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LAST CHANCE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION ON BARKAN'S DENIAL OF THE GENOCIDE Dear Fellow Forum Members, I am writing to inform that some time ago the petition was started to express people's opinion on denial of politically-driven manslaughters, with Barkan as an example. As of today, this petition already collected more than 600 signatures from all over the world. Should you be interested in raising your voice in support of the petition's cause, please do so today: http://www.gopetition.com/online/17164.html

Unfortunately, Prof. Ariel Barkan, M.D. is a real person, made of flesh - not the best flesh I should say and despite of his personal achievements in professional career, not the sone any mother should be proud of. He IS a Jew, or, how he likes to present himself, an "Israeli Jew, originally from the former Soviet Union". Should anybody have a desire to see Prof. Dr. Barkan "in motion", please go to this link where he is delivering a professional medical speech: http://endocrinefellows.org/new_media/bark...ideo_frame.html Then, you can put together the image of the presenter with the image of the faculty member at the university of Michigan here: http://www2.med.umich.edu/departments/endo...rnal%20Medicine Ariel IS a Jewish first name, and Barkan IS a Jewish surname. In fact, there is yet another Baran, sociologist, I believe, who is extremely involved in the issues related to the Armenian Genocide - and that is a striking thing. As for Jews denying Armenian Genocide - nothing new about that either. Please, read an article "Ghosts of Armenia Haunt Ethnic Relationship": http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/13906/ which clearly says that "Jewish leaders warned that recognizing the genocide, as Congress is now considering, could undermine American strategic interests in the Middle East, and Turkey's robust military and economic partnership with Israel. Also deemed at risk was the security of Turkish Jewry, which sent a letter earlier this year opposing a congressional resolution on the matter. ....... Though Jewish groups have toed a careful line on the genocide question for years, the issue exploded last month after the town council of Watertown, Mass. -- home to one of the country's largest Armenian communities -- voted to sever ties with an ADL anti-bigotry program in protest of the organization's refusal to acknowledge the genocide. ..... An outraged Turkey communicated its dismay to Israeli and Jewish leaders, with some Turkish officials going as far as suggesting that Israel had to "deliver" American Jewish groups on this issue." Is it really necessary to prove anything else? I think we should stop debating and start acting. For instance, to write a letter to this Jewish yellow newspaper will be a good thing for the beginning - I already did it, saying that they must remove Barkan's letter as unethical. You can guess what was their response, and, of course, they didn't publish my letter, but - imagine if they will be flooded with anti-Barkan letters... Also, we can have a petition shaped addressing the President of the Michigan university - just one of the ideas...

Dear members of this discussion group, I am a new comer at this forum. The nasty post by "doctor" Barkan was actually the thing that triggered my search for the place to express my opinion on this matter. I wrote to various people at the Jewish Exponent several times - none of my messages were ever answered. I also wrote to the director of the Armenian Research Center at UM - no answer either... Below, I am sampling one of my letters.... =================================================================== Dear Sir, I am writing this message being extremely disturbed by the letter of "doctor" Ariel Barkan entitled "Armenian Tale of Turkish Genocide Simply Untrue", which was published on the Jewish Exponent's web page on the 17th of May 2007: http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/13003/ In his message, "doctor" Barkan presents himself as an "Israeli Jew, originally from the former Soviet Union" and pretends to have "no dog in the Turkish-Armenian fight". The message of this "doctor" horrified me: he claims that there was no Genocide! In cold blood, this "doctor" writes that "there was no genocide because of the lack of intent or organized action on the part of the Turkish government to exterminate Armenians as such". He continues with the apotheosis of cynicism by saying that "the "ethnic cleansing" was limited to Eastern Anatolia. No Armenian in Istanbul was expelled or harmed." Not only this "doctor" shows his impotency as a scholar, but he has also guts to open his mouth and say such a nasty thing! I believe the pictures of Armenians murdered in Istanbul speak better than any words that are coming out of the dirty mouth of this "doctor": http://bibleprobe.com/christianmartyrs-armenia.htm Monsignor Barkan's message left me speechless. I spent 6 years of my life in Armenia. I did see the results of this Genocide in broken families and nation being spread all over the world. I do know that he is a "real" medical doctor and a professor: http://www2.med.umich.edu/departments/endo...rnal%20Medicine However, I cannot use the word "doctor" in affiliation with this monster. "Doctor" Barkan's message smells very bad. Sadly, this bad smell comes from the mentioned page and it immediately links this "smelly doctor" to the University of Michigan (UM). "Doctor" Barkan is active in the area of cancer medicine. It is appropriate to mention here that the world-known UM Comprehensive Cancer Center and Geriatrics Center Building was erected largely because of the $3 mln. donation from the Mardigian Foundation (1996) started by Edward and Helen Mardigian whose family suffered from the Genocide and had to leave their homes is search for a safe life in the U.S. I understand that the Jewish Exponent is probably acting from a position of a "free press" - that is to present any opinion. However, the democracy is not equal to anarchy, and the democracy should be built on dignity, pride, good manners and taste. Needless to say that the term "Genocide" was introduced by the Jewish scholar Lemkin and was soon connected to the slaughter of millions of Armenians by the Turkish military. "Doctor" Barkan has rather questionable reputation on the Internet. He is particularly active on the forums that are dedicated to the edged weapons, often presenting himself under different "stage names". Regardless of acting under different names, his identity was always revealed and he was expelled from several forums for his radical nationalistic views. I urged the Jewish Exponent's administration to remove "doctor" Barkan's extremely inappropriate message from their web site to restore its decent image. However, they never responded to any of my messages and the message is still on their web page. I am writing this letter to inform you about inappropriate behavior which should never come from the individual of medical profession. "Doctor" Barkan must be stopped and I urge you to take all necessary measures to stop this monster. The University of Michigan administration must be informed on the radically-nationalistic and chauvinistic views that are openly expressed by their employee. The effort must be taken to force the internet-based newspaper to remove Barkan's letter. The newspaper and the "evil doctor" must apologize for their evil action! Sincerely yours, Michael ====================================================