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Now that THAT'S out of the way, let's get to loggin'.....
Ok, one question.... WHO IS THIS SAMUEL A. WEEMS??? For those of you who haven't yet received the fwd's and fwd's.... here ya go ----->The Great Deception. The first time I read it... I really didn't know what to think. I think the ACTUAL first thought that came to my head is something I can't quite repeat in this log, but the SECOND thing was.. "why don't WE have lots of modern books that are readable and "advertised" like this?". The interesting thing is how EVERY opportunity is used for propaganda. The truth is that the public (at least here in America) isn't very informed about Hayasdan or Hye Tad for that matter. Whose fault is that? (well you can't actually blame a student for not knowing something they weren't taught, right?) Look at them.... they are already ahead. They have figured out that by being the FIRST ones to get the word out....they would've reached thousands of uninformed people and informed them however they want. 10 points for them! hmmmmmmmm
So now that we know this is going on.... What's gonna happen? Obviously boycotting, letter-writing, etc are options - but let's look FAR beyond that. Where are OUR scholars, OUR youth, OUR supporters? WHERE ARE OUR BOOKS!? Here's an excerpt to give you an idea....
----------"In this book the reader will discover that the author provides evidence, given by the Armenian historian, which proves that Armenians kept two sets of books. One to support their made up tall tale that 1.5 million of their people were massacred, and another set of books to count the same 1.5 million Armenians as refugees, so that more foreign handouts could be secured. One set of books to create pity, another to rake in the money unsuspecting Christians showered them with! The proof is that there simply cannot be 1.5 million Armenian people massacred, when the same 1.5 million Armenian people counted as refugees. One can not be dead and alive at the same time!"-------------
I could honestly sit here for hours and write about my thoughts about this, but I want everyone to first look at it and have their own impressions before reading all of mine. The Genocide is an issue that ANY and ALL Armenians deal with, even when they don't realize it. Studies have concluded that the impact of the Genocide is greatly apparent even in today's generations of Armenians. I will be more than happy to share those articles with you later on. The fact of the matter is, how could the Genocide NOT be the core of all our psyches??? We are WHERE we are, and consequently WHO we are because we weren't "there" to be someone else. I definitely would not be the same Shooshig Avakian had the Genocide never happened... A good way to understand how much it REALLY changed OUR lives too, is the following way.... I don't know who has seen the movie "Sliding Doors" with Gwyneth Paltrow, but basically the movie is 2 movies in one. It begins as ONE, then splits where she is going to get on the subway. Part A. takes off from the fact that she got on the subway, and Part B. takes off from the fact that she missed it. And the viewer sees how different her life ends up in both cases. Well....Genocide and Us. Same thing! Think of yourself as someone whose family WASN'T deported or killed, etc. and think of yourself as who you are right now. Pretty different huh?
Well, aside from all this, I'm proud to say I've officially started counting down the days to the end of May cause I'm THAT excited about going back to Hayasdan. Right now I'm trying to do some homework and catch up on the couple of days I was "out of commission" cause of illness. At the same time, I'm trying to find myself a project for this summer while I'm in Hayasdan. I thought I'd participate in the Univ. of Michigan thing that happens every summer, but it turns out that it would require me to stay with the group and go on outings with the group too....I think I'm done with groups.(especially tours of hayasdan in a group....nuh uh...no more) :)
Watch the Olympics!!! Watch the Paralympics!!! YAAAAY!!!!! (oh ya, and if there are any Armenian from Salt Lake who read this... let me know! The guyz who are coming to participate in the Special Olympics could really use some one-on-one support!) :) They're AWESOME! Read about them.... Pyunic Come on.... READ ON! Paralympics 2002
BTW - happy belated valentine's day
TSUH!
ShooshigAvakian@hotmail.com
Now that THAT'S out of the way, let's get to loggin'.....
Ok, one question.... WHO IS THIS SAMUEL A. WEEMS??? For those of you who haven't yet received the fwd's and fwd's.... here ya go ----->The Great Deception. The first time I read it... I really didn't know what to think. I think the ACTUAL first thought that came to my head is something I can't quite repeat in this log, but the SECOND thing was.. "why don't WE have lots of modern books that are readable and "advertised" like this?". The interesting thing is how EVERY opportunity is used for propaganda. The truth is that the public (at least here in America) isn't very informed about Hayasdan or Hye Tad for that matter. Whose fault is that? (well you can't actually blame a student for not knowing something they weren't taught, right?) Look at them.... they are already ahead. They have figured out that by being the FIRST ones to get the word out....they would've reached thousands of uninformed people and informed them however they want. 10 points for them! hmmmmmmmm
So now that we know this is going on.... What's gonna happen? Obviously boycotting, letter-writing, etc are options - but let's look FAR beyond that. Where are OUR scholars, OUR youth, OUR supporters? WHERE ARE OUR BOOKS!? Here's an excerpt to give you an idea....
----------"In this book the reader will discover that the author provides evidence, given by the Armenian historian, which proves that Armenians kept two sets of books. One to support their made up tall tale that 1.5 million of their people were massacred, and another set of books to count the same 1.5 million Armenians as refugees, so that more foreign handouts could be secured. One set of books to create pity, another to rake in the money unsuspecting Christians showered them with! The proof is that there simply cannot be 1.5 million Armenian people massacred, when the same 1.5 million Armenian people counted as refugees. One can not be dead and alive at the same time!"-------------
I could honestly sit here for hours and write about my thoughts about this, but I want everyone to first look at it and have their own impressions before reading all of mine. The Genocide is an issue that ANY and ALL Armenians deal with, even when they don't realize it. Studies have concluded that the impact of the Genocide is greatly apparent even in today's generations of Armenians. I will be more than happy to share those articles with you later on. The fact of the matter is, how could the Genocide NOT be the core of all our psyches??? We are WHERE we are, and consequently WHO we are because we weren't "there" to be someone else. I definitely would not be the same Shooshig Avakian had the Genocide never happened... A good way to understand how much it REALLY changed OUR lives too, is the following way.... I don't know who has seen the movie "Sliding Doors" with Gwyneth Paltrow, but basically the movie is 2 movies in one. It begins as ONE, then splits where she is going to get on the subway. Part A. takes off from the fact that she got on the subway, and Part B. takes off from the fact that she missed it. And the viewer sees how different her life ends up in both cases. Well....Genocide and Us. Same thing! Think of yourself as someone whose family WASN'T deported or killed, etc. and think of yourself as who you are right now. Pretty different huh?
Well, aside from all this, I'm proud to say I've officially started counting down the days to the end of May cause I'm THAT excited about going back to Hayasdan. Right now I'm trying to do some homework and catch up on the couple of days I was "out of commission" cause of illness. At the same time, I'm trying to find myself a project for this summer while I'm in Hayasdan. I thought I'd participate in the Univ. of Michigan thing that happens every summer, but it turns out that it would require me to stay with the group and go on outings with the group too....I think I'm done with groups.(especially tours of hayasdan in a group....nuh uh...no more) :)
Watch the Olympics!!! Watch the Paralympics!!! YAAAAY!!!!! (oh ya, and if there are any Armenian from Salt Lake who read this... let me know! The guyz who are coming to participate in the Special Olympics could really use some one-on-one support!) :) They're AWESOME! Read about them.... Pyunic Come on.... READ ON! Paralympics 2002
BTW - happy belated valentine's day
TSUH!
ShooshigAvakian@hotmail.com
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