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    "IT SHAMES ME"
    Anna Israelian

    Aravot, Armenia
    Nov 3 2006

    The announcement of a group of intellectuals of the "Forum of
    Intellectuals" was published on September 22, and the answers to our
    question about it Merujan Ter-Gulanian gave only now.

    1. Were you so adroit and managed to lead a group of intellectuals
    to a misunderstanding or our intellectuals didn't know the value of
    their words and could sign any document without reading it?

    2. First of all nobody led anyone to a misunderstanding. But there
    is another side of the document; Bravo Merujan Ter-Gulanian who are
    trusted. That means I'm an authority for them. Let them read that
    announcement, I didn't forbid. I even surprised when Sos Sargsian
    said that I had brought and he had had signed without reading. He
    didn't only read in his working room at the institute but also said
    that it was written weakly.

    3. One of the expressions of that announcement "agents who are financed
    by doubtful sources" looks like the announcements made in 1937. Even
    one of the intellectuals, actor Vardan Petrosian said that "We aren't
    officials of state security and we have no proof about the financial
    sources of any company".

    4. I should stress that Vardan Petrosian didn't deny his
    participation. The formulations could be stronger or weaker. The
    point isn't that. The goal was unique; not to declare Armenia as
    the center of criminal. As regards 1937 year, nobody could publish
    such an announcement. We live in a free country, everybody writes
    whatever he wants. Its veracity is another problem. We got angry at
    the sentence of the announcement of "Forum of Intellectuals" as if
    Armenia has become a center of criminal and not at those persons. I
    deeply respect Rafael Ghazarian; I couldn't sign against him, I worked
    with him in the NA for years and know him very well.

    5. Why do the intellectual keep silence and don't initiate
    announcements about rigged elections or violence used against
    politicians and journalists?

    6. Who does say that they keep silence?

    I signed a group document first in my life. I was right to sign. I
    signed against that sentence. The journalists aren't judges. There
    is a type of journalists whose second name doesn't tell me anything.

    They judge innocent people who have great services in this country.

    I'm one of those people whose judge is in the sky, isn't here.

    1. You got angry at that sentence but what must those people do who
    become witnesses of criminal demonstrations, when common citizens
    becomes the victims of criminal, when the meetings of thieves in law
    are held in Armenia?

    2. Three things can't be chosen in this world; Homeland, parents and
    children. What you say is right. It is very bad that journalists are
    beaten, it is fired on the streets but such things happen in every
    country. What we must do to reduce it. Let's speak against criminal,
    I'll also speak. Criminal exists in Armenia, and we must fight against
    it everyday. Sometimes it seems to me that our media has created a
    virtual state and fights against it. But the real life remains open.

    3. There are publications in the press why the intellectuals don't
    make announcements against awful incidents of the real life but they
    turned to the "Forum of Intellectuals". As just this structure's
    systemizing council together with "Hayrenik u Pativ" Party has make
    another announcement. "Serge Sargsian must be deprived of the position
    of the Defense Minister and secretary of the security council". It
    is known that Serge Sargsian assists many of the intellectuals who
    signed the announcement against he forum.

    4. I'd like to ask how do you print your newspapers? You call others
    corrupted very easily. Everybody knows that there are 1-2 newspapers,
    which can be financed themselves.

    There is so many lies in our country. The lie is like a drought. I
    simply surprised when Serge Sargsian's name was pronounced. What
    connection did S. Sargsian have with this? He has read about that
    announcement in the article. All these badly smell.

    1. Doesn't it smell badly when the intellectuals make announcements
    against each other?

    2. I deeply agree with you. It shames me indeed that the intellectuals
    sign documents against each other. But the whole problem is that we
    haven't signed against the intellectuals. I don't afraid of remaining
    alone; if there was an opportunity I'd sign against that sentence
    once more.
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