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yeah, but if the person you're getting connected to is a numbskull, than you're not any better off. I have to admit I don't necessarily blame the customer service reps... sometimes they're idiots, but sometimes it's just a symptom of greater problems within the company.

Good advice, wise Yervant

So their fist and only exposure to "Armenians" is a bunch of terrorists? Is that a good way to portray Armenia to the world? Sorry but in the court of public opinion, Armenians had a very low standing in those years.... You may be too young to remember, but I do. And Armenian Canadians were downright ashamed - how could you not be, when the only association some Canadians had with Armenians was the word "Terrorist" ? There is always another way. I don't think Armenians have (or had at that time) reached a level of desparation necessary to commit the types of actions the group in question resorted to. It's like they had "Nothing to lose", when in fact, they had plenty to lose and sadly, they did lose. This statement is outrageous! How could you even think that the Canadian Parliament ceded to terrorists demands?? Where are the terrorists? What were they demanding? Would anyone "cede" to demands made a quarter of a century ago?? Your are complete disregarding the tireless efforts of countless Armenians who volunteer their time to achieve genocide recognition. You discount them all - whether it's through Hye Tad, student associations, political lobby groups, the ANCC etc., not to mention those who research genocide issues, write articles and raise the profile of forgotten genocide. Your statement above implies that these efforts have been worthless, while a "few gunshots" coerced the Canadian gov't to acknowledge the genocide. My oh my.... Dave, I'm sorry but you're WAY off-base on this one.

One of my absolute favourites! Thanks Nairi jan!

Was So What actually composed by Miles? Or was it Bill Evans? Maybe a collaboration? I've read somewhere that much of Kind of Blue was arranged by Evans.... Excellent album

Have you ever seen Joey Baron play?

Interesting questions, however I would venture to guess that you didn't get a chance to read what was posted on this thread which resulted in the closing and subsequent "clean-up". Expressing ideas is fine - so is "hot" discussion. What we discourage - and it's part of the code of conduct - is direct personal attacks. In this thread, all the direct personal attacks were removed.

oh my! Now I understand why you're working 50 thousand hours a week.

And where did that get them? Quebec, once the jewel of Canada, has never recovered from economic fall-out that was the direct result of the nationalism that gave rise to the support of the FLQ. Even in this last federal budget, Quebec is described as a "have-not" province.... worst part is, Quebecers seem to be happy with that description (so they get more $$$) Pretty sad if you ask me....

Particularly awesome I picked up the Coltrane/Monk Live recording from Carnegie Hall a while back. It's been in my rotation ever since... John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk - Live at Carnegie Hall

Ok Mos, I cleaned up all the stuff that was just plain bad blood between the friendly ladies. I suggest everyone just let it go and move on.... I'll open up the topic again.

Oh my Is this world war III? Ok ladies. Some calm please. I think you have all made your points. I will close this thread, and once we've had some time to clean up, it will be opened once again. If any of you have any objections, please PM me. If this dispute moves into other threads, they will be closed as well. So please, for all of our sanity, stop wtih the insults.

Agreed. Ultimately these "fedayis" are as much victims as are the targets of their misguided actions.

I don't really like where this conversation is going. Terrorism (defined as the harming of innocents for the purposes of intimidation, coercion, or simply to draw attention to a cause or political ideal) cannot ever justified. There are other means to achieve the desired outcomes - most of which don't involve the deaths of parties that are not directly implicated in the conflict. Was the guard an innocent, some have asked.... well, his only crime was to take a job as a security for a foreign embassy. Poor guy probably didn't even know what an Armenian was.... This kind of terrorism does a disservice to genocide recognition movements worldwide, and enforces the Turkish propagandists viewpoint of Armenians as barbaric terrorists. It was not productive, in fact, it was arguably a setback.

Is this a good thing? It's perhaps the least evil... (sigh)

Separation has become a bit of a non-issue simply because of economics. When the economy is doing well, there is less impetus for the population to seek independence. Just wait.... once the economy slows down, interest rates get hiked and jobless rates increase, you'll see that separation is alive and well. Hard-line nationalists and soft-nationals alike can't resist the lure of economic "good-times"....

What choice do people have? This was the worst slate of representatives/campaign platforms I have ever witnessed.

I got mine from Amazon

Are tickers still available?

I couldn't find a version that runs on a RIM.

Hacking a site is kind of like breaking into a house - if you really want to, you can get in. Problem is, most of these "hackers" are actually using publically known exploits on unpatched servers/systems. Anyone with a moderate amount of technical knowledge can learn how to identify the type of host, the version, kernal information etc. of the system they wish to attack - if the target system and/or application doesn't have the latest security patches installed, it's like an open window for the hackers to jump through. System admins (especially those managing sites that are suceptible to attack) should be vigilant about keeping their servers (and applications) up to date.

That was funny. Who would have thought that a video of a prancing football ref would become international news.

Wow. The court motion actually quotes Billy Crystal!!!

I can't believe that the Turkish government would take this so seriously to enact a "ban" on you tube. Amazing to think that some amateur videos made by a bunch of kids can elicit this kind of response... laughing stock is right, and they're certainly not helping their own cause.