Comments on: Is Armenia European?

By: alan

alan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:46:03 +0000

Hi,
I red, or I’m still reading your noteshairenik blog…I liked it, it is very much in details and eye opening, and above all sad, and often disappointing. As I wrote before, Armenia is still suffereing from many unfortunate events which is still haunting the nation, and who knows how long more this situation will exist or continue. I love to go to Armenia and experince all these for myself, but I’m not ready for this trip yet. When I’m comparing Armenia with other either European or Western countries, I still think that Armenia posseses much more dignified lifestyle (I’m talking about horrible crimes such as murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking )which we hear daily in newspapers and media (for instance I don’t think there is a place/suburb in Yerevan such as colombian drug infested communities, or Bronx in New York) or maybe you know actually there is one in Yerevan, which I’m not aware of.

By: editor

editor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:30:13 +0000

Hi, I am an Armenian in the US who has been living in Armenia for five consecutive years, and I also lived here for an extended stay in 2002. You can read more about my experiences on my other blog, Notes From Hairenik — http://noteshairenik.blogspot.com.

I can only suggest that people like Anna visit Armenia for an extended stay–not as a tourist–so that they will have a better understanding of what I am talking about. Armenians in the diaspora are generally safe in their cocoons of comfort, but things are different for most people living here. Come and see why for yourself.

By: alan

alan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:48:39 +0000

I totaly agree with anna…what a great Armenian.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:03:17 +0000

Hello its me again…I would like to know where the editor comes from (what nationality )…I’, pretty sure people in his coountry also spit on the ground, and will definately engage in argumentive conversations, if provoked with unpleasant questions.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:32:28 +0000

I’m an Armenian who has never lived in Armenia or visited there (unfortunately), I want to express my feeling for my nations faith, and how we became the subject of critisim by this editor. 1st of all, Armenia has been for centuries un der different rullers and governments other than their owns. I better not to mention which governments or ideology etc., who for decades kept Armenia and Armenians under their rules and made Armenia to follow their orders or else. Secondly Armenian Genocide is another disasterous misfurtunate event which happened to a nation who from the time of Christ un til now has remained Christian without any hesitation or doubt to convert to another religion (Georgians converted to Islam when Shah Abbas hurd them down to Persia). Diaspora Armenians have lived for hundred of years un der adopted countrie’s rules, whithout demanding or causing political offensives to their adopted country. Armenians have nomerous quantity of musicians, craftsmen, singers(thats opera), and businessmen and women who kept their nationality even though they achieved these goals in their adopted countries. In Australia (where I live), our multicultural head of spoksman is an Armenian (Mr. Kirkasharian), we also have an opposition party road and traffic spokswoman who is also an Armenian. In addition to these, one day perhaps our Mr. Joe Hockey (who also is an Armenian) will take PM’s position in Australia (he is a very popular opposition leader treassurer. Anyway, apart from all these comments, world should not forget that Armenia is surrounded by 3 major Muslim cou ntries (Turkey at the top), standing there and watching to catch an opportunity to tear Armenia Apart, so we Armenians have all the right in the world to be jittery, and on the edge when any other non-Armenian provokes them by asking silly questions, or critisize them for any wrong doing (such as we invaded Azeris or why we are spitting on the floor, etc.and so on)…come on dear editor, open your eyes wide and look into our misfurtunate past, and look carefully how this great nation has survived and will survive for thousands of years to come in the future…Shah Abbass, Lenin/Stalin, or Taalat Pasha coudn’t do a thing to us…u think anyone else could. LOL

By: Ranjbar

Ranjbar — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:35:47 +0000

It ain’t mimicking Europeans when you try to act like civilized people with respect for one another and a respect for the environment in which you live.

These values are human values and seem to be woefully lacking in Armenia today.

They were in abundance in the Armenian towns and villages in eastern Anatolia 100 years ago and more. And that was truly an “Asian” milieu.

By: Haro

Haro — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:03:27 +0000

I don’t give a damn about being European. Live in the middle of Genocide maker Turks barbarians for 300 to 500 years and try to have a fancy Paris or Rome. You probably would have become a Cro-Magnon in only 50 years, literally speaking.
By the way Mr. Editor, the Armenia now is the making and the direct result of the European world order fascists joined in hand with the turks. Learn a little history before writing such articles.
Also, try to become a true Armenian and not a pursuant of Europhilia. If we did not mimic the Europeans like a monkey we would not have all these wrong situations that you are talking about. When Europeans were living in caves we were building the largest and the most beautiful metropolitean cicty in the world.
Again, think about 300-500 years of wars, masacres, genocides, total cultural and physical destructions, waves after waves of barbarian hordes running over a country and killing everyone and burning every thing they encounter, and then write such article.
Mr. Editor be an Armenian first before trying to become Mensuer Jeanne-Luisse Batiste or Senior Leonardo Galiardi…

By: editor

editor — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:01:57 +0000

Yes, Arthur, believe it or not, I do indeed live in Armenia, and I notice or else experience everything that I have described about Armenia’s society on a daily basis, including the fighting/arguing. European countries are “helping” Armenia by doing business here, they’re not providing services for free by any means. This year the costs of natural gas, electricity and even water have gone way up. And Armenians are leaving Armenia today as they were in the 1990s to find work elsewhere for the most part, not because of the Genocide, which happened in 1915 in case you forgot, and not because of the war which came to a halt due to a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The Armenian economy was booming until recently as the world crisis is starting to take its toll, so Armenia was already “getting back on our feet” in case you didn’t realize.

It’s easy to write such comments when you are living the high life in Glendale and are far removed from the Armenian experience. Come to Armenia and immerse yourself in life here, then think about my blog entry and compare it again to what you wrote above.

If anything, Armenian society is more Asian, it is far from being European, believe me.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:08:56 +0000

First of all Armenia is very European, have you been to Armenia? Armenia is very similar to Europeans. Europeans love Armenians. So many of the countries are helping us with our military, food supplies, water supplies, oil supplies, etc., Armenians don’t spit a lot maybe the kids and stuff but adults say thats disrespectful and get really mad when the kids do spit. Armenians don’t fight with you, I doubt an Armenian would ever fight with you unless you insulted them as would any race. Look at all the things other races in America do, (NOT BEING RACIST), African Americans selling drugs, robing, stealing items, murdering people, Mexicans, a lot of Mexicans are here illegally, they aren’t paying taxes, they do a lot of the same thing African Americans do, Americans doing stupid things all the time, most drug addicts are the white people in America if u didn’t know that. The reason why Armenia isn’t doing as good as they should be is because after genocide did take place as we started geting back on our feet from the long after affects and decrease in population, Azerbaijan started a war with Armenia, and during the war a big earthquake hit Armenia. Now we are geting back on our feet and geting a lot of aid from Europe, U.S, and Russia. HAVE YOU BEEN TO ARMENIA!?! How can you say that Armenia is using the supplies for unnecessary construction for new roads and tunnels, ey man you need to learn a thing or two before you make an article.