ara baliozian Posted May 24, 2001 Report Share Posted May 24, 2001 THIS & THAT****************************Have I become predictable? So what? What about our propaganda line that recycles either lamentation ("We are surrounded by barbarians!") or chauvinist crap ("We are too good for this world!") When our partisan editors stopped publishing me, a non-partisan editor said to me: "I always assumed they published you because they didn’t understand you. I guess they do now…." Like most of my fellow countrymen, I began my career as an Armenian by saying all Armenians are brothers; but gradually I came to realize that some of us are Abels, others Cains. My critics have been competent teachers in so far as they have been merciless in pointing out my failings. They performed radical surgery and it was a success because the patient survived. Most Armenians who assimilate don’t see themselves as bad Armenians or turncoats. On the contrary. They see assimilation as a step in the direction of enlightenment, progress, and above all, liberation from the shackles of ignorance, fanaticism, and subservience to rituals and traditions that have outlived their usefulness. Wealth is like carrion – it attracts vultures and bishops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 ara baliozian Member Member # 271 posted March 20, 2001 11:06AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------AN ANECDOTE*************************"Why do you complain so much?" one of our high-ranking bureaucrats once demanded to know. "Do you think you are the only writer who has been treated badly?""No, of course not!" I replied. "That is why I speak with the strength of many."He said nothing, but I could sense that he would have preferred if I had kept my mouth shut, dug a hole in the ground, crawled into it, and buried myself alive.Moral:No one likes to be told "You are wrong!" If you are right, you get angry.If you are wrong and didn’t know it, you get angrier.And if you were wrong and knew it,you want to kill the bastard who dared to expose you. -------------------- ara baliozian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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