Shahan Araradian

HAHA! Saddam was the U.S.'s man! He was planted there!

You misread. What I meant to say is that EITHER way you look at it -- whether society's behavior is created by the power elite or "the masses" -- you get the same result.

Way wrong. Of course there are differences between white Americans between regions of the U.S. and across socio-economic lines. It is a large country, after all. (For example, "Anglo-Americans" in the S.F. bay area have a reputation for non-violence, sustainable living, elements of humanity. I wouldn't say the same vibe exists in NY or LA or most of the rest of the US.)

Just giving some background to oorenk's article... I don't intend to "divide" nor "unite" us. Just writing about things the way they are.

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Oh yeah? So I'm "full of hate" when I write about my experiences? Perhaps they are true? Does it have to be that I'm "full of hate" to write the truth? No one is asking you to spend time or energy "on me"; that is entirely your personal choice.

That is laughable. Remember hurricane Katrina? Who is sending aid to Iraq? Who created the Iraq disaster? They are inter-related, as 1% of the population controls 95% of the decision-making. They set the policy of the U.S. and they create American "culture" through the media they own and control. Right. Genocide of the native Americans, funding of the Israeli apartheid fascist state, toppling of governments abroad -- often placing dictators who are enemies of the local people -- creating debts slaves out of developing nations (and their own domestic population), and on and on. Those "terrorists" don't really exist; they were created by the American power elite; bin Laden is merely an actor in the giant play. Why do you think there was never a trial to find out who really was behind 9/11? A day before 9/11 bin Laden was being treated in a U.S. hospital run by the CIA in the Middle East. How do you explain that? Who were the dancing Israeli spies who were employed by an Israeli moving company who were photographing the burning twin towers from NJ and celebrating? Why did the U.S. government release them after three months in prison? U.S. society is what the power elite create it to be: highly-specialized/trained workers who have a memory of 2 weeks, are practically wage slaves, and take any orders given to them. They are quite nearly Universal AIs that lack all humanity; this is what the power elite have trained them to be... (for the most part; there are exceptions) Judge a group by its actions, not by what they say. Judging by the actions of the U.S.A. (and if it is "led" by "the people" as they claim) then U.S. society both internally and externally is very inhumane. Humanity is taking a step backwards in the U.S. today both in the corporate world which dominates the lives of most Americans as well as in the foreign policy of the U.S. which is spreading far too much bloodshed and bad karma. That is what I call inhumane. You might call it a "political war."

That was just one example. What does a "political war" mean? Does that justify the bad karma the U.S. is spreading there? At the end of the day, it's Americans waging the war, and the American people are doing a good job of keeping silent on their "unpopular" view toward the war don't you think? Indeed, war is business. That's why everyone is in on the game (by everyone I mean the power elite who run the show; the masses are just fed some fear over CNN and the rest of the media over the fictitious "terrorists" -- it's just like in the Cold War -- you NEED to create an "enemy" and it doesn't matter if it's real or not, just create one to justify several hundred billion dollar defense budgets -- do you know how many companies that supports?; indeed, all the while, the Soviets weren't "enemies" they were business partners! Rockefeller funded the USSR's military program). If Americans (really the power elite among them) had any humanity, they wouldn't be an empire. It is just like the Turks. Empires by definition must be inhumane, and seek to devour more resources and trample anything -- including humans -- that get in the way. (at the end of the day, though, it is the power elite who benefit.) What is being created today is a one-world government.

The revolution has already begun; indeed it's been going on since the beginning of time, and there is no "leader." It is an inevitable consequence of evolution, like the spontaneous jump from inanimate to animate matter. Today, it is profits that are driving the creation of these technologies, and the global economic system is not likely to change within 40 years.

That is a long topic. But the evidence is clear both internally (within the U.S.) as well as externally (e.g. war in Iraq)... Ask any European. This comes best through experience, though, so join a Fortune 100 to find out

Yes there is... Watch this http://www.singinst.org/media/thesingularity

That is true if you're coming from Armenia or Bangladesh. And then you stay in the U.S. and don't see any other countries...

Learn to come to terms with reality instead of "feeling sorry" for me. I'm doing quite well in life...

Nice come back

Nope. They're already killing each other anyways, and are insignificant in the grand scheme of things -- they were imported to the U.S. and handed out free welfare for a reason; it is simply part of the program of the U.S.A. I'm doing very well; no need to worry... There's nothing to discuss or understand another's viewpoint. They are what they are; personal experiences over a wide range of training set trumps anything that a person reads. I have more experience than you in the matter of S.F. vs L.A. Armenian communities; I've lived it -- I don't need a magazine to tell me the reality... I don't wish to understand the psyche of hayasdantsi koghakans or other villagers brought to the U.S. from Armenia; indeed, there's more than a necessary amount of neural connections devoted to understanding them and there's nothing of value to learn there that will be beneficial to someone to put it bluntly. That won't be necessary dear. Thanks for the thought though.

