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[arabaliozian]

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Friday, January 04, 2008
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AN ABYSMALLY NAÏVE MISCONCEPTION
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In life we take many things for granted, beginning with life itself, and after life, the abysmally naïve misconception that our “betters” are better and what they say is more or less true because they are more or less honest men. In this context, however, when we speak in terms of more or less, the emphasis should be on less. To cover up the less and stress the more, leaders, all leaders, political as well as religious, like to speak in the name of God and Country, two entities that cannot speak for themselves.
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Speaking of honesty and politicians: it is said that there is nothing as dark as the prospects of an honest politician, in the same way that nothing invites violence as surely as talk of non-violence.
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Power, propaganda, deception, and violence or the threat of violence, are inseparable. As for speaking in the name of God: Who would dare to suggest that God is capable of contradicting Himself? And yet, all organized religions contradict one another.
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Greed for power is a malady and an addiction much more dangerous than all addictions combined because it affects not a single person but the nation and sometimes even the world. Which is why one is fully justified in saying that our “betters” far from being better may well be our worst. Which is also why the only good thing about political elections is that the losers outnumber the winners.
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[crusader1492]

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Why not ask yourself? You in essence are a nationalist, get that through thick skull you socialist hack writer and nobody. You are living off checks signed off by Canada, how can you even attack nationalism and nationalist? You are a natinalist you imbeicle!

[Virgil]

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If you want to know the truth about the Catholic Church, don’t ask the Pope. This inevitably raises the question: If you can’t trust the Pope, whom can you trust? The answer is and must be: No one with power.

Has it ever occured to you that "having faith" means just that "having faith"? Ofcourse to have "faith" means you must clearly be willing to believe. Furthermore, why should I trust you if I can not at the base level trust a individaul with power? What makes you more reliable then them and furthermore, what can you offer me? Your clearly dillusional, the reality is this, if you choose to accept it, "mankind" created government because government had to have been created. We are not "Ara Baliozian", we are animals and animals for the most part must be domesticated and herded. Do we not train dogs? horses? So why should we not train men and women? Pathetic, you are truly a egotistical nobody.

If you want to know more about Armenians, don’t ask an Armenian, who may know much more about Armenians than most odars. That’s because quantity of knowledge does not always translate to quality, or objectivity, reliability, and honesty. If you want to know the truth about Turks, would you ask a Turk?

What a jackass you are? I don't really give a flying xxxx what a otar thinks about Armenians. Do I care what a European, that for 200 years has used the downfall other civilizations to increase its political and economic leverage? NO, I certainly do not, no man or woman will ever be superior to another, we all have flaws, we accept them and move on, yes, we try to better ourselves, but the shear idiocy of taking another flawed individual's opinion is just going in circles. If they have opinions on Armenians, I, certainly have stronger opinions that are based on experiences about otars.

If you want to know more about nationalism, the worst mistake you can make is to ask a nationalist. Ask instead the victims of nationalism, and if you are an Armenian, you don’t have to look for one. Ask yourself. Armenians have been the first major victims of nationalism in the 20th century.

Why not ask yourself? You in essence are a nationalist, get that through thick skull you socialist hack writer and nobody. You are living off checks signed off by Canada, how can you even attack nationalism and nationalist? You are a natinalist you imbeicle!

John Stuart Mill: “No one but a fool, and only a fool of a peculiar description, feels offended by the acknowledgement that there are others whose opinion is entitled to a greater amount of consideration than his.” Translated into dollars and cents, this means: All men are created equal, but their opinions are not.

Listen you deranged worthless man, if everyone is equal, by all means, give up your home and life to your Inuit neighbor. I am having a heartattack with the constant idioitic comments you have hidden under "wisdom", there exists no wisdom, rather, just stagnation.

I can only hope, smart and intelligent human beings will see through him. How can anyone argue with his ideology? They can't, because it is just that a "idealist vision" that will never exist. Demagogs want you to give them a pedistal, however, ask them once to be the man or woman they preach you should become and you will soon find out that they too are flawed.

