tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post6568543755609023513..comments2023-09-24T12:47:57.051+01:00Comments on Unzipped: Yerevan State University students council marks the Armenian Genocide anniversary... with a cheap show of flag burning hatred on Facebookartmikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-11868949979253107302012-04-05T21:38:49.770+01:002012-04-05T21:38:49.770+01:00@ curiousgeorge055: and how exactly flag burning i...@ curiousgeorge055: and how exactly flag burning is going to help resolving any of the issues you raised? As I mentioned in my post, this is nothing but populism, pseudo-patriotism and incitement to hatred, with no positive impact whatsoever on Genocide recognition or keeping memory of victims alive.<br /><br />As to the "hidden agenda", I will leave it to your imagination.artmikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-71599225220922498332012-04-05T21:11:56.614+01:002012-04-05T21:11:56.614+01:00These Armenians, who all are a couple generations ...These Armenians, who all are a couple generations away from the 1.5 million people who were barbarically slaughtered and kicked out of there ancestral land. <br /><br />Nearly all having personal stories of how their great-grandparents were buried alive, children/infants left to die in the desert, women raped and mutilated by swords, etc etc. <br /><br />The current state of turkey has launched an international campaign to revise history and hide this GENOCIDAL campaign. Has brainwashed it's own people to believe that this GENOCIDE did not occur, and if it did, it was deserved. Basically, "spitting" on the memories of those innocent people that were killed in the most heinous of ways. <br /><br />....and you wasted your time to focus on a handful of Armenian students burning turkish flags.<br /><br />....that's like seeing an Israeli burning a swastika, and faulting the Israeli. <br /><br />...what a shockingly idiotic article written with an obvious hidden agenda.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04516425367860706932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-79775492113796641012011-05-20T19:37:36.497+01:002011-05-20T19:37:36.497+01:00The Facebook censorship did nothing to prevent the...The Facebook censorship did <b>nothing</b> to prevent the <a href="http://flagburningworld.com" rel="nofollow">flag burning</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-88439765380063642162011-04-28T12:18:46.709+01:002011-04-28T12:18:46.709+01:00This kind of action will have no positive implicat...This kind of action will have no positive implications for Armenia. As a foreigner working in Yerevan, and one who believes the genocide occurred, I was disgusted to see the picture of smiling, proud young Armenian men burning the Turkish flag. By performing such an act it hardly sends out a message of tolerance to the international community - in fact it barely differentiates you from the nationalists in Turkey.<br /><br />I know many young Turkish people who are willing to at least start talking about this issue. They may not agree in the first instance but the willingness to engage in dialogue is a great opportunity. Burning their flag is hardly going to encourage more Turks to follow their example, is it? In fact you are destroying your own cause.<br /><br />Additionally, Armenia prides itself on being a Christian country and Armenians do in fact think themselves better than their Muslim neigbours. Flag burning is something nowadays more associated with Islamic fundmentalism than Christian tolerance. Therefore, you are again undermining your position.<br /><br />While such feelings remain, I foresee dim prospects for future peace-building initiatives. Arguably, however, this is what the Armenian authorities want: by keeping nationalism running high they can distract Armenians from the problems at home.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990129499691271291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-42910324148002359502011-04-24T18:33:47.824+01:002011-04-24T18:33:47.824+01:00This is what a bunch of idiots can do. They should...This is what a bunch of idiots can do. They should first of all focus on the students' and human rights in the country and not make a show of false patriotism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com