nairi Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Thanks! I passed on everyone's regards and told her a great part of the Armenian community was familiar with her by now. She laughed. Here's a photo of her giving her autograph to one of the many kids waiting in line: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/nairih/biur1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Is she single? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Is she single? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 OLYMPICS SERVE TO PROMOTE NATIONALISM Nickolas Conrad The Daily Evergreen http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/25875 Aug 24 2008 WA The United States is not the best country in the world. The 2008 Olympics should be making this quite evident now that China has pulled ahead in the medal race. I am sure that coming in second is unacceptable to all the flag-waving Americans who take pride in our country's domination of other nations in any trivial way. It is important to keep a perspective on what a national, physically competitive enterprise entails. The Olympics is a summation of human physical achievement divided by national borders. It is entertainment. Every four years we congratulate ourselves on how far we can throw a spear, toss a disc or swim segmented lanes of pool water. It does not bring the world together to create peace or harmony; rather, the Olympics is used as a showcase for political egotism. As far as bringing greater harmony and collaboration, the 1936 Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany by the Nazi Party, should serve as an example. The Nazis held and won the 1936 Olympics; the U.S. took a somewhat distant second. The Nazis flaunted their racial theories to other nations and led us into the conflagration of World War II. Sports did not create greater harmony. If anything, the Olympics made the situation worse. Sports are a cathartic expression of our aggressive natures that revel in violence and domination. Sports do not bring people to the negotiation table. Russia is not pulling out of Georgia any faster because they feel any respect for American athletes. When I watch the Olympics, I see a contest that brings out blind ethnocentric patriotism. Everyone becomes uncritical and gives their undying devotion to their country's honor. This patriotism causes us to wish for our opponents' utter humiliation. All I see is people waving their flags, complimenting themselves and denigrating their competitors. The Olympics is an embodiment of the 19th century notion of nationalism based on the ethnic, geographic and linguistic heritage of different people. Having studied the political history of the 19th and 20th century, I am extremely suspicious of naive nationalism. Most of the wars of the 20th century can be attributed to nationalistic fervor. The genocide of the Armenians by the Turks, the World Wars and wars of resistance and liberation are all results of violent nationalistic fervor. Let us take a moment and put aside our patriotic self-love and reflect on China's lead in the Olympics to remind ourselves the U.S. is not the greatest country in the world. Dominating others through physical competition, economic arrangements or military does not qualify any nation as the greatest. We are taught as children to pledge our allegiance to the flag. As we grow up, we fill our time watching Hollywood films or events such as the Olympics that are blindly patriotic and one-sided. Since the U.S.' establishment in 1776, it took us 89 years to end slavery and 189 years to make equality a reality in law. It took us 144 years to give women the right to vote. To expand the U.S. territories, wars of aggression were fought against American Indians, the British, Spanish, Mexican and Filipinos. We dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese civilians, indiscriminately killing two entire cities of men, women and children. I appreciate America and all the opportunities it has provided me, yet I will not let the media brainwash me into unquestioning patriotism. We have to question even the most sacred icons of our identities to truly see ourselves for who we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasmine Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Yeah congratulations . She also got bronze right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 did Arabs get any Gold in Scatting Arab teem looks #1 in training http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8CU2633tfk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 one other arab in training http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVPUrQQuebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 cycling for the Olympic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 participants of the shooting event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-KaUl_olo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted September 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 muys angam espes enq olimpyadayin masnaktselu !!! menak te sujuq basturma pit tanenq Sorry Arpa - l@tsonvats Apuxt yev Chamanov Apuxt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 muys angam espes enq olimpyadayin masnaktselu !!! menak te sujuq basturma pit tanenq Sorry Arpa - l@tsonvats Apuxt yev Chamanov Apuxt Chemenin hot@ khangarel e videon. Movses Jan the link is not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted September 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 hima mi hat portsy Yervand jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 hima mi hat portsy Yervand jan Funny!!!!!!!! Sausage yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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