Interracial Relationships.

[!EEK]

I don't know about that but I'm sure it didn't got too far..maybe pilgrimmage with no political/financial . What I mean, is an official "open up to the world" from japan...

[Anonymouse]

Thats sooo wrong, before Japan's Emperor reform in 1867 to open up had NO contact with the exterior world it had a protectionist economy and an isolationist politic and they weren't even at the stone age, they were very wealthy and afforded to directly face the rest of the world by importing scientist and other intelligent people around the world

This also shows up that you actually can be cut off the world

sorry but you don't know your history and you geo-politics. At least when trying to argue, try to find something true

Japanese are descendents of other Asiatics, specifically what they call the Yamato race, in that sense they have had previous contacts with the other Asiatic world, whereas we are not so sure about aboriginals. This only proves my point that prior to Japanese interaction with other cultures, it was a backward cesspool, and that one cannot remain isolated without being backward, which makes me wonder why you are whining and resorting to ad homenims when you clearly know you are ignorant. And once again, cultural isolation is not the same as the false political neutrality the United States was pretending to be in the 20s and 30s. I am to guess you are trying to blur the facts of your own incompetence regarding "geo politics" ( such a silly conjured up term ) The fact of the matter is the real issue is mixing, and mixing overlong and throughout time produces bad results, since historically we can track the rise and fall of civilizations based on this one rule. You do not have to like it, but that is the way it is. I cannot change it.

[Anonymouse]

I don't know about that but I'm sure it didn't got too far..maybe pilgrimmage with no political/financial . What I mean, is an official "open up to the world" from japan...

Yet interaction nonetheless. The point of the matter is, we are talking about extreme isolation like the natives of Americas or the aborginals of Australia. You obviously cannot comprehend that and nor do you understand the difference between anthropology and the political "neutrality" the United States was supposedly maintaining, and then you tell me that I am ignorant of "geo politics" when you clearly do not know how to differentiate ethnological isolation from political chess games. Stick to the topic at hand, which is interracial relationships.

[loseyourname]

I wish it were so cut and dry, but this is childish, no different than those silly evolutionists who trace it back to some mythical "African Eve".

According to the latest studies, the last common ancestor of every human was a male that lived in southeast Asia about 3,200 years ago. Not to say that all people are descended from Asians, just that his progeny somehow managed to interbreed with every bloodline on the planet. And there were seven African Eves.

Edit: Actually, after reading your thing about Australian aborigines, I should mention that the man from Asia is a common ancestor to every human except Tasmanian aborigines, who have remained completely sexually isolated.

Also, don't berate me on this if it doesn't fit into your established worldview. I just heard it on NPR and I'm relaying it. Check their website and maybe they'll have a link to more information. I have no interest in this topic, so I don't know anything further. I do know that it has nothing to do with evolution - it's just humans giving rise to more humans.

[chille]

the more i get to know armenians the less i think about marrying one. i think that armenians have recently become so ethnocentric that it makes me sick! we have forgotten about such things as tolerance and mindful interaction. all we care about is screaming from the top of our lungs that: we are armenians!!! but for the most part it means nothing for those who are the loudest.
i will marry anyone as long as the person respects my culture and is willing to admit that our children will be raised according to both armenian and other culture my future husband will belong to. my parents do not care either. the only thing that i wouldnt do is marrying a person who is not a christian. ethnicity and race do not matter to me.

[starnick]

in siple relationship ethnicy and race don't metter to me too. In sex i think everyone have preferences, for exemple i don't want to find me in bed with arabs or asians or blacks. But love is very conservative thing - i'm more jew, and i can love just jew one. I never was falled in love with other people. That's my opinion

[HyeJinx1984]

Interestingly enough, I was at a family reunion of sorts last night and it made me realize how relevant this thread is. A good 40% of my family there was not pure Armenian. my Aunt Shoshik is half Israli, my Aunt Romi is half Persian and my Uncle Edo is half Assyrian. However, all three of them identify wityh being Armenian more than anything else, and THEY married other Armenians (even though their parents didn't) and they now have kids who are raised completely Armenian that all have Armenian Boyfriends/Girlfriends of their own. Just thought that was interesting.

On the subject of not wanting to Marry an Armenian boy, that always frustrated me cause I'm dealing with the same thing with my cousin Melody. She's always quick to bring up how much she hates Armos and doesn't even want to be friends with them, blah blah blah, that the men are garbage. It frustrates me because what does that say about ME, what does it say about my father (her uncle), what does it say about our numerous cousins who are finishing up college and starting good lives with their wives and stuff? Armenian girls who say they can't stand Armenian men will always get on my nerves because they tend to look at the bad and not the good. No one's saying go marry some rabiz Grant High School drop out.

[XxgoeyxX]

On the subject of not wanting to Marry an Armenian boy, that always frustrated me cause I'm dealing with the same thing with my cousin Melody. She's always quick to bring up how much she hates Armos and doesn't even want to be friends with them, blah blah blah, that the men are garbage. It frustrates me because what does that say about ME, what does it say about my father (her uncle), what does it say about our numerous cousins who are finishing up college and starting good lives with their wives and stuff? Armenian girls who say they can't stand Armenian men will always get on my nerves because they tend to look at the bad and not the good. No one's saying go marry some rabiz Grant High School drop out.

I have always been attracted to armenian guys. Yes they do stupid things, so do the million other men in this world and the million other women in this world. Because we are in this culture we notice our faults easly. Plus many think only Armenians behave a certain way. When in fact that is not true. Anyways what I was tring to say is I agree with hyejinx.

Second, just because there are "rabiz" Armenian guys does not mean all of them are rabiz. And just because many Armenian guys are traditional, it doest not mean they are rabiz. People forget that as well and many times confuse the two.

Okei dokei...enough with this thread!

[HyeJinx1984]

I have always been attracted to armenian guys. Yes they do stupid things, so do the million other men in this world and the million other women in this world. Because we are in this culture we notice our faults easly. Plus many think only Armenians behave a certain way. When in fact that is not true. Anyways what I was tring to say is I agree with hyejinx.

Second, just because there are "rabiz" Armenian guys does not mean all of them are rabiz. And just because many Armenian guys are traditional, it doest not mean they are rabiz. People forget that as well and many times confuse the two.

Okei dokei...enough with this thread!

Indeed! *tosses the thread into a flaming pyre and starts to dance around it to wild paganestic music*

[GSTracer05]

the more i get to know armenians the less i think about marrying one. i think that armenians have recently become so ethnocentric that it makes me sick! we have forgotten about such things as tolerance and mindful interaction. all we care about is screaming from the top of our lungs that: we are armenians!!! but for the most part it means nothing for those who are the loudest.
i will marry anyone as long as the person respects my culture and is willing to admit that our children will be raised according to both armenian and other culture my future husband will belong to. my parents do not care either. the only thing that i wouldnt do is marrying a person who is not a christian. ethnicity and race do not matter to me.

My feelings exactly. Plus it doesnt help if the majority of your life, you've been raised among non-armenians.