http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/04/25/cant-the-armenians-get-a-break Comments On: Can't the Armenians Get a Break? by Brendan Kiley en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I'm sorry 32, but you have your facts wrong. 3 million Turks killed at the hands of Armenian mercenaries?Would you refer to members of the Jewish resistance in nazi-occupied Eastern Europe as mercenaries? There were approximately 3 million Armenians alive at that time. Maybe every single one of them woke up one morning and decided to kill a Turk... before the Turks committed genocide and wiped half of them off the face of the earth entirely. Please, please, please do some research and find out the truth about the genocide. The Turkish government, specifically via its public school system, has been brainwashing its citizens since the dawn of time in order to prevent them from offending "Turkishness." The website you have cited is no more credible than websites that deny the holocaust.
Posted by Barbara Gordon]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:06:16 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Samir Ismailov]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:40:54 -0700 The Stranger If you are interested in writing a quick note to Obama and your representative regarding this and urging them to recognize the Armenian Genocide- click here:
http://www.capwiz.com/anca/issues/alert/…
Posted by Nevdon]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:02:00 -0700 The Stranger
Using (or choosing not to use) the term “genocide” is significant because it is a legal term of art. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” @ 6, this is why it is significant when a world leader chooses not to use “genocide;” @ 17, this is why the Iraq war is not genocide.

Posted by stizl]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:07:15 -0700 The Stranger www.tallarmeniantales.com
Posted by Tom]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:09:44 -0700 The Stranger
Looking out for America includes not caving in to tin pot dictators who have been trying to squeeze America in to over looking their extensive human rights abuses since the cold war.

Turkey is a shitty friend- they hate homos, women and minorities. It is time to drop them.
Posted by BLC]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:55:57 -0700 The Stranger Posted by matt!]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:31:14 -0700 The Stranger Posted by matt!]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:29:41 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Gitai]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:26:36 -0700 The Stranger
Hitchens can be an interesting and even valuable commentator sometimes, but he's never seen a fire in his life he didn't want to pour gasoline on.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:17:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Simone]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:06:38 -0700 The Stranger
Just like he did on fisa, iraq, afghanistan, prosecuting bush for war crimes, etc etc etc

And I thought Bush was bad. I guess the amerikan sheeple get the president they deserve.
Posted by C(A)SCADIAN]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:59:15 -0700 The Stranger Stupid Obama.
Posted by Scott Dow]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:48:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Scott Dow]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:46:19 -0700 The Stranger Posted by RainMan]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:34:59 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Jizz-a-belle]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:21:03 -0700 The Stranger
We think of people who deny the existence of genocide as repulsive, shameful, stupid, evil people, because turning a blind eye to this kinda shit allows it to continue. Obama really fucked up on this one.
Posted by Brandon J.]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:06:43 -0700 The Stranger
Shameful.

Obamapoligias notwithstanding.

(yes EU not NATO, thanx).

Posted by PC]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:39:56 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Or at least a "great atrocity"]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:57:40 -0700 The Stranger Promised everything to everybody.
Very eloquently.

Your wise friends on the Right said;
he won't be able to do that stuff...

Our credulous friends on the Left ate it up, anyway.

Now we see that Obama does pretty much what Bush was doing.
Because it was/is pretty much what America has to do to get by in this stinking world.

You may apologize any time you wish.
Posted by groveling would be an entirely appropriate touch]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:53:39 -0700 The Stranger
I have done my research. In fact, I heartily encourage you to check out Samantha Power's "A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide". Same as it ever was. (I also wonder if Power finds her paycheck a little bittersweet this week.)

There's a word to describe not calling something what it is in order to not offend others: "Chickenshit".
Posted by trstr]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:19:55 -0700 The Stranger
Um, because Hitchens was one of the biggest cheerleaders for the Great War on Terror and the Invasion of Iraq. Guess yr public school curricula doesn't include anything about contemporary punditry...


Posted by bing]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:03:57 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Patti]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:03:27 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Big Sven]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:56:24 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Big Sven]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:55:49 -0700 The Stranger