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You will be beatified for this.

To quote Josephus, the Thracians, or descendants of Tiras, the grandson of Japheth, came to the area came to be named after them from north central europe to find more fertile land in the south. Much of this comes from oral histroy passed down and it is influenced by the Bible, so who knows how credible it is. Just an interesting fact-- in the tradition of many ancient culture, the Thracians revered their ancestors. This archetypical practice seems to be a universal human trait-- even the Chinese did it. The forefather they revered was Tiras. A more popular version of his name is a corruption of it-- Thor (where the name Thursday comes from-- "thor's day"). I've read, although I cant cite any sources, that the Hays were an Aryan tribe that hailed from the Zagros mountains. The people of that area are said to have come from are of southern Russia. Referring to my post about myths being based on facts, it was oral tradition that Armenians were descendants of Japheth. But this is based on biblical history and it is difficult to back any of it up with proof.

America shits out idiots and right now she has diarrhea. I hope one day she becomes constipated and remains that way.

Its important to note that many times myths do have some sort of factual base. It makes sense to think that an actuality could influence a myth.

This guy is gaining popularity. He has made several guest appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and is a star of The Ding Dong Show. He recently said on Jimmy Kimmel Live that he ought to hook up Jennifer Aniston, who is Greek, because of their mutual dislike for Turks . Sam The Armenian's Site

Have you forgotten Britain, the most democratic of all countries in the world at the time of American colonization? And even they modeled themselves after the principles of Rome, not to mention Locke, Rousseau, and Montesquie.

Just let me understand one thing; how do you know that the White race isn't a mixture of races? What makes them so pure? I'm not sure if your idea of this is due to propaganda that you've been fed or whatever, but why would you come to that conclusion? Is it because they have the lightest skin? This is your reasoning as I see it: racial composition is basically a color scale. You have the lightest of the light on one side, thus making them a pure race, and you have the darkest of the dark on the other, thus making them a pure race. Everyone in between is just a mixture. One must understand this: race isn't a painting.

Why do you feel the need to categorize Armenians? You act as though we're refusing to make the concession of being Middle Eastern... as though we're claiming to be European to feel superior. This is simple-minded bigotry. NO RACE IS INNATELY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER.

The thing with the Lebanese is that they're a mix of Arabs and Phoenicians. Tigran, akhperus, its quite ridiculous to call an Armenian a Nazi. Changing the topic, you'll be glad to know that I'm currently working on my next work of fiction, "TigranG Knows What He's Talking About." Anyhow, I'm not too sure about the idea of Southern Europeans attributing their dark features to Africans...Maybe you could cite a source, other than the History Channel (a book, a web site perhaps). I want to read up on this. By the way, the locals could have looked Armenian because maybe they were Armenian. There's a large Armenian population in Lebanon after all.

Define what you mean by "to look white." Also, expand on your idea of "pure." By the way, I'll teach you how to take a fly and turn it into an elephant right after I teach you how to spell.

Thank you for clarifying your lack of knowledge of anthropology by making it evident of what your idea of Aryan is--- you believe "Aryan" means blonde-hair, blue eyes. I'll let you in on something--- this notion is what is called "Hitler's wet dream." Get your facts straight.

Vegan? I take it you're not from Vasburagan. And by the way, I know plenty of Vigens who eat meat!

Armat I understand the feeling. After being in a place where you feel you belong, where you feel like family, its hard to return to uncertainty.

No my friend, it's apricot-bronze. We were the first metallurgists, the first to create bronze.

I have one thing to say about Rita: she is nothing short of a whore. I tried to evacuate to Austin, but the traffic was bumper to bumper, so I gave up. Can you imagine how the evacuees in Houston from New Orleans must feel? They leave one hurricane to come to another--- the irony that is life.

This is great. Thanks.

Apricot is in our current flag. The official colors of our flag are the following: red, blue and "apricot-bronze." This final color is a representation of our culture and history--being the first metallurgists and living in the area where apricots are cultivated.

"ghaghotis kini, ghaghoghi" A good harvest. I'll toast to that.

Poor Nalbo. Went down in only 3 sets.

thats why they call him Ageless Agassi

An elaborate source. Very nice.

I'm definetly buying this.

First International Yerevan Rock Festival Some photos from yesterday's Rock 'n People music festival in Yerevan's Republic Square are now online on the Oneworld Multimedia Blog (http://oneworld.blogsome.com/). It's only a few because as part of ongoing work on the development of alternative music and youth culture in Armenia, I have to put together an article and photo essay on rock music in Armenia based around this festival in the next few days for Eurasianet (http://www.eurasianet.org). Nevertheless, the festival was a great success and brought together Armenian and Georgian rock bands in the heart of the capital. Although the stars of the evenign were undoubtedly Bambir and the Young Georgial Lolitaz (http://www.komuna.ge/ygl/), Big Mama from Georgia as well as Armenia's Oaksenham (http://www.oaksenham.com) and Empyray were also impressive. Unfortunately, Manic Depressive Psychosis - MDP (http://www.mdp.am) did not perform. Until the Eurasianet article is ready, the pics from yesterday's festival can be found online at: http://oneworld.blogsome.com/

What difference does it make? The English spelling has no significance---it's only a transliteration.

It is our curse as a people. A Nation as small as ours should find a way to unite. Strength in numbers- as they say. "United we stand, devided we fall." It's our luck that there is the Church to keep us together. It is through her that we have survived.