09/07/2007 16:54:23

Sure you have no reason to doubt either... you also have no proof that either occured. History relies on people passing down stories from generation to generation.

Of course you have no reason to doubt the Holocaust, you probably read the diary of Anne Frank in school.

Historic facts shouldn't be treated as "uhm, yeah lets leave that to historians and let everyone live their lives as if it didn't happen." It did happen. People were killed. Families were destroyed. People died of hunger, poverty. What reason does anyone, especially those in power of countries have to deny these facts? That is the Armenian question....

09/07/2007 08:51:18

why do you call it "the Armenian question" ?
To me a "question" indicates a mind set of uncertainty. The Genocide of 1915 is a historic fact.

If we are to play the devil's advocate...and argue that history is usually written by the victorious...and is full of errors...that arguments fails miserably. Logic would dictate that Armenians were never in a position to rewrite history to meet their needs....quite the opposite. I have no reason to doubt the genocide...just as I have no reason to doubt the holocaust...whether anyone admits to it or not is irrelevant.

09/06/2007 19:06:49

I find it amazing how so many countries are involved in the Armenian question....

09/06/2007 18:38:40

2007 9 6

Possibility of Armenian Genocide resolution passage by U.S. Congress high

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Passage of the Armenian Genocide resolution will considerably change the world’s attitude about the Genocide,” First Secretary of the French Socialist Party Francois Hollande told a news conference in Yerevan.

“The possibility of adoption is high, however, it will inevitably change the course of the American-Turkish relations. I wouldn’t say they will deteriorate but they will be different,” Mr Hollande said.

The H. Res. 106 urges the U.S. President to use term ‘genocide’ in his annual April 24 statement. It was introduced by Representative Adam Schiff (D - CA) January 30, 2007.

09/06/2007 18:33:35

2007 9 6

Armenian Genocide bill to be put on French Senate agenda in October

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Relations between Armenia and France are very firm not only at the state level. We have enjoyed friendly ties with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun for a long time,” First Secretary of the French Socialist Party Francois Hollande told a news conference in Yerevan.

“French socialists have done much for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by France. In 2001, we were the authors of the Armenian Genocide bill, which was passed by both houses of the parliament. We have also initiated the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. It was passed by the lower house and is waiting for voting in the Senate,” Mr Hollande said.

He underscored that the main purpose of the visit is the establishment of closer cooperation between Armenia and France. “We discussed the topic with the Armenian President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister,” he said.

The delegation of the French Socialist Party is in Armenia by invitation of ARF Dashnaktsutyun. Both parties are members of the Socialist International.

09/06/2007 18:32:32

2007 9 6

Armenian Genocide: Israeli leader calls to examine past but look ahead

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The past is historians’ business. No bill can change it,” Israeli President Shimon Peres said a meeting with Turkish, Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs when commenting on the Armenian issue and possible passage of the H. Res. 106 by the U.S. Congress.

In response to Ankara-forum chairman’s protest against the Anti-Defamation League’s decision on the Armenian Genocide, Mr Peres said, “No bill can change the past. History can be studied by historians only.”

“The work of politicians will be targeted at the future. To understand the value of the future one should properly examine the past,” he said, Anadoglu news agency reports.