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rtp wrote@AvoK95

Yeah in theory I'm Armenian as well. Renounce nationality long time ago.
As far as am concerned I belong to the human specie not to any nation or culture.

I hate it when Armenian people talk Armenian in public, its disrespectful to others.

I actually hate a lot of Armenian ways of living,brainwashing, racist, hatred (go read your bible) etc...
Same here.
They're very close minded... They don't think logically.
@AvoK95 i guess we mainly agree then.

I could say the same thing for most population, but since Lebanese-Armenian are a minority in a foreign country they got it worst.
Ha! Saying Armenians are close minded is an understatement. That's the reason why we're so unknown to the rest of the country's demographics. I went to an Arab school and I speak Arabic better than Armenian so I know where you're coming from rtp.
well, the 301 in my username stands for 301 A.D and as an Armenian you should know why that year is important to us...
Nemesis-301 wrotewell, the 301 in my username stands for 301 A.D and as an Armenian you should know why that year is important to us...
Because... it's the year after 300?

On a serious note, tell why; I'm intrigued.
MegaCool wrote
Nemesis-301 wrotewell, the 301 in my username stands for 301 A.D and as an Armenian you should know why that year is important to us...
Because... it's the year after 300?

On a serious note, tell why; I'm intrigued.
Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, an event traditionally dated to AD 301.
They are Lebanese. They are considered like a group, and therefore get some "special" treatment, mostly in politics, I guess.
Nemesis-301 wrote
MegaCool wrote
Nemesis-301 wrote well, the 