notes and comments

[arabaliozian]

Re: catastrophe

FROM WHERE I STAND
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When told I am anti-Armenian, I say:
“Honesty is not a crime against humanity.”
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Our academics are not dupes;
they only pretend to be.
Call it a survival tactic.
*
We all live in our own world
with its own cardinal points
and pope.
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[lampron]

Re: catastrophe

WHAT IS LITERATURE
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You may have noticed that
most so-called literary masterpieces,
beginning with Homer’s ILIAD
and all the way up to
MADAME BOVARY (Flaubert),
ANNA KARENINA (Tolstoy), and
LADY WITH THE PET DOG (Chekhov),
deal with adultery.
*
What a man does to a woman
or vice versa may change their individual lives
but not the direction of history.
*
If literature cannot give hope to the hopeless
by terrorizing motherf—bloodsuckers;
if, that is, literature cannot enhance
our understanding of reality,
it ceases to be literature
and becomes mental masturbation.
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How true!

Stories on adultery are bound to be a hit, even with average authors!

[arabaliozian]

Re: catastrophe

WHAT IS LITERATURE
*************************************
You may have noticed that
most so-called literary masterpieces,
beginning with Homer’s ILIAD
and all the way up to
MADAME BOVARY (Flaubert),
ANNA KARENINA (Tolstoy), and
LADY WITH THE PET DOG (Chekhov),
deal with adultery.
*
What a man does to a woman
or vice versa may change their individual lives
but not the direction of history.
*
To me, literature, real literature,
has nothing to do with fornication
and everything to do with saying
what must be said.
*
“Workers of the world unite;
you have nothing to lose but your chains.”
*
If literature cannot give hope to the hopeless
by terrorizing motherf—bloodsuckers;
if, that is, literature cannot enhance
our understanding of reality,
it ceases to be literature
and becomes mental masturbation.
#

[arabaliozian]

Re: catastrophe

NOTHING IS FOREVER
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On the day we achieve true freedom and independence,
99% of our 1% will be arrested, tried, and found guilty
on grounds of corruption, incompetence,
and collaboration with the enemy.
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Wishful thinking?
Unbelievable?
What is really unbelievable is our present situation,
and more precisely, the fact that
after long centuries of subservience
to brutal alien regimes,
massacres and two genocides
(“red” and “white”)
we continue to treat our status quo
as if it were an inevitable fact of life
about which there isn’t much we can do
except drop our pants and bend over.
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[lampron]

Re: catastrophe

CATASTROPHE
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We consider our conversion to Christianity
as an irrefutable proof of the fact
that we are a progressive nation.
In the same context we ignore or cover up
our conversion to atheism under the Soviets.
*
The next most important chapter in our history
is the Genocide to which we have contributed
nothing but victims.
*
We have not made history;
history has made us –
disoriented losers scattered
to the four corners of the world.
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where is the Christian charity for fellow Armenians?

[arabaliozian]

catastrophe

CATASTROPHE
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We are casualties of history.
Our most important contribution has been
“a house divided against it.”
*
We consider our conversion to Christianity
as an irrefutable proof of the fact
that we are a progressive nation.
In the same context we ignore or cover up
our conversion to atheism under the Soviets.
*
The next most important chapter in our history
is the Genocide to which we have contributed
nothing but victims.
*
We have not made history;
history has made us –
disoriented losers scattered
to the four corners of the world.
#

[arabaliozian]

Re: crime

MEN OF HONOR
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We love to give advice
even when we know it will be ignored,
because we all love to assert
our superior understanding of reality.
*
Friends and relatives have been unanimous
in advising me to join a political party.
I assume all boys in Sicily
are warned at an early age
that their options are limited.
*
In case you don’t know, “mafioso”
in Sicilian dialect means “man of honor.”
*
If I am not mistaken,
the word for pimp in Turkish is “pezeveng”
and our environment is full of them.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: crime

THE GOOD AND THE BAD
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When I was young things were much simpler:
Turks bad, Armenians good.
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Sultan Abdulhamid II was half-Armenian.
Question: Which half slaughtered Armenians?
I am not casting aspersions;
just asking a question.
I do hope you don’t consider asking questions
a capital offense.
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Armenians are not as had as I describe them.
I agree.
Some are worse!
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We have done more harm to ourselves
than all our enemies combined.
If we were to segregate the good from the bad,
my guess is one side would declare genocidal war
against the other.
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To see the light is a rare privilege;
to see the darkness a universally common experience.
Again, I am not casting aspersions,
just expressing a statistical opinion.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: crime

FRAGMENTS
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God may not be an atheist
but He sure behaves like one.
Consider the number of innocent victims
he witnessed without lifting a finger.
*
Contemporary life is a “theater of the absurd”
one of whose three founders was an Armenian.
Surprised?
I am not!
*
We are brought up to believe
it is a mortal sin to criticize men of God,
but it’s okay to criticize them
if they belong to a rival gang.
*
I think of my fellow countrymen collectively
as serial killers of writers.
*
In such plays as HAMLET and RICHARD III
Shakespeare makes it abundantly clear
that the 1% are xxxxs.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: crime

Q/A
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Q: Why do you write as you do?
A: Because I hate propaganda, lies and deception,
especially when I am the target.
Q: You must be naďve to think we are the only ones
who engage in propaganda.
Allow me to enlighten you, my friend.
Propaganda and deception are as old as mankind,
A: So is rape and murder.
Does that mean they should be covered up and ignored?
If deception is an integral part of human existence,
why condemn Turks for engaging in it?
Why waste millions trying to convince the world
the Genocide is not a figment of our imagination?
What makes you think we are such cowardly idiots
who are incapable of facing facts and confronting reality?
What if the real reason you engage in deception
is to maintain your image as competent leaders
who deserve the loyalty and support of the people?
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