WHO IS A GOOD ARMENIAN? ******************************************* Sartre: “It is the rich man who is virtuous and wants everyone else to be. His values are a defense if the status quo.” * Everyone is against dividers, but everyone seems to be for the status quo, especially if he belongs to the privileged classes – namely bosses, bishops, benefactors and their assorted hirelings and dupes. * Who is a good Armenian? “An Armenian who has Mt. Ararat in his heart,” -- whatever the hell that means. * I am not a Biblical scholar but the scholars I have consulted inform me the Bible does not mention “Mt. Ararat.” It says “mountains of Urartu,” of which there are about a thousand and most of them are not in Armenia. # CAREER MOVES ******************************* For a good number of years my sole ambition in life was to be a brown-nosier. It took me quite a few years to realize it was a bad choice – and bad not on moral grounds but bad because the competition was too stiff. * MEMO TO MY PATRIOTIC READERS ********************************************* The difference between you and me is that you like to brag and I don’t. # OUR LORDS AND MASTERS ************************************** Some readers, among them former friends, disagree with me for an understandably compelling reason: they are financially dependent on the charity of swine. They may preach freedom but they are afraid not only of free speech but also of fellow Armenians who engage in it. * Our political and religious leaders are neither God’s nor people’s servants; they are our Lords and Masters. Deviate an inch and you are shish-kebab! #