Boston, MA: TARC A few things I've thought about this week. First, I am happy that TARC has finally been disbanded. Clearly, the Armenia delegation was misguided. What has bothered me more is that the Armenian Assembly has decided to put their interests above the rest of the Armenian Community with the 907 issue in addition to promoting TARC via Van Krikorian. Look, I've never met the guy so I have no personal axe to grind and I think that the Assembly generally does good work. But, they blew it here and should be accountable. It's not like we have time to waste on these issues. If we've learned anything at all, it's that working together is the greater force than working individually on Genocide recognition or on anything for that matter. I have no problem laying blame on the four Armenians who continued this charade via TARC. I do not believe that taking a neutral stance on these types of issues is the way to go in the Armenian Community. TARC was destructive from the beginning and should have been stopped. Dialogue with Turkey is somewhat important (although can someone tell me why?), but only after a couple issues are resolved. How about the Genocide for starters. I strongly recommend the members of TARC's Armenian delegation apologize via a press release to the Armenian Commuinty worldwide. In fact, I think we should demand it.

The Egoyan Issue I think that the noise being made over "Ararat", Egoyan's upcoming movie on the Genocide is a non-issue. It was probably anticipated by Egoyan and the distributors that have chosen to carry it. For example, Harvey Weinstein of Miramax (owned by Disney) would have never picked up this movie if there was even the slightest doubt that they could not beat any legal proceedings by Turkish lobbyists. I have no worries and can't wait to see the movie. As the Turkish lobby will eventually find out, controversy puts people in the seats of movie theaters. The more the merrier. By the way, I am a big Egoyan fan and recommend "Family Viewing". It's my favorite film by him.

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