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ofcourse you are right in a sense and that is why at the age of 34 and 11 yrs of marriage i am looking for those Armenians who are truly concerned for the future of our people to communicate with. things are better with some of the people i have known especially among family but some friends i am better off not knowing as friends. thanks.

So, I hope I don't get too off topic but here it goes. I joined this forum and a few others to try and reconnect with Armenians. I think this topic hits close to home for me. I was born in Yerevan but grew up in the US. For various reasons I did not establish close ties with other Armenians outside of family and family friends. In the end I married a non-Armenian. She was very motivated and began learning our language. However, after we were married she (and even I) were pretty much shunned from the "Armenian" community I knew. My circle of Armenians did not ignore me or anything like that but they did not accept her and treated me more and more like an odar. I realize, better late then never, that not all Armenians are like that but too many that I knew were. How do all the Armenians here feel about that. Isn't it better to accept the addition to our little community rather than lose the Armenian that marries and odar? If anything it expands our genepool and widens the overall community of people aware of our culture. Why do so many Armenians choose to view negatively any Armenians that marry outside the "family"?

No, never doubted by papi. I know many still there have business interests and such but at some point you pack up and leave. As for the guy responsible for the article mentioned in this thread what I am trying to figure out is why any Armenian anywhere would be a Kemalist. From little I read on the Hemshentsi, even the youth of today is trying to reconect with their roots. So does survival in modern Turkey for Armenians mean being Turkish nationalists? Not trying to pass judgment just understand.

I am kinda curious about the mentality of Armenians living in Turkey. My grandfather was from Polis. He kept in touch w/his cousin who still lived there. I know his cousins kids moved to Australlia. What I remember him telling me was that Armenians were still persecuted over there. In the sense that they had to have Turkish names, be careful of speaking Armenina outside the home, not allowed to renovate churches. So I keep thinking why are there still Armenians living there and why are any of them loyal to Turkey? Does anyone have any ideas on this?

Does anyone know anything more about this? What would be his motivation for showing such loyalty to Turkey?

Actually if all we want are low yield dirty bombs then the stuff from our own reactor will do. For tactial use against front line troops (especially from a less sofisticated army) it would cause significant casualties.

I do not think you are crazy. Additionally, Armenians the world over should be focused on helping Armenia develop a home-grown defense industry. Politics change all the time. Turkey may yet turn East after its next elections. Better for Armenia to be strong on its own so when the day comes (and it will) Europe and America will realize what Iran and Russia already do, Armenia has been and still is the shield keeping Turkey at bay.

man, now you sound like forest gump. or maybe more appropriately andar gump?

While I like your sense of humor and can relate to it, I think our young friend needs more then our jokes right now.