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ARMENIAN INTELLECTUALS CONCERNED OVER SOCIETY'S DEGRADATION
22:08 â~@¢ 19.05.14
The recent incident in central Yerevan is evidence of Armenian society
losing values, writer Meruzhan Ter-Gulanyan told Tert.am.
He recalled "Red and Green" Sundays in Samtskhe-Javakhetia, Georgia,
many years ago. In early summer, people from all the villages would
go up to the Holy Cross church, sing and dance.
"But now if people are ready to shoot one another for a parking place -
it is degradation," Ter-Gulanyan said.
"We are moving toward a materialistic world. Crude materialism makes us
fright for a parking place. This is a problem of our kind. A temporary
disorder has occurred," he said.
Time comes when global changes take place, but people are not always
psychologically prepared for the changes.
"Many people want to make a good thing of it. More guys are making
a good thing of it now, like their fathers did. And they think they
can dictate their will in any situation. This is a hollow victory
tantamount to defeat. Such people are losers," Ter-Gulanyan said.
With respect to the incident, sculptor Levon Tokmajyan said:
"They shoot at one another in broad daylight. Who gave the guns to
the people to fire and wound passers-by?"
This is anarchy, he said.
"Values have changed. People are embittered and hostile to one
another. There are scores of reasons for that," Tokmajyan said.
He believes law-enforcement agencies should take drastic measures to
prevent such incidents.
"People fall victims to their showdowns. Too bad!"
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/05/19/vernisazh/
22:08 â~@¢ 19.05.14
The recent incident in central Yerevan is evidence of Armenian society
losing values, writer Meruzhan Ter-Gulanyan told Tert.am.
He recalled "Red and Green" Sundays in Samtskhe-Javakhetia, Georgia,
many years ago. In early summer, people from all the villages would
go up to the Holy Cross church, sing and dance.
"But now if people are ready to shoot one another for a parking place -
it is degradation," Ter-Gulanyan said.
"We are moving toward a materialistic world. Crude materialism makes us
fright for a parking place. This is a problem of our kind. A temporary
disorder has occurred," he said.
Time comes when global changes take place, but people are not always
psychologically prepared for the changes.
"Many people want to make a good thing of it. More guys are making
a good thing of it now, like their fathers did. And they think they
can dictate their will in any situation. This is a hollow victory
tantamount to defeat. Such people are losers," Ter-Gulanyan said.
With respect to the incident, sculptor Levon Tokmajyan said:
"They shoot at one another in broad daylight. Who gave the guns to
the people to fire and wound passers-by?"
This is anarchy, he said.
"Values have changed. People are embittered and hostile to one
another. There are scores of reasons for that," Tokmajyan said.
He believes law-enforcement agencies should take drastic measures to
prevent such incidents.
"People fall victims to their showdowns. Too bad!"
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/05/19/vernisazh/