NoComment Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Press Release Petition Site: http://itwasgenocide.armenica.org Recognize the 1915 Genocide for what it is Why does genocide continue to occur in the 21st century? Because those committed in the 20th century got away with it. Hitler said “Who remembers the Armenians?” More or less as if the Sudanese Government is standing up and saying “Who remembers the Armenians? – Salih Booker, former Executive Director of Africa Action, on the ongoing genocide in Darfur . Excerpt from the documentary Screamers, 2007 The Swedish Foreign Affairs Committee, on May 29, 2008, published its decision to suggest that the Parliament should reject the motions calling upon the Swedish Parliament and Government to recognize the 1915 genocide. The decision is mainly based upon the following arguments: “…no particular consideration regarding the Armenian situation has ever been in form of an UN Resolution, either in 1985 or any other occasion.” “The Committee understands that what engulfed the Armenians, Assyrian/Syrians and Chaldeans during the reign of the Ottoman Empire would, according to the 1948 Convention, probably be regarded as genocide, if it had been in power at the time.” “There is still a disagreement among the experts regarding the different course of events of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire . The same applies to the underlying causes and how the assaults shall be classified.” The attached petition, signed by leading experts on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, is a call upon, not only Swedish leaders, but an appeal to all leaders around the world to stop abusing the name of science in their political agenda, abetting the denial of genocide. The text and complete list of signatories is available in several different languages at http://itwasgenocide.armenica.org (source: www.armenica.org ) Edited June 9, 2008 by NoComment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Has anyone heard of the adage “winning the battle and losing the war”? We have won many a battle, yet it seems we constantly lose the war. You be the judge, look at the Artsakh debacle. We get ourselves stuck in a mire of WORDS and in the process lose sight of the whole picture. We seem not to be as smart when we “paint ourselves into a G-orner” I mean Corner, when we get carried away on semantics, as was it a G or not, while in the meantime we forget how our adversaries are playing semantical acrobatics and contortions.. It may be time that we learn to reinvent ourselves as you-know-who have done. Furks have all but confessed that they had killed thousands and thousands of Armenians, whether they claim it was WAR or not, yet the fact is that a highly militarized state machine MURDERED its peaceful and peaceable citizens. Now they have decided to not use that G word under any circumstance or qualification. They call it “that event”, “war“, “collateral damage“. They argue that it was not a G as there still are Armenians, by their definition a G is when the GENE is totally exterminated. i.e. GENE-O-CIDED. We will exterminate their rotten gene yet! Why are WE so rigid and stuck on a WORD? What difference does it make whether it is called the BIG G, massacres, extermination, “that event”, “collateral damage” or else. The outcome is still the same. It was MURDER MOST FOUL (Hi Agatha Christie!). Yes, we know. Some of our polticians and president are dyslexic. They can' even spel "nklr", let the G word. Is it time we teach them a new and word like MURDER? If only we were to learn to “speak” no matter what language, be it G or not. The whole thing is stuck in semantics. Was it a G or not? No matter, the outcome is still the same. MURDER with a capital M, when the sate murders men, women and children!!! And, as before, as far as “petitions” are concerned please read Khrimian Hayrik’s PAPER LADLE/TUGHTEH SHEREP. How many IRON LADLES do we have? How many ballistic missiles do we have? Why are we wasting our precious time and energy to have the US president utter the G word. They, all of them have use words describing the event, no matter what euphemism they may have used. What difference will it make whether it was a G or an M as MURDER? PS. Speaking of "petitions" and other shuns. As we speak, in Fresno, a young 17 year old brilliant Armenian boy, a valedictorian of his graduating class is facing deportation, simply based on that he is an "ollegal alien". Illegal alien? Tell us about them!!! Does that mean "martian" or "mexican"? Edited June 9, 2008 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoComment Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) the difference was the deliberate intention to annihilate a whole nation and to continue today by denying it I agree, the G word is just a word And yes, today as yesterday after the WWI, the world is only interested in one thing, to deal with them no matter what it cost Unfortunately, we are still here, and your own president, only because you still exist Arpa, asked not to vote the resolution 103 which can threaten american interest and the stability of an entire region And don´t worry, to fight or not for the recognition doesn´t gonna help us to fight against the "destiny" of our diapora. Edited June 9, 2008 by NoComment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoComment Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 sorry for my english Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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