No, but he's the second coming of Christ. I'm only the messenger.

If you live long enough, you might live forever.

Arpa, don't you remember that it was you trashing the western Armenian dialect and phonology? (I was merely successfully defending it; and it showed that your knowledge in Armenian phonology was lacking; particularly that Eastern Armenian phonology does not equal Classical Armenian phonology. There is no such thing as "eastern Armenian orthography. There is Soviet Armenian orthography and no serious academic would defend it. It was made to make it easier to teach the Armenian alphabet and spelling to the illiterate farmers living in Soviet Yerevan in the 20s. With so much education and so much technology, it is a shame to keep that illiterate farmer's orthography around... not to be speaking badly of farmers personally, but their education.)

Thanks for the marketing Moog. You should also see my articles on Armenian orthography and universal intelligence

I didn't say ALL. I said many.

I haven't criticized "the west" in general; I've spoken well of Canada, Quebec and France. Actually, yes... HAHA!! Have you been brainwashed or what? I can do the same in Lebanon, Syria, Canada, France, and anywhere else accept Turkey and Azerbaijan. But is your ability to "wave a flag" your criteria for determining where to live? How about things that really matter? Like lifestyle, society, culture, and affordability? Single-celled organisms are the oldest living types organisms; with your logic, then, I should also seek to be an amoeba.

Watch this: http://www.singinst.org/media/thesingularity Then this (by Sebastian Thrun, lead designer of Stanley, Stanford's robot than one the DARPA Grand Challenge): http://www.singinst.org/media/towardhumanlevelintelligence Self-driving cars are already here.

I speak from experience in living many years in both the S.F. and L.A. Armenian communities when I say... The reason you found San Francisco Armenians to be more pleasant and living a higher quality of life is that you interviewed mostly Diasporan Armenians (all of the people in the pictures in the article are diasporan Armenians -- except maybe the 17 year old guy who isn't familiar to me); San Francisco's ratio of Armenians from Armenia to the total Armenian population there is not as high as it is in Los Angeles (which turns out to be beneficial to SF Armenians -- and I would say to San Franciscanites in general). Hence, in Los Angeles, Diasporan Armenians are "over shadowed" and "over looked" by the mostly noisy, rude, and involved-in-illegal-activity Armenians from Armenia, who "stand out" more in the crowd since they call attention to themselves. In turn, these Hayasdantsis have had a negative effect upon the local Diasporan Armenians of Los Angeles, since the name of the Armenians in general has been tarnished not only among Americans, but among Diasporan Armenians. And for the first time, something unheard of is happening: Diasporan Armenians are feeling ashamed of being Armenian due to their association with Armenians from Armenian... And low morale is what destroys organizations; in this case, diasporan Armenian organizations in L.A. (The effects are less more so in the Valley, but particularly highlighted in Glendale and Hollywood and L.A.) In comparison, the Armenians of San Francisco are mostly Diasporan Armenians: either immigrants from around the 70s from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, or third generation American-Armenians whose grandparents came during the genocide. You'll still find those same types of problematic Armenian youth from Armenia in San Francisco; but given their low numbers and sparse locations where they live, you don't notice them as you do in Glendale or Hollywood where there is a high concentration of them. (They also stay away from Armenian organizations -- as they do in L.A. -- and they have their own Etchmiadznagan church that most of the diasporan Armenians don't attend.) So the community there is divided; and the demographics of division are quite obvious. The Los Angeles Armenian community hasn't been the same ever since the 1990s when that very enormous wave of immigrants from Armenia, whose "goghakan"/"koghakan" (mafia) culture and corresponding antisocial activities has tarnished the name of Armenians both externally and internally (possibly irreversibly). Given that the wave of immigration from Armenia has calmed, I'm hopeful that the S.F., Toronto, Montreal, and Lebanese diasporan Armenian communities won't suffer from this contamination...

Sorry but this only shows your ignorance as to the technological singularity and the possibilities... Asymmetry of information is why 1% of the population controls 95% of the wealth and decision-making in the world today.

Hey man, there are many Armenian taxi cab drivers and valet parking workers (nearly all from Armenia) in L.A. and Las Vegas, so get down your high horse. Don't be an R.