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FROM THE LIFE OF "POWERFUL GUYS"
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/26/113330/
September 26, 2012 13:16
In spring 1992, we were shooting a video in the region of Shahumyan.
An Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) unit was appointed to
look after us probably taking into account that unit's exemplary
discipline. We were climbing to the positions with the guys, when
we saw a fox. One of the young soldiers pointed a gun at the animal
and wanted to shoot it. The commander severely reprehended him,
"You have come here not to shoot and kill, but to defend your land,
your motherland and it also includes your country's nature."
I recalled that story when yesterday I saw the terrible scenes showing
the results of a party thrown by "tough guys" in Khosrov Forest. I
thought that normal people whom I had met during the war had either
left the country or had been constrained by social problems and had
withdrawn from public life. Instead, there are mentally disabled people
in the spotlight who mistakenly say about themselves "we are strong,
we are powerful," but in reality, they live a worthless and pointless
life, which, admittedly, is a source of jealousy for many people, a
landmark of their dreams, so to say. An integral part of that pointless
lifestyle is damaging the environment and killing animals. A mentally
healthy man doesn't have a need for self-assertion using a weapon
against defenseless animals. Shedding the blood of a breathing creature
testifies to deep complexes, which developed in one's childhood and
are overcome by aggression and sadism. A symptom of the same disease
is the fact of keeping a unit of thick-neck bodyguards - through
them they "gain the upper hand" over ordinary mortals. However,
the saddest thing is that those sick sadists satisfy their desire
in Armenia and not, say, in Africa, which is quite appropriate for
that. Most probably, they feel unique satisfaction by damaging their
small, fragile motherland. The same kind of enjoyment incites them
to kill defenseless animals.
Who are the participants of the latest party in Khosrov Forest? There
is no doubt they are either MPs or ministers or generals. Such
an inhuman attitude cannot occur to normal people. When we were
preparing a show concerning this issue on Shant last Saturday, a
few people approached me and told what they knew - for example, how
those representatives of the "elite" cast dynamite into a river to
kill fish. Or how they hunt in helicopters - they are powerful guys,
they must think of their security. Why do you think the Minister of
Nature Protection expresses doubts about the video provided by the
environmentalists, instead of being annoyed and taking measures? It is
quite obvious - because he feels (or perhaps knows) that it is done
by "their guys" - MPs, ministers or generals. And "powerful guys"
should defend each other's honor.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/26/113330/
September 26, 2012 13:16
In spring 1992, we were shooting a video in the region of Shahumyan.
An Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) unit was appointed to
look after us probably taking into account that unit's exemplary
discipline. We were climbing to the positions with the guys, when
we saw a fox. One of the young soldiers pointed a gun at the animal
and wanted to shoot it. The commander severely reprehended him,
"You have come here not to shoot and kill, but to defend your land,
your motherland and it also includes your country's nature."
I recalled that story when yesterday I saw the terrible scenes showing
the results of a party thrown by "tough guys" in Khosrov Forest. I
thought that normal people whom I had met during the war had either
left the country or had been constrained by social problems and had
withdrawn from public life. Instead, there are mentally disabled people
in the spotlight who mistakenly say about themselves "we are strong,
we are powerful," but in reality, they live a worthless and pointless
life, which, admittedly, is a source of jealousy for many people, a
landmark of their dreams, so to say. An integral part of that pointless
lifestyle is damaging the environment and killing animals. A mentally
healthy man doesn't have a need for self-assertion using a weapon
against defenseless animals. Shedding the blood of a breathing creature
testifies to deep complexes, which developed in one's childhood and
are overcome by aggression and sadism. A symptom of the same disease
is the fact of keeping a unit of thick-neck bodyguards - through
them they "gain the upper hand" over ordinary mortals. However,
the saddest thing is that those sick sadists satisfy their desire
in Armenia and not, say, in Africa, which is quite appropriate for
that. Most probably, they feel unique satisfaction by damaging their
small, fragile motherland. The same kind of enjoyment incites them
to kill defenseless animals.
Who are the participants of the latest party in Khosrov Forest? There
is no doubt they are either MPs or ministers or generals. Such
an inhuman attitude cannot occur to normal people. When we were
preparing a show concerning this issue on Shant last Saturday, a
few people approached me and told what they knew - for example, how
those representatives of the "elite" cast dynamite into a river to
kill fish. Or how they hunt in helicopters - they are powerful guys,
they must think of their security. Why do you think the Minister of
Nature Protection expresses doubts about the video provided by the
environmentalists, instead of being annoyed and taking measures? It is
quite obvious - because he feels (or perhaps knows) that it is done
by "their guys" - MPs, ministers or generals. And "powerful guys"
should defend each other's honor.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress