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THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO BAN
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/17/91389/
July 17, 2012 12:59
The government of Iran has banned showing chicken dishes on TV,
www.tert.am reports referring to www.vz.ru. The chief of police
of that country explained that not all citizens of Iran can afford
chicken and negative emotions may arise, while seeing it on TV, which
may become a reason for public protest. If our folks are guided by
the same logic, many things will be banned from broadcasting on our
TV too. Guess not everyone in Armenia can buy a Bentley - for that,
one needs to have rich kin. Therefore, when some "tough guy" gets into
a Bentley in TV series, it can also cause public protest. Here is one
of the criteria - all TV series characters, regardless of whether they
are Mafiosi or violin teachers, must drive a VAZ 2107. As we know,
there are people in Armenia who want to have the same situation in
our country as it is in Iran. They don't like the TV production and
apply to the head of state, in order that he fixes the problem to
rescue the nation from degradation. (They could apply to the Chief
of Police, by the way, in order to make the parallel more accurate.)
Firstly, I think that the talk about degradation is a gripe of old
people. We were in that same "degraded" condition 40 years ago too -
Zeynar Khanlarova would pack 72 thousand-seat Hrazdan for a few days
in a row. It is not like our whole nation used to live for highly
intellectual, cultural and national values and suddenly cunning
imperialists came to our country after the independence and took us
out of the condition we cherished, forcing us to accept values that
were strange for us. People who are in the mental darkness listened to
cheap music both at the time and now, watched tasteless movies both at
the time and now. One should struggle against it with public activity,
articles, discussions, devising mechanisms of self-control. But not
by banning, calling the legislative and executive powers as a "big
brother" and trying to absolutize one's own perceptions and taste.
Otherwise, if the state interferes, the society will be forced to
accept the tastes of functionaries and powers that be. And is there
any guarantee that they will be impeccable?
However, it is possible that political forces will also join
nation-saving initiatives and say, collect signatures to establish
a National Assembly interim commission on examining TV series. Who
doesn't sign, s/he is for destroying the identity and moral degradation
of the Armenian people. It is also an occupation, isn't it - one can
spend a few weeks of the summer months on just talking about that.
From: Baghdasarian
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/17/91389/
July 17, 2012 12:59
The government of Iran has banned showing chicken dishes on TV,
www.tert.am reports referring to www.vz.ru. The chief of police
of that country explained that not all citizens of Iran can afford
chicken and negative emotions may arise, while seeing it on TV, which
may become a reason for public protest. If our folks are guided by
the same logic, many things will be banned from broadcasting on our
TV too. Guess not everyone in Armenia can buy a Bentley - for that,
one needs to have rich kin. Therefore, when some "tough guy" gets into
a Bentley in TV series, it can also cause public protest. Here is one
of the criteria - all TV series characters, regardless of whether they
are Mafiosi or violin teachers, must drive a VAZ 2107. As we know,
there are people in Armenia who want to have the same situation in
our country as it is in Iran. They don't like the TV production and
apply to the head of state, in order that he fixes the problem to
rescue the nation from degradation. (They could apply to the Chief
of Police, by the way, in order to make the parallel more accurate.)
Firstly, I think that the talk about degradation is a gripe of old
people. We were in that same "degraded" condition 40 years ago too -
Zeynar Khanlarova would pack 72 thousand-seat Hrazdan for a few days
in a row. It is not like our whole nation used to live for highly
intellectual, cultural and national values and suddenly cunning
imperialists came to our country after the independence and took us
out of the condition we cherished, forcing us to accept values that
were strange for us. People who are in the mental darkness listened to
cheap music both at the time and now, watched tasteless movies both at
the time and now. One should struggle against it with public activity,
articles, discussions, devising mechanisms of self-control. But not
by banning, calling the legislative and executive powers as a "big
brother" and trying to absolutize one's own perceptions and taste.
Otherwise, if the state interferes, the society will be forced to
accept the tastes of functionaries and powers that be. And is there
any guarantee that they will be impeccable?
However, it is possible that political forces will also join
nation-saving initiatives and say, collect signatures to establish
a National Assembly interim commission on examining TV series. Who
doesn't sign, s/he is for destroying the identity and moral degradation
of the Armenian people. It is also an occupation, isn't it - one can
spend a few weeks of the summer months on just talking about that.
From: Baghdasarian