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ARMENIAN LAWS VS. CONFUCIUS
Today
http://www.today.az/news/analytic s/67175.html
May 4 2010
Azerbaijan
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan took a serious risk. Upon the
invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, he traveled to the homeland
of the great Confucius. Why was this a risk? Because he is not
qualified to understand the doctrines China's most revered philosopher.
"I just convey and do not invent," Confucius used to say.
"I betray and invent everything." This is the Sargsyan's credo.
I think Kocharian's supporters understand what the word "betray"
means in this context. If Sargsyan had not betrayed the former
president, then the two would still be friends, he would not have
changed the composition of Kocharian's team, and he would not have
started pressuring pro-Kocharian oligarchs.
But this word is not new for Kocharian. He also betrayed Sargsyan
and decided to fight him for the presidency. And the word "betrayal"
is nothing new for Armenian politicians. They betray everyone -
even those who brought them to power.
The word "invent" is also nothing new for Sargsyan. It's a folk
tradition. The Armenians on the whole invented a myth 95 years ago
and they are still receiving dividends. No other myths in history
have brought such profits.
They have invented quite a "great" history.
"Armenian stones are the oldest ones in the world," I heard a
television reporter say in Armenia. This was probably mentioned in
response to Chavchavadze's article "Armenian scientists and flagrant
stones." But the imagination of Armenian historians has no boundaries.
According to their "studies," Armenians christened Russia and taught
the world agriculture.
Confucius's disciples united his teachings in the book "Analects,"
which consists of transcripts of Confucius' interviews with his
followers and also concise aphorisms and descriptions of important
episodes in his life.
Sargsyan's followers have not yet written their "Analects," simply
because he has no followers. But he has taken part in interviews, which
were recorded down by the author Thomas de Waal. It is embarrassing
for Armenia to admit Sargsyan's statement that the Khojaly massacre
was arranged to intimidate Azerbaijanis. Armenians now say de Waal
is lying.
Confucius taught the quest for perfect social order achieved through
ethics and human development. The Chinese scholar could not imagine
how such "public order" has been achieved in Armenia. Confucius could
not even imagine the revolution that brought the Kocharyan-Sargsyan
tandem to power. He had no idea of firearms, which took the lives of
demonstrators in downtown Yerevan in March 2008.
Confucius said that during the learning process a person should ask
questions. However, these questions have led to the death of many
Armenians during the interrogation process, including 24-year-old Vahan
Halafyan, who was killed recently in a Charentsavan police station. The
deceased's mother said a cross had been carved on her son's chest with
a knife, and his whole body, face and legs were covered with bruises.
The Chinese philosopher said you must go deep down inside yourself,
asking questions, in order to to know Heaven and Laws and create a
society reflecting spiritual values.
What is the law in Armenia? It is the law of the Karabakh junta,
which usurped power through murder. It is a government of blood,
not peace and spirituality.
Armenians have to accept Confucius' dictum: "It is terrible not that
you are cheated or robbed, but rather that you always remember this."
Today
http://www.today.az/news/analytic s/67175.html
May 4 2010
Azerbaijan
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan took a serious risk. Upon the
invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, he traveled to the homeland
of the great Confucius. Why was this a risk? Because he is not
qualified to understand the doctrines China's most revered philosopher.
"I just convey and do not invent," Confucius used to say.
"I betray and invent everything." This is the Sargsyan's credo.
I think Kocharian's supporters understand what the word "betray"
means in this context. If Sargsyan had not betrayed the former
president, then the two would still be friends, he would not have
changed the composition of Kocharian's team, and he would not have
started pressuring pro-Kocharian oligarchs.
But this word is not new for Kocharian. He also betrayed Sargsyan
and decided to fight him for the presidency. And the word "betrayal"
is nothing new for Armenian politicians. They betray everyone -
even those who brought them to power.
The word "invent" is also nothing new for Sargsyan. It's a folk
tradition. The Armenians on the whole invented a myth 95 years ago
and they are still receiving dividends. No other myths in history
have brought such profits.
They have invented quite a "great" history.
"Armenian stones are the oldest ones in the world," I heard a
television reporter say in Armenia. This was probably mentioned in
response to Chavchavadze's article "Armenian scientists and flagrant
stones." But the imagination of Armenian historians has no boundaries.
According to their "studies," Armenians christened Russia and taught
the world agriculture.
Confucius's disciples united his teachings in the book "Analects,"
which consists of transcripts of Confucius' interviews with his
followers and also concise aphorisms and descriptions of important
episodes in his life.
Sargsyan's followers have not yet written their "Analects," simply
because he has no followers. But he has taken part in interviews, which
were recorded down by the author Thomas de Waal. It is embarrassing
for Armenia to admit Sargsyan's statement that the Khojaly massacre
was arranged to intimidate Azerbaijanis. Armenians now say de Waal
is lying.
Confucius taught the quest for perfect social order achieved through
ethics and human development. The Chinese scholar could not imagine
how such "public order" has been achieved in Armenia. Confucius could
not even imagine the revolution that brought the Kocharyan-Sargsyan
tandem to power. He had no idea of firearms, which took the lives of
demonstrators in downtown Yerevan in March 2008.
Confucius said that during the learning process a person should ask
questions. However, these questions have led to the death of many
Armenians during the interrogation process, including 24-year-old Vahan
Halafyan, who was killed recently in a Charentsavan police station. The
deceased's mother said a cross had been carved on her son's chest with
a knife, and his whole body, face and legs were covered with bruises.
The Chinese philosopher said you must go deep down inside yourself,
asking questions, in order to to know Heaven and Laws and create a
society reflecting spiritual values.
What is the law in Armenia? It is the law of the Karabakh junta,
which usurped power through murder. It is a government of blood,
not peace and spirituality.
Armenians have to accept Confucius' dictum: "It is terrible not that
you are cheated or robbed, but rather that you always remember this."