E-Mail '‘Tebi’ or Not ‘Tebi’ (Yergir)? That Is the Question...' To A Friend

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1. BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. I completely agree with Mari. I was born in Alexandria, Egypt, went to Armenian school up to 4th grade and also lived in Milan, Italy for 9 years, Montreal, Canada for 7 years and have been living in South Florida for the past 38 years. I have educated people I came in contact with during my life about Armenia and our rich culture. So many people had never heard of Armenia and Armenians!

3. Respectfully disagree with you, Mari. Make Armenia stronger by moving to Armenia, bringing your skills and knowledge, changing the way the country develops, and you will not need to teach anyone about who we are and where we are coming from. They will know it. People of Denmark or Austria, for example, don’t need to live around the world so that their classmates and colleagues would learn about their countries and nations.
   With a strong and healthy country behind you, you can travel and live anywhere without the associated guilt and without asking Tebi or Not Tebi. But this country must be built first.
   History shows that Diaspora is useless when it comes to positively changing the situation in Armenia as it is largely complicit with the corrupt government officials. Diaspora largely failed to use its considerable resources, financial and otherwise, to meaningfully make Armenia a stronger country by educating its people, by building healthy businesses, by promoting honest political discourse locally, etc.
   Therefore, dear Mari, my family and I answered your question with a definite Tebi. There is nothing sacrificial about our move. We enjoy living in Armenia even though I’m disgusted with social unfairness and nation-destroying actions of Armenia’s politicians and their local and Diasporan goons.

   • agree with Vahe. State of Israel does not support ideas like this expressed by a Jew , who lives in New York.

4. Beautifully described, well done to the young lady. Being passionate of who, where and what your background is part and parcel of being an Armenian. Well done young lady.

5. Its like an Italian married to a 1/8 Navajo eating spagetti speaking English pretending to be Italian. Once you loose your language the soul of your race can no no longer be communicated to you. You may pretend you are anything based on your genetics you know, but once your language is erroded from you and your family you are no different then some other American who is interested in Armenian art, music, history. Attending meetings from Armenian organizations is an emotional way of handeling ones guilt of assimilation by the hands of their aggressor. Very organized and it feels you are doing something by getting together with same skin color people speaking the Queens tongue getting away from your roots and soul. Please stop advertising you dont need Armenian to stay Armenian. Our language is our soul and was before Jesus showed up. From which point we have been worn down as a race. Thanks the all the organizations who pretenda Armenian, keep our culture from expanding at the hands of the aggressors against our people. Lalala, lets eat kebob, dance shalakho and speak English the whole time and preened we are the same as our anccestors. 🤞🏼Good luck. Organized enemies count on liberalisim to destroy and errode the bit we got left. Dont be fooled by populer, modern, liberal thinking. Our history is clear. Young lady have 5 kids to perpetuate your race. Stop having meetings with other English speakers why your version of Armenian should be acceptable as a good Armenian and teach young generations how to assimilate faster. Stop it. If You dont speak Armenian, call yourself what you speak. Stop pulling others down with you with your assimilated thinking, and reasoning around your genetics with loss of you mother tongue. Instead of pride, writing this in English, I feel shame. How about you author? You feel a misplaced pride? Just because you are discussing important things you deserve an applaud ?right?, wrong. You are an assimilatior. Your next generations will not be any better off as Armenians then you, Pretending you belong to something. Armenian is gone when your language is erroded by the aggressors language through shame and alienation. Stop feeling small learn your language, your mother tongue so you dont have to bring examples of meetings you attended to show your roots. Speak from your roots.

   • Absolutely correct Rojeh!!don’t get me started on the corrupt state the “Armenian” diaspora organisations are. they only blame on what happens inside the Fatherland.. getting out of the water in dry shape!they only operate under whatever given foreign country dictates them to right or do. 80% is all about getting a “non profit” certificate to launder millions. that’s a fact.

6. I have traveled to Armenia each summer for the past 3 years, and am developing an ongoing medical outreach program there. I believe we diasporan Armenians (and I am absolutely Armenian, regardless of my level of skill with the language) can do more for Armenia as a diaspora than if we moved there permanently. Armenia does not have the infrastructure to support the increased population if the millions of us tried to immigrate! And the resources I have as an American allow me to do much more than I could if I lived there. I believe the support of Armenians around the world has helped the republic survive against the odds for the past 25+ years.

   Let us each do what we can, from wherever we can. If possible, travel there, see our homeland, and support its growing tourist industry — Armenia could definitely benefit from the cash inflow. The homeland will NOT benefit from us fighting with each other.

7. Սեվ սրտի մխիթարանք է։ Տվէք գեթ մի որևե ազգի բանաստեղծ կամ մտածող, որը գոնէ մեկ տող գրել և գովաբանել է օտարի մեջ ապրելը։ իհարկե չեք գտնի։ էկեք ինքնաթմրեցումով զբաղվելուն վերջ տանք։

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