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Medal Like a `Black Mark'
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23393.html
Published: 15:27:55 - 17/09/2011
In societies where there is no equal access to the distribution of
national wealth and political decision-making, the division into `us
and them' is becomes a necessity.
In the Armenian society, various methods of division into `us and
them' are used, one of them is the award of medals, invitations to
celebrations and other regalia.
It becomes especially evident on holidays. For instance, looking at
dense rows of men in expensive suits on the Day of Independence of
Karabakh, people would not find those who began the Karabakh movement,
such as Igor Muradyan, Manvel Sargsyan, Ashot Manucharyan, and many
others. Certainly, these people will not be invited to the celebration
of 20th anniversary of independence of Armenia, though their
contribution to the independence of NKR and Armenia is invaluable. But
they appeared among `them' and they have no place near the festive
tables. Similarly, Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan knows as Commandos has not
been invited to the military parade.
Maybe because these people put their heart and soul in the work which
they began, and they do not like that everything goes the wrong way.
Because they are not afraid of calling things by their proper names,
are not afraid talking about the mistakes and they do not hide
themselves behind insincere speeches.
Medals are given out like sunflower seeds, awards for contribution to
statehood are given to people who have absolutely no relation to
statehood but who have committed themselves to serving the government.
And if they want to give medals to certain people, but they don't know
for what, they give undefined medals called after Anania Shirakatsi,
Movses Khorenatsi, medieval Armenian scholars.
Medals are used to tag their `own' people. As soon as you are given a
medal, you are counted among `us' and you will never be accepted in
the camp of `them'. Some of the people who receive state medals really
deserve them but the function of `tagging' has depreciated the idea of
medals so that many people are ashamed of their medals.
But the authorities are not ashamed of giving the medals away. The
most important thing to keep in mind is who could tomorrow be in the
`enemy camp', and `forget' those who did not want to go into the camp
of `us'.
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23393.html
Published: 15:27:55 - 17/09/2011
In societies where there is no equal access to the distribution of
national wealth and political decision-making, the division into `us
and them' is becomes a necessity.
In the Armenian society, various methods of division into `us and
them' are used, one of them is the award of medals, invitations to
celebrations and other regalia.
It becomes especially evident on holidays. For instance, looking at
dense rows of men in expensive suits on the Day of Independence of
Karabakh, people would not find those who began the Karabakh movement,
such as Igor Muradyan, Manvel Sargsyan, Ashot Manucharyan, and many
others. Certainly, these people will not be invited to the celebration
of 20th anniversary of independence of Armenia, though their
contribution to the independence of NKR and Armenia is invaluable. But
they appeared among `them' and they have no place near the festive
tables. Similarly, Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan knows as Commandos has not
been invited to the military parade.
Maybe because these people put their heart and soul in the work which
they began, and they do not like that everything goes the wrong way.
Because they are not afraid of calling things by their proper names,
are not afraid talking about the mistakes and they do not hide
themselves behind insincere speeches.
Medals are given out like sunflower seeds, awards for contribution to
statehood are given to people who have absolutely no relation to
statehood but who have committed themselves to serving the government.
And if they want to give medals to certain people, but they don't know
for what, they give undefined medals called after Anania Shirakatsi,
Movses Khorenatsi, medieval Armenian scholars.
Medals are used to tag their `own' people. As soon as you are given a
medal, you are counted among `us' and you will never be accepted in
the camp of `them'. Some of the people who receive state medals really
deserve them but the function of `tagging' has depreciated the idea of
medals so that many people are ashamed of their medals.
But the authorities are not ashamed of giving the medals away. The
most important thing to keep in mind is who could tomorrow be in the
`enemy camp', and `forget' those who did not want to go into the camp
of `us'.