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DO NOT SHIFT EVERYTHING ONTO RUSSIANS
November 1 2013
The official language of Armenia is Armenian. In Japan - Japanese,
in France - French. If an international conference is held in these
countries, the working language of which, let's say, is English, no
one will compel local attendees to speak and understand English. For
Armenia and CSTO, it turns out to be possible. And it is not the way
to pretend that in this case Russia also makes us to do something.
Generally, this country should not be conditional on all our
shortcomings. Russia, of course, is not the most developed and the most
democratic country in the world. From time to time, the leadership
of the country falls into imperialistic delusion. Now, it is the
very stage, which, however, will not last long, because, today,
our friendly country does not have any resources for the execution
of those illusions (including the "Customs" and "Eurasian"). And,
what does it mean to "find an excuse" in the face of Russia to
justify our defects? How can Russia hamper (or any other country)
if we want to hold free elections? Will the embassy staff distribute
bribes, or intrude on polling stations with election ballots with
bundles of ballot papers? Or, do Russians force our officials to take
"rollbacks" and get into the businesses? Let's do what we should do,
and foreigners will only respect us for it. The Russian Empire included
different countries that are respected members by the international
community. For example, in 1809-1917, Finland was under Russian rule,
it was receiving the so -called "security guarantees" against Sweden.
But Finns were able to create a normal state, Swede did not eat
them, and the relations with Russia and the Soviet Union were and are
good-neighborly (except for a short episode). So, everything is in our
hands. Yes, do not be surprised. No matter what happens on the street,
in the city or country, no one bothers me to establish an atmosphere of
love, respect, and tolerance in my family, to the point, to speak the
language I want. If we view our small country as a family, we will see
that we have a great potential to resist external pressures. You just
have to find what unites us. We can not be combined by any ideology
or political beliefs, they must necessarily be different.
Religion can not combine. Even those who are baptized, do not perceive
the teaching of the apostles whole-heartedly, they are just performing
rites. Not to speak about that there are Armenians of other faiths
or no faith living in Armenia. My understanding is that the Armenian
language is the one to unite us and maintain our national identity.
The language, as it is known, is the reflection of reality perception.
Therefore, every Armenian should resist any attempt of estrangement,
and demand to respect our country's Constitution. According to which,
our official language is Armenian.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/11/01/162289/
From: A. Papazian
November 1 2013
The official language of Armenia is Armenian. In Japan - Japanese,
in France - French. If an international conference is held in these
countries, the working language of which, let's say, is English, no
one will compel local attendees to speak and understand English. For
Armenia and CSTO, it turns out to be possible. And it is not the way
to pretend that in this case Russia also makes us to do something.
Generally, this country should not be conditional on all our
shortcomings. Russia, of course, is not the most developed and the most
democratic country in the world. From time to time, the leadership
of the country falls into imperialistic delusion. Now, it is the
very stage, which, however, will not last long, because, today,
our friendly country does not have any resources for the execution
of those illusions (including the "Customs" and "Eurasian"). And,
what does it mean to "find an excuse" in the face of Russia to
justify our defects? How can Russia hamper (or any other country)
if we want to hold free elections? Will the embassy staff distribute
bribes, or intrude on polling stations with election ballots with
bundles of ballot papers? Or, do Russians force our officials to take
"rollbacks" and get into the businesses? Let's do what we should do,
and foreigners will only respect us for it. The Russian Empire included
different countries that are respected members by the international
community. For example, in 1809-1917, Finland was under Russian rule,
it was receiving the so -called "security guarantees" against Sweden.
But Finns were able to create a normal state, Swede did not eat
them, and the relations with Russia and the Soviet Union were and are
good-neighborly (except for a short episode). So, everything is in our
hands. Yes, do not be surprised. No matter what happens on the street,
in the city or country, no one bothers me to establish an atmosphere of
love, respect, and tolerance in my family, to the point, to speak the
language I want. If we view our small country as a family, we will see
that we have a great potential to resist external pressures. You just
have to find what unites us. We can not be combined by any ideology
or political beliefs, they must necessarily be different.
Religion can not combine. Even those who are baptized, do not perceive
the teaching of the apostles whole-heartedly, they are just performing
rites. Not to speak about that there are Armenians of other faiths
or no faith living in Armenia. My understanding is that the Armenian
language is the one to unite us and maintain our national identity.
The language, as it is known, is the reflection of reality perception.
Therefore, every Armenian should resist any attempt of estrangement,
and demand to respect our country's Constitution. According to which,
our official language is Armenian.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/11/01/162289/
From: A. Papazian