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UNSPECIFIC THREAT
http://en.aravot.am/2013/02/07/152033/
February 7 2013
Tens of thousands of Armenians have left Armenia in the past 5 years.
The opposition says 200 thousand, the government says 100 thousand, it
is not important; even the second number is huge for a small country
like ours. The current government led by the president is primarily
responsible for that. However, it seems to me that political and
social figures,intellectuals, commentators, in a word, all of us ~V
the people on whose words something depends ~V don~Rt do ~Sour part~T
to soften that phenomenon. It seems it is more important for us to
win ~Ssociety~Rs approval,~T so to say, take an attitude pleasing
society, ~SThis people have widened their necks, and the poor people
are suffocating, leaving their homeland~T etc. Thus, our citizens have
completely freed themselves of the obligation to act independently,
stay here, in Armenia, and fight; the fact that they are leaving the
country is not criticized, moreover, it is presented almost like a
manifestation of civic bravery, ~SWhat else can people do?~T
We, journalists, talk about the result every day, sometimes several
times a day. All participants in big or small rallies, regardless of
whether their demands are legitimate or illegitimate, threaten with
emigration at the end of every speech or interview. For example, taxi
drivers want to park where they like and don~Rt want speed guns and
cameras to record their violations. And if they don~Rt reach their
goal, they say, ~SWe will leave this country.~T Those who have stocks
and whose boss has refused to give them dividends also claim that
they will emigrate, if they don~Rt get the money they are entitled
to. None of us has ever gotten a receipt from dentists in return for
the money we had paid, and thus, their income is out of any control,
but when the government suggests that they pay for being a dentist,
they oppose and say that they will leave the country in that case. The
same applies to vendors, victims of the state needs, and other citizens
who have problems. There really are problems, and they must be solved.
However, whom do they threaten? The government? Does it care much
about emigration?
~EThe electrical strain in my house has been 170V on average during the
whole winter, as a result of which the washing machine can be turned on
only after 1 a.m. If the company that is operating the electrical grid
doesn~Rt fix this problem during February, I will probably emigrate.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
http://en.aravot.am/2013/02/07/152033/
February 7 2013
Tens of thousands of Armenians have left Armenia in the past 5 years.
The opposition says 200 thousand, the government says 100 thousand, it
is not important; even the second number is huge for a small country
like ours. The current government led by the president is primarily
responsible for that. However, it seems to me that political and
social figures,intellectuals, commentators, in a word, all of us ~V
the people on whose words something depends ~V don~Rt do ~Sour part~T
to soften that phenomenon. It seems it is more important for us to
win ~Ssociety~Rs approval,~T so to say, take an attitude pleasing
society, ~SThis people have widened their necks, and the poor people
are suffocating, leaving their homeland~T etc. Thus, our citizens have
completely freed themselves of the obligation to act independently,
stay here, in Armenia, and fight; the fact that they are leaving the
country is not criticized, moreover, it is presented almost like a
manifestation of civic bravery, ~SWhat else can people do?~T
We, journalists, talk about the result every day, sometimes several
times a day. All participants in big or small rallies, regardless of
whether their demands are legitimate or illegitimate, threaten with
emigration at the end of every speech or interview. For example, taxi
drivers want to park where they like and don~Rt want speed guns and
cameras to record their violations. And if they don~Rt reach their
goal, they say, ~SWe will leave this country.~T Those who have stocks
and whose boss has refused to give them dividends also claim that
they will emigrate, if they don~Rt get the money they are entitled
to. None of us has ever gotten a receipt from dentists in return for
the money we had paid, and thus, their income is out of any control,
but when the government suggests that they pay for being a dentist,
they oppose and say that they will leave the country in that case. The
same applies to vendors, victims of the state needs, and other citizens
who have problems. There really are problems, and they must be solved.
However, whom do they threaten? The government? Does it care much
about emigration?
~EThe electrical strain in my house has been 170V on average during the
whole winter, as a result of which the washing machine can be turned on
only after 1 a.m. If the company that is operating the electrical grid
doesn~Rt fix this problem during February, I will probably emigrate.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN