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Lragir, Armenia
Feb 8 2008
IT IS TOO LATE WHEN THE SOUND OF GUILLOTINE MAKES THINK
Opinions on the role of the society in the political processes in
Armenia conclude that either there is no role at all or it is formal.
In other words, public opinion does not determine anything in the
political life of Armenia. Moreover, some people think in no country
of the world is public opinion important. Those who think so, wearing
a Mona Lisa smile of astuteness, consider people who express a
different opinion as hopelessly ingenuous, telling them the secret of
the world rule in a friendly voice that all the decisions are made in
one place, in one room, at one table, and no society can compete with
this group which makes decisions.
In fact, this point of view contains a bit of truth. There is even
bit of logic in it. Naturally, in every normal country the minority
makes decisions, and the majority only approves those decisions. For
instance, the U.S. administration decided to shell Iraq. The decision
was made but was not brought into being until the American society
approves it. It is another problem through what technology the
approval, the support of the society is won. It is possible that the
U.S. government is not frank to the society when it says Iraq
possesses mass destruction weapon, Iraq is a hotbed of international
terrorism, it threatens the security of the U.S., September 11 is
traced back to Iraq. It is the internal affair of the U.S.
administration and people, however, a matter of their interrelation.
For us, the fact is interesting that although a small group makes a
decision proceeding for some interests to shell Iraq, it won't make
that move unless the majority of the society approves it.
In other words, the society nevertheless determines something. God
decided to sacrifice his son to give humanity absolution but did not
do it through Pilates but through the public to which Pilates
appealed to choose between Barabbas and Jesus. The deciding role of
the society comes from the beginning of the Bible, and the voice of
people is the voice of God.
Therefore, if in a country the society does not make decisions
regarding crucial issues, it is first of all a violation of divine
rules. In other words, tampering the votes of the society in an
election is first of all impious then illegal, no matter how many
bishops and archbishops are involved in this `holy affair'. In the
case of Armenia attention and attitude toward this issue should be
more profound and subtle. After all, we claim to be the first nation
which converted to Christianity. Fortunately, we do not consider
shelling a country. In our case, our own country is concerned where a
presidential election is to be held, and where the will of the
society, i.e. the voice of God is going to be ignored. People are
forced to go to rallies, chant slogans, submit passports, swear to
vote, and all this is presented with a reference to the international
experience where no government is shaped by the majority, only out of
political expediency, PR and money. This political paganism costs the
state expensive. By persuading the society that it makes no
decisions, these pagans are preaching atheism, in fact. Meanwhile,
atheism is the direct path leading to a revolution, which all the
revolutions have confirmed, and which one of the fathers of the
French revolution Voltaire noted who realized from the sound of the
guillotine that `if there were no God, it would have been necessary
to invent him.'
HAKOB BADALYAN
Feb 8 2008
IT IS TOO LATE WHEN THE SOUND OF GUILLOTINE MAKES THINK
Opinions on the role of the society in the political processes in
Armenia conclude that either there is no role at all or it is formal.
In other words, public opinion does not determine anything in the
political life of Armenia. Moreover, some people think in no country
of the world is public opinion important. Those who think so, wearing
a Mona Lisa smile of astuteness, consider people who express a
different opinion as hopelessly ingenuous, telling them the secret of
the world rule in a friendly voice that all the decisions are made in
one place, in one room, at one table, and no society can compete with
this group which makes decisions.
In fact, this point of view contains a bit of truth. There is even
bit of logic in it. Naturally, in every normal country the minority
makes decisions, and the majority only approves those decisions. For
instance, the U.S. administration decided to shell Iraq. The decision
was made but was not brought into being until the American society
approves it. It is another problem through what technology the
approval, the support of the society is won. It is possible that the
U.S. government is not frank to the society when it says Iraq
possesses mass destruction weapon, Iraq is a hotbed of international
terrorism, it threatens the security of the U.S., September 11 is
traced back to Iraq. It is the internal affair of the U.S.
administration and people, however, a matter of their interrelation.
For us, the fact is interesting that although a small group makes a
decision proceeding for some interests to shell Iraq, it won't make
that move unless the majority of the society approves it.
In other words, the society nevertheless determines something. God
decided to sacrifice his son to give humanity absolution but did not
do it through Pilates but through the public to which Pilates
appealed to choose between Barabbas and Jesus. The deciding role of
the society comes from the beginning of the Bible, and the voice of
people is the voice of God.
Therefore, if in a country the society does not make decisions
regarding crucial issues, it is first of all a violation of divine
rules. In other words, tampering the votes of the society in an
election is first of all impious then illegal, no matter how many
bishops and archbishops are involved in this `holy affair'. In the
case of Armenia attention and attitude toward this issue should be
more profound and subtle. After all, we claim to be the first nation
which converted to Christianity. Fortunately, we do not consider
shelling a country. In our case, our own country is concerned where a
presidential election is to be held, and where the will of the
society, i.e. the voice of God is going to be ignored. People are
forced to go to rallies, chant slogans, submit passports, swear to
vote, and all this is presented with a reference to the international
experience where no government is shaped by the majority, only out of
political expediency, PR and money. This political paganism costs the
state expensive. By persuading the society that it makes no
decisions, these pagans are preaching atheism, in fact. Meanwhile,
atheism is the direct path leading to a revolution, which all the
revolutions have confirmed, and which one of the fathers of the
French revolution Voltaire noted who realized from the sound of the
guillotine that `if there were no God, it would have been necessary
to invent him.'
HAKOB BADALYAN