It is past time the genocide was recognised and it has been poor in the past that countries like the US and Israel used not recognising it as a bargaining chip with Turkey so it is good that the US has recognised it (has Israel? It would make sense as part of the ongoing spat between Israel and Turkey and might explain why the US has now).
The flip side of it is that Turkey has made clear, if steady, progress and the counter reaction to this could actually do more harm than good. It had taken clear steps on the path to officially recognising it happened and loosened up on people who refer to it but I can see more conservative elements reacting to this and it is a delicate time in Turkey given the army coup attempt arrests when the government needs all the support it can get.
The flip side of it is that Turkey has made clear, if steady, progress and the counter reaction to this could actually do more harm than good. It had taken clear steps on the path to officially recognising it happened and loosened up on people who refer to it but I can see more conservative elements reacting to this and it is a delicate time in Turkey given the army coup attempt arrests when the government needs all the support it can get.
*MySmiley*
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Heh, Erdogan is pissed
- 04/03/2010 10:47:20 PM
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Sigh. I wish they would stop trying to pass that.
- 04/03/2010 10:55:58 PM
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If Erdogan has no problem making scenes like the one in Davos why should he expect any less ?
- 05/03/2010 12:11:33 AM
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With all due respect, fuck Turkey.
- 05/03/2010 12:35:03 AM
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With all due respect, that's nothing new coming from you. 
- 05/03/2010 12:48:05 AM
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- 05/03/2010 12:48:05 AM
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Turkey is an abomination.
- 05/03/2010 01:20:31 AM
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I don't like the new military uniform colors. Off to prison!!! *NM*
- 05/03/2010 01:38:58 AM
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Uhuh. Doesn't look like there's any point in replying to that. *NM*
- 05/03/2010 09:42:00 AM
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How is denying the eponym's genocide improving relations with Armenia?
- 05/03/2010 01:44:17 AM
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Modern Armenia looks at it rather differently than the diaspora does.
- 05/03/2010 09:58:21 AM
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I imagine modern Armenia is more placating, yes.
- 15/03/2010 05:58:24 AM
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I'm sorry, but really, you do not have a clue.
- 15/03/2010 01:02:50 PM
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Whether motivated by religion or pure nationalism allowing genocide to be denied is a bad precedent.
- 03/04/2010 11:04:53 AM
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It's been denied for eighty-five years. It can wait five more.
- 03/04/2010 07:47:57 PM
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Re: It's been denied for eighty-five years. It can wait five more.
- 08/04/2010 09:47:31 AM
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I wish the Turks would just admit it on their own.
- 05/03/2010 12:33:27 AM
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I agree. They just need to man up and admit it, apologize, and move on. *NM*
- 05/03/2010 01:38:12 AM
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I think it is a trickey one.
- 05/03/2010 10:18:02 AM
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