. What we don't know far exceeds what we know. And it is this area of darkness that is exploited by advertisers, ideologues, propagandists, sermonizers, speechifiers, and fund-raisers. To say “I believe in America” also means “I believe in American lies.”
          *
          Why am I saying these things?
          What am I driving at?
          What is the moral of the story?
          Only this:
          “Don't be a fool!”
          #

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          • Re: elegy

            Originally posted by Anoush View Post
            As far as what you have just mentioned above Ara, other than Dikran the Great's era and King Levon Lucinian of Giligia we demonstrated acts of tribalism yes; but there has been a few times that we were united with our kings, loved him and our nakharars followed him and honored him. I wish I could say that it has been more times that way than not. And I agree of course that the only way of succeeding today or tomorrow is to be united as people and as a nation. Including our government factions. However what worries me in our Republic today is the killings of civilians every now and then. The way that some are carrying on by intolerance and severe harshness is unspeakable of and terrible. Even some benefactors that have gone there are being killed. I am not saying that it doesn't happen in other countries or other states; but already in a very small nation as it is ours the extreme intolerance must stop. Instead of killing each other or hurting one another, there is such a thing as to talk it out their differences in a civilised manner. That's the least that I expect and wish for from our people.
            Dikran the Great was a coward who ran away from a tiny Roman legion whom he derisively dismissed as "ambassadors" -- which also makes him a loud-mouth braggart.
            the Lusignans, like most of our kings and nakharars, were not Armenian.
            The Bagratunis identified themselves as xxxs;
            and the Mamigonians, according to our own historians, were Chinese.

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            • Re: elegy

              the Bagratunies identified themselves a hrias...(not xxxs).
              since when "hrias" in english is a dirty word, may i ask?

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              • Re: elegy

                Originally posted by arabaliozian View Post
                Dikran the Great was a coward who ran away from a tiny Roman legion whom he derisively dismissed as "ambassadors" -- which also makes him a loud-mouth braggart.
                the Lusignans, like most of our kings and nakharars, were not Armenian.
                The Bagratunis identified themselves as xxxs;
                and the Mamigonians, according to our own historians, were Chinese.
                Dikran the great a coward? Surely you must be joking. Dikran the Great came to Armenia to rule his country when he was 40 years old with great knowledge and experience to make his country Armenia a great empire and which he most certainly achieved it.
                The followig is part 1 of 4 videos:

                Tigran the Great/Տիգրան Մեծ/Тигран ВеликийArmenian king Tigran, Armenian history, Ancient Armenian historyDownload a Full version of the filmhttp://www.horiz...
                Last edited by Anoush; 07-10-2009, 11:54 AM.

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                • Re: elegy

                  Originally posted by arabaliozian View Post
                  Is anyone out there really interested to know that the Battle of Avarair is Mamigonian propaganda? It never happened.
                  *
                  Provide a proof/ a source for the above allegation or else it'd be just considered as another Baliozian propaganda...

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                  • Re: elegy

                    Originally posted by Anoush View Post
                    Dikran the great a coward? Surely you must be joking. Dikran the Great came to Armenia to rule his country when he was 40 years old with great knowledge and experience to make his country Armenia a great empire and which he most certainly achieved it.
                    The followig is part 1 of 4 videos:

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwHA...eature=related
                    Does the video tell us how he lost his empire?

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                    • Re: elegy

                      Originally posted by Lucin View Post
                      Provide a proof/ a source for the above allegation or else it'd be just considered as another Baliozian propaganda...
                      i suspect you will hate me even more if i prove my point; and i for one do not relish the idea of being hated by my fellow armenians.

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