[arabaliozian]

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Thursday, January 03, 2008
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ASKING QUESTIONS, GETTING ANSWERS
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If you want to know the truth about the Catholic Church, don’t ask the Pope. This inevitably raises the question: If you can’t trust the Pope, whom can you trust? The answer is and must be: No one with power.
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If you want to know more about Armenians, don’t ask an Armenian, who may know much more about Armenians than most odars. That’s because quantity of knowledge does not always translate to quality, or objectivity, reliability, and honesty. If you want to know the truth about Turks, would you ask a Turk?
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If you want to know more about nationalism, the worst mistake you can make is to ask a nationalist. Ask instead the victims of nationalism, and if you are an Armenian, you don’t have to look for one. Ask yourself. Armenians have been the first major victims of nationalism in the 20th century.
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John Stuart Mill: “No one but a fool, and only a fool of a peculiar description, feels offended by the acknowledgement that there are others whose opinion is entitled to a greater amount of consideration than his.” Translated into dollars and cents, this means: All men are created equal, but their opinions are not.
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Speaking of the Pope and Christianity, I read the following question in a recent issue of THE SPECTATOR: “Where would Christianity be if Jesus had got 8 to 15 years with time off for good behavior?”
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[arabaliozian]

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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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WHY WE DISAGREE
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Most Christians are Christians because they were born in a Christian country. The same applies to Muslims and Hindus. Environment plays a key role in determining our belief system. Different environments, educational systems, parents, experiences, role models, and encounters mean different worldviews. Most Tashnaks had Tashnak parents, likewise most Ramgavars and Communists. My father lost everything he owned in two separate occasions, World War I in Turkey and World War II in Greece. He was too busy trying to survive in an alien environment to have any time for politics. This may be only a partial explanation as to why I am suspicious of all political parties and ideologies. This may also be why I don’t expect anyone to agree with me, especially if agreement means recycling the same propaganda line. I am not in the business of recycling propaganda. If anything the opposite applies: I have made it my business to expose the lies of propaganda, the very same lies that are at the root of our internecine conflicts and divisions, not to say dogmatism and authoritarianism. Disagreement is both inevitable and natural; what is not natural is the implication that the neighborhood in which you were born and raised is better than someone else’s, which is almost as absurd as the suggestion that those who brainwashed you were better men than their counterparts on the other side of a mountain, river, sea or some other imaginary line. In my view brainwashing is a criminal offense and no good man would ever engage in such a nefarious activity. Since truth is destined to remain beyond our reach, let us agree that more often than not disagreements are clashes not between a truth and a lie but two half-truths and sometimes even two big lies.
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[arabaliozian]

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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
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IT IS WRITTEN
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Fools who think they are smart: they are the curse of mankind. I am not surprised therefore when on rereading THE PROVERBS in the Old Testament, I notice that almost every other proverb deals with fools. God loves the poor, it is said, that is why He has created so many of them. If we assume that to be true (which I doubt), why then did He create so many fools when He obviously has nothing but contempt for them (if we assume the Scriptures to be His word)?
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“Like a dog that returns to his vomit, is a fool that repeats his folly,” reads one proverb.
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“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself,” reads another.
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More random samples follow:
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.”
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“A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man quietly holds it back.”
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“A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.”
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“A fool’s lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.”
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“A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.”
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Is a fool capable of admitting to being one?
What could be more foolish than trying to reason with fools?
While reading THE PROVERBS, has a fool ever thought, “It is about me that the Good Lord speaks.”
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[crusader1492]

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I qot 2 questions for you, why don't you stop writing? And why do you suck so much? can you tell me that,

Now he's interviewing himself

[zourna]

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he writes because it's in his interest to. He doesn't suck, he's just not a nationalist. When I think nationalistically, I feel in disagreement to a lot of what ara has to say as well.

When I think individualistically, or humanistically, that changes and I see merit in his analysis of human beings and society.

Very well put, jgk3. Couldn't agree more!

[jgk3]

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he writes because it's in his interest to. He doesn't suck, he's just not a nationalist. When I think nationalistically, I feel in disagreement to a lot of what ara has to say as well.

When I think individualistically, or humanistically, that changes and I see merit in his analysis of human beings and society.

[KarotheGreat]

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I qot 2 questions for you, why don't you stop writing? And why do you suck so much? can you tell me that,