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Your previous nick was "ArmoArmen" - the assumption came naturally. If your name is not Armen, so be it. This is not about "banning" anyone from the forum - it's really simple to ban someone, but we don't work that way. We have policies here, and do our best to be objective and fair. Obviously we also count on you, the members, to exercise a minimum of common sense. This is a place for discussion and members can voice their opinions (whatever they may be) as long as they do so appropriately. Phrases like "Go *** yourself" are obviously personal attacks, and are against the COC. So let's cut the personal attacks and behave like adults. Clear?

The only Ramazotti I like is Black

bari taredarts Maral jan!

Hellecktor - while I appreciate your efforts and your conviction, I think it's unfortunate that your "work" is tainted by your anger. Your posts demonstrate a hatred that runs deep and colours your perspectives absolutely. It's a shame because it undermines your credibility and your voice becomes lost amongst the cacophony of rest of the "ethnic web-warriors". Sad, don't you think?

Armen, I believe that your tone in this message is unjustifiably aggressive. If you've actually read Zareh's posts, you'll realise that he has Armenian's interests at heart. He is not an apologist - and I object to the manner you take his words out of context in order to vilify him. Please refrain from personal attacks, you know that this is against the COC.

Barev Armat - from what I've read, which is limited when considering members here like Domino/Quebecer, the 500K figure seems inflated. I'm not sure where to point you for a source however... I,ll consult some of the books I have kicking around, but none if I recall, were very specific concerning the Russian forces...

Ah, if only a 10th of the effort expended on bulletin boards was directed towards concrete actions in Armenia & Artsakh....

A sad manifestation of Peter principle. Yervant's suggestions are all good - as long as you are isolated under her shadow, you are vulnerable. This type of situation happens more often in larger companies I find; "politics" arise less frequently in smaller firms (but advancement potential & opportunities areis sadly less common as well). Stay organised, document everything, and communicate well with other outside your team. People of her caliber (by the sounds of it) succeed in shooting themselves in the foot sooner rather than later.

I'm going to close this thread now, for obvious reasons. EDIT - some clean up done. The thread is open again and will remain open unless the immaturity continues.

And what is that, exactly?

[thinking]Here she goes again...[/thinking]

Um.... isn't that classified as abuse? I'd probably have slapped him too.

Ugh. I used to go to a take out sushi counter for lunch (this was years ago). One day I happened to pass by during off-hours, and there was the sushi "chef" leaning up against his counter. The counter where he ordinarily rolls his maki. But he wasn't rolling maki - he was clipping his fingernails!!. The pieces where scattering about like shrapnel from a grenade, blowing to smithereens any notion of hygeine I might have held about this place. I could just imagine that "dry-ish" piece of rice in the nigiri wasn't rice after all. yyeeeeakh!

Sounds great! Too bad I'm all the way up here in Montreal.

Welcome to HF. I hope you find a suitable venue for your band. Normally however, we discourage posting of the same material in multiple sub-forums. I've removed your other entry, I hope you understand.

It really doesn't matter to me to what extent you are able (or willing) to tolerate life's little annoyances. My experience has shown me that life is far too short to spend it in an "annoyed" state - especially when the sources of grievances are so trivial. I would argue that my time/life is far too valuable to allow something as inconsequential as a ticking clock, or someone else's bad habit vex me. If it doesn't encroach upon my rights as an individual (eg. someone smoking at a table next to mine, when it is clearly forbidden), and it can be ignored, then I'll the first to ignore it. Live and let live, I think, is a decent maxim.

Perhaps something else was also bothering you? I find when little things get on your nerves, it usually indicates that your tolerance level has been considerably shortened by other influences, and not always consciously. When someone is short-tempered with you without reason, it has significant impact upon your morale and whether you like it or not, there's a good chance you'll be unreasonable with someone else - the "bad vibes" being passed from one person to the next. The good news is the opposite can also be true... So to get back to the subject - there's not a lot that annoys me typically. When the TV's too loud with bad reality shows perhaps...

It begs the question, doesn't it...

Um. I don't think google would remove a site with a mere 50K signatures. In that case, I would think Armenians could start a petition and have the ATAA website along with dozens of other denialist websites "removed" from google. IMO this petition is a crock.

Azat - Good luck - I think it can be difficult/long to have everything sorted out. It may depend on your financial institution. A colleague had someone steal her identity, take out a mortgage and then default on the payments. Presumably the thief sold the property in order to benefit from the scam... Overnight she had no credit, her bank accounts were seized, and repossession procedure was underway for her "real" house... Pretty frightening! But I don't think there's a lot you can do to wholly prevent ID theft, short of shredding everything and never leaving your house.

I find two principle flaws in your analogy: 1 - Uniforms are something completely different than public dress. Standard attire within an organization, be it religious, military, athletic, corporate, political or an educational institution, have a function. Primarily common dress serves to further standards and homogeneity within populations, but also uniforms have been shown to have an psychological impact upon the wearers themselves, and even communication within the group. Perhaps these effects underly the phenomena you're referring to. In cany case, no one here is speaking about violating established "uniform" standards, we are speaking about general civilian attire. Ultimately, the wearer still has a choice in that if they don't subscribe to the explicit standards set by the uniform, they can simply abstain from the group. 2 - I find your continued parallel between someone's choice of dress and their likelihood to suffer some sort of assault very disturbing. The whole edict of "girls should dress less sexy otherwise they might just get raped" is very primitive - sounds like words from the Taliban. There is no excuse for assault - especially the victim's choice of dress. It's far too easy (and very old-world) to blame the victim. "She had it comin' the way she was dressed!" What about the agressor? Does he not have to shoulder any consequence?

I spent the last several minutes of my life reading this thread. What a pity. Why can't we just live and let live? People will wear whatever they wish to wear.... who the hell are we to judge?

SHHHH! You're not suppose to tell her!

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I admit that the possibility is slight, and for all intents and purposes what we've all witnessed indicates no other option that holdwater = gumen. BUT until verified (and I don't know how one could do that) his exposure rests on purely circumstantial evidence and as such, the possibility does remain that it may not be him.