DYNAMICS OF CRISIS AND MECHANICS OF ORIGINALITY
James Hakobyan
Lragir.am
12:04:48 – 20/02/2009
The Armenian government has allocated over 300 thousand dollars to
The Armenians and the Sea organization for a scientific voyage around
the world entitled "The Roads of the Diaspora". At first sight, 300
thousand dollars is not a big sum for a voyage. On the other hand,
300 thousand dollars is luxury for Armenia facing the global economic
crisis and its impact, and borrowing money from other countries to
stop its economy from declining.
However, it should not be ruled out that the voyage around the world
is part of the struggle against the impact of the global economic
crisis. In this case, 300 thousand dollars is part of the anti-crisis
expenditure, such as the loan of 10 thousand dollars to the copper and
molybdenum factory of Zangezour. But can a voyage around the world
be an anti-crisis effort? In terms of morality it can. A scientific
and historical voyage would attract the attention of the Armenians,
and every day they would switch on TV to watch live broadcast from
the part of the ocean where the Armenian sailors would be at the
moment rather than to learn news about the state of the country.
At that moment, even if the crisis enters the house and touches the
shoulder of the host watching TV with a finger and says "hello, I’m
here, what do you think about itD, the host will kick out the brazen
crisis from his house for disturbing him from learning about the ocean
routine, and the TV host may encourage him, saying "protect your
right for information". Hence, the voyage of 300 thousand dollars
is not luxury that the government undertakes in this difficult
situation. It is a conscious and grounded step. On the one hand,
may have a scientific and historical importance and reinforce the
ties between the homeland and the Diaspora, and on the other hand,
it may essentially weaken the crisis expectations and reflections of
the population of Armenia, easing tension in the country. Moreover,
a person would even gladly lose his job to have more time to watch
live broadcasts of the voyage during the day. No doubt, there will
be some during the day.
In addition, not only the Armenian but also foreign authoritative TV
companies will respond to this Armenian voyage as a rather original
anti-crisis action, prompting the governments of the United States and
European countries that similar non-standard steps should be taken
to tackle the crisis. Otherwise, there is nothing original about
the 800 billion dollar anti-crisis program of the U.S. government of
which not a cent will drop into the water, that is spent on a voyage
around the world. Imagine what voyages we would organize even with
half of that money! There would be live music, barbeque, parties,
and we would invite the crisis too.