VARDAN ARUTYUNYAN: "WE BELIEVE OUR FANCIES THAT OUR BORDERS LIE FROM SEA TO SEA"

Today, Azerbaijan
Feb 20 2007

Our past is repeated. We will face defeat. Our nation remained in
the past. We could not reach the 21st century. We are still in the
19th century. We are still fighting with Sultan Abdulhamid, these
views are shown in "New neighbors are declared enemies we have become
fore post and seek salvation abroad" article by Vardan Arutyunyan,
head of Armenia’s Rights and Freedoms Center.

According to Arutyunyan Armenians patriotism resembles patriotism of
Chaush, Dro, Andranik, Sose and Serob.

Their patriotism covered robbery, socialism, terrorism and nationalism,
which were common at that time. Armenians’ patriotism is identical to
anti-Turk feelings. Genocide is still our visit card. We hang maps
showing Tigran’s marches on the walls. We declare that our borders
lie from sea to sea and believe our fancies. We live with illusions,
he writes.

Vardan Arutyunyan notes that Armenians celebrate the 2000th anniversary
of their theater basing on a tsar’s plays written 20 centuries ago.

Nobody except this tsar engaged in this in the past 2000 years. We
write books devoted to the 2000th anniversary of the theater. We are
proud of ancient history. But we could not preserve or create anything
except the church. The most ancient city of Armenia is 200 years old,
he writes.

The center chief writes that there is a Diaspora which considers itself
great and patriotic. But this Diaspora lives with nostalgic feelings.

We admit betrayers, spies into our society. Such kinds of people are
isolated in normal societies. But these people live among us and even
sometimes rule us, Arutyunyan writes, APA reports.

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