Re: notes / comments
Monday, July 02, 2007
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
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We preach freedom of speech to others but among ourselves we practice censorship, and we are too self-righteous and arrogant to see a contradiction or even an inconsistency.
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Hatred becomes pathological when you hate even those who don’t share your hatred.
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Born to Armenian parents in Greece, educated in Italy, now a citizen of Canada and living in the shadow of the United States, I know to what extent nationalism and patriotism limit, distort, and even pervert a man’s perception of the world and his fellow men.
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Anyone who is against us is not necessarily wrong and anyone who is with us is not necessarily right.
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Adopting an anti-Turkish stance does not in any way strengthen our case. On the contrary.
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To proceed on the assumption that Turks are bloodthirsty Asiatic barbarian and compulsive liars is to guarantee that we will never reach a consensus with them.
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We are unaware of our failings because they have become habits.
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Monday, July 02, 2007
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
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We preach freedom of speech to others but among ourselves we practice censorship, and we are too self-righteous and arrogant to see a contradiction or even an inconsistency.
*
Hatred becomes pathological when you hate even those who don’t share your hatred.
*
Born to Armenian parents in Greece, educated in Italy, now a citizen of Canada and living in the shadow of the United States, I know to what extent nationalism and patriotism limit, distort, and even pervert a man’s perception of the world and his fellow men.
*
Anyone who is against us is not necessarily wrong and anyone who is with us is not necessarily right.
*
Adopting an anti-Turkish stance does not in any way strengthen our case. On the contrary.
*
To proceed on the assumption that Turks are bloodthirsty Asiatic barbarian and compulsive liars is to guarantee that we will never reach a consensus with them.
*
We are unaware of our failings because they have become habits.
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