Yervant1 Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 VALCAV HAVEL: ARMENIANS ALSO SUFFERED HOLOCAUST Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY April 26 2006 Former Czech President Vaclav Havel equated the Turkish killing of Armenians during World War I to the slaughter of Jews in World War II. Havel made his comments yesterday during a speech in Prague at a Council of Europe conference on Holocaust education, saying that civilization's moral failings were responsible for genocides, "be it the holocaust of Armenians or Jews." "These big catastrophes in fact are monstrous but in a way understandable products of this civilization." Up to 1 million Armenians died in ethnic strife under the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1917. Twenty-four countries officially recognize the Armenian deaths as a genocide, but Turkey is adamant that no genocide occurred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hytga Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) anyone knows why're jews commemorating their holocaust the same week as the AG is commemorated?. Edited April 28, 2006 by hytga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Only this year. It's according to their calendar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) Is that so? I didn't know this was the first year. However a friend of mine did tell me that there was a Holocaust parade (yes, you read parade) in the last two weeks for the first time. Does anyone know of this? (Hope it's a rumor) Edited April 30, 2006 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellektor Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Last year also they got more attention around the same days. Added to that was the Gallipioli thing that got an unusual focus since last year. It also overshadowed AG this year. They own the media, what do you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 (edited) Only this year. It's according to their calendar. Calendar? Which calendar? The one made with bullcrap? Do some people realize that today is Sunday April 30, 2006 ? I mean AD, not BC. Do they realize that we don’t live in caves any more, that we live in hi-tech houses where every little gadget and doohicky reminds us what day it is, what time it is, what year and millennium? Do they realize that every year towards the end we receive calendars all the way from our churches, stockbrokers to our sanitary engineers? Of course, before Hallmark flooded our houses with calendars and date books, before every sanitation company and septic tank engineer sent us calendars in November we did not know what month and what day it was, when our only source may have been the parish priest, It brings to mind the anecdote.\; The parish priest was responsible for days and dates. Every Bargkindan he would place 40 peanuts in his pocket. Eat one every day, that way he would know how many days to Easter, in case someone asked. The Yeretskin was pleasantly surprised that the Terter had developed a new taste for peanuts. So, every morning she would replenish the pocket with a new fistful of peanuts. One of these days a devout parishioner asked the Terter how many days to Easter yet. The Priest reached in his pocket and was astonished. He said: If I remember correctly there must be no more than a dozen days left bur according to my “calendar”it seems Easter is at least 150 days away. :) Is that the kind of “calendar” some people are using, or do they count their matsos? When is January 1st , is it after Dec 31 or shall we haggle over it? Have some people heard that calendars are published months and years before their time!! Tell them to get off our voriks and keep off OUR calendar!! Please! Let us not encourage them and cover up for them. Not only we have calendars, we also know what time, what day, what month, what year it is, we also know history now, that is besides that heap of garbage, so called history in that book. January 1 is always on January 1, May 1st is always on May 1, even Cinque DeMayo is always on May 5, April 24 is always on April 24. What is their excuse to constantly obscure and eclipse our CALENDAR?? If they were to insist on that Stone Age calendar, they are my guests to go to that era, or better yet… Go to h…l! They may not know this but we can finally read and write, and we don’t read and write in Ebrayeren. Calendar schmelendar! Get with it!! As above, today is April 30, 2006 according to the Christian Era. Edited May 1, 2006 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA RECOGNIZES THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ArmRadio.am 02.05.2006 13:25 Jab Bush, Governor of Florida, US President George Bush's brother declared April 24th the day of commemoration of Genocide victims, Turkish "Hurriet" informs. According to the source, the Jab Bush issued an official statement saying, "Turks carried out genocide against Armenians." "1915-1923 Osman Turks subjected 1.5 million Armenians to mass assassination, who became victims of a genocide," the statement says. The source reminds that "the Governor of California Arnold Shwarzenegger declared a week of commemoration of Genocide victims in California, while President Bush has not been using the word "genocide" ever since undertaking his position, despite the great pressure." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 PM'S 'GENOCIDE' COMMENT SPARKS ROW WITH TURKEY Ottawa Citizen Saturday, May 06, 2006 OTTAWA -- Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Canada as the country plots an official response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recent acknowledgement of the 1915 Armenian genocide -- one of the most disputed and politically fraught events of the 20th century. Harper's three-paragraph statement April 19 to mark the "sombre anniversary" -- the first time that Canada has made such a statement -- barely caught the attention of most Canadians, but it ignited a furor in Ankara that appears set to boil over. An official at the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa told CanWest News Service that Aydemir Erman has not been formally withdrawn from Canada over the prime minister's comments, but he has been "called back" to Turkey to discuss with government officials what steps will be taken to express displeasure with the remarks. Those options include the formal withdrawal of Turkey's top diplomat in Canada, a threat Turkey has made with Canada and other countries in the past. "The ambassador is now travelling to Turkey because our authorities have asked him to join them for consultations and, indeed, it is related to what's been happening here in the last week or so here in Canada with the prime minister's declaration," said Yoney Tezel, a counsellor with the embassy. Ottawa's official position that 1.5 million Armenians were killed in a "genocide" adds Canada to a group of about 25 other countries, including France, Russia, Poland and Argentina. "For us, this is a serious matter," Tezel said. "The Armenian claims are a direct attack on our identity, on Turkey's history. We feel it's unfair. That's why when these claims find some recognition we always consider that something negative." Harper's statement, delivered on the 91st anniversary of the bloodbath, noted that both the Senate and the House of Commons have adopted motions acknowledging that a genocide took place. "My party and I supported those resolutions and continue to recognize them today," he said. On April 25, Turkey's Foreign Ministry issued a statement accusing Harper of exhibiting a "gravely prejudiced attitude." "Such statements ... are not only counter-productive to the atmosphere of dialogue we wish to build between Turkey and Armenia, but also adversely affect the relations between Turkey and Canada," the Turkish government said. A Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet, reported after Harper's statement that Canadian companies would be barred from bidding on contracts related to the construction of a major nuclear power plan. Arif Babikian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, said Turkey has reacted similarly in the past. "In 2002, when the Senate passed a resolution, they also threatened and blackmailed Canada that they are going to cut the relationship and boycott Canadian companies and nothing happened," he said. "They did the same thing in 2004 when the House of Commons passed a resolution. Now they are using the same tactics." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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