notes and comments

[arabaliozian]

Re: elegy

the palestinians would live better lives in a progressive israeli democracy
than under their own medieval-fascist leadership.
likewise, armenians live better lives in turkey today
than in their own homeland.
thousand of armenians (35,000, as a matter of fact)
have emigrated emigrated to turkey but
as far as i know,
not a single armenian in istanbul has chosen to be repatriated.

shortly before the Genocide, Siamanto (one of our greatest poets) couldn't stand life in America and freely chose to return to Istanbul where he was butchered.
Today most of our writers in the Homeland have chosen exile and some of them are not even allowed to return.

[londontsi]

Re: elegy

... armenians live better lives in turkey today
than in their own homeland.
thousand of armenians (35,000, as a matter of fact)
have emigrated emigrated to turkey but
as far as i know,
not a single armenian in istanbul has chosen to be repatriated.

That is an appaling statement. So what?

[KanadaHye]

Re: elegy

the palestinians would live better lives in a progressive israeli democracy
than under their own medieval-fascist leadership.
likewise, armenians live better lives in turkey today
than in their own homeland.
thousand of armenians (35,000, as a matter of fact)
have emigrated emigrated to turkey but
as far as i know,
not a single armenian in istanbul has chosen to be repatriated.

shortly before the Genocide, Siamanto (one of our greatest poets) couldn't stand life in America and freely chose to return to Istanbul where he was butchered.
Today most of our writers in the Homeland have chosen exile and some of them are not even allowed to return.

Slaves were never homeless nor starved to death. Can you say they lived better lives as slaves than in the freedom of Capitalism?

If your oppressor has chosen to have you ruled by a dictator of their choosing, you have no choice but to fight back or surrender. Cowards surrender and cease to exist. Palestinians would rather die honorably than have their future left in the hands of their enemies.

Why didn't Armenians just give up their identity willingly, 1.5 million would have never perished... rather, all of us wouldn't be here on this message board because we'd all think we were Turks. Why fight the inevitable? Why doesn't the entire world just become American or Turkish or British? Would that bring world peace?

[arabaliozian]

Re: elegy

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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LIFE IS SHORT
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Life is short,
art long, but even longer
is the list of things
that must be said and done.
*
You say, “Me wrong? Never!”
and I say “How I wish I were wrong.”
*
I have yet to meet a smart Armenian
who was not self-assessed
and a self-assessed Armenian
who was not a damn fool.
*
How to succeed as a writer?
I don't know.
But I can tell you how to fail:
Be an Armenian writer.
Michael Arlen succeeded
because he pretended to be an upper-crust Englishman.
Saroyan succeeded because he wrote about characters
that were as imaginary as Winnie the Pooh.
Compare the characters in PAPA, YOU'RE CRAZY
and MAMA, I LOVE YOU with their real counterparts –
himself and his two children
whom he disowned like an enraged grizzly bear.
#

[arabaliozian]

Re: elegy

Slaves were never homeless nor starved to death. Can you say they lived better lives as slaves than in the freedom of Capitalism?

If your oppressor has chosen to have you ruled by a dictator of their choosing, you have no choice but to fight back or surrender. Cowards surrender and cease to exist. Palestinians would rather die honorably than have their future left in the hands of their enemies.

Why didn't Armenians just give up their identity willingly, 1.5 million would have never perished... rather, all of us wouldn't be here on this message board because we'd all think we were Turks. Why fight the inevitable? Why doesn't the entire world just become American or Turkish or British? Would that bring world peace?

if the palestinians had chosen to coexist under an israeli democracy, they would now be a majority. you may now draw your own conclusions.

[arabaliozian]

Re: elegy

That is an appaling statement. So what?

appaling? so is reality...sometimes.

[Haykakan]

Re: elegy

if the palestinians had chosen to coexist under an israeli democracy, they would now be a majority. you may now draw your own conclusions.

Ara there is no way the xxxs were going to allow palastinians to become the majority while giving them equal rights. It is just crazy to think that. Zionism is isreal's motto and is inherently racist thus a democratic israeli state with a palastinian majority would not be allowed.

[arabaliozian]

Re: elegy

Ara there is no way the xxxs were going to allow palastinians to become the majority while giving them equal rights. It is just crazy to think that. Zionism is isreal's motto and is inherently racist thus a democratic israeli state with a palastinian majority would not be allowed.

israelis are racists
because their enemies are fanatics bent on their extermination.
i assume you would feel better if they suffered another holocaust.
now then, thell me, who is the racist?

[Lucin]

Re: elegy

Jur ek dzedzum joghovurt. Duk dzez spanek el Aran Hrianerin pashtpanelu a. Actually him being in love with J'ews, goes pretty well with his ideaology and thoughts.

[Haykakan]

Re: elegy

israelis are racists
because their enemies are fanatics bent on their extermination.
i assume you would feel better if they suffered another holocaust.
now then, thell me, who is the racist?

This just in "palastinians had nothing to do with the holocaust". And no i do not want xxxs dead but i do want them to stop killing others. The racist here is clearly you becaus in your eyes xxxs are forever victims thus whatever they do is justified.