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offtopic:armenian_genocide [2009/09/18 23:34] – Bit about Wikipedia Georgepatton | offtopic:armenian_genocide [2021/04/23 22:34] (current) – This page was a relic of a bygone, disrespectful time in AH.com history. I have removed the flippant treatment of this serious subject, and updated this page accordingly. rognvald | ||
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- | ======Armenian... errr....====== | + | ======Armenian |
- | Well... not really | + | During the First World War, the Ottoman Turks systematically attempted to wipe out the large Armenian population in their territory. Around |
- | This topic has often hotly been debated on AH.com, and the name of it is itself part of the discussion. The question is whether there was a genocide committed by the Ottomans against the Armenians or whether it was an ethnic cleansing done due to the war (the First World War was going on) and advancing Russian troops (with whom many Armenians sympathized). On the [[offtopic: | + | In the early days of ah.com, a few members on the board held the “party line” |
- | Although Rafi did join the new board, he rarely posted on it, yet the issue remained in the collective memory | + | Since the early 2010s, however, this practice has stopped. Denial |
- | The Armenian ' | + | This page remains as a testament that AH.com has not been a perfect community. It failed |
- | Due to its mocking use on AH.com, the term has become so watered down that it is now used in any context involving Armenians. For example, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Armenia was represented by an attractive female singer, and there were several comments along the lines of ' | + | ==== Navigation ==== |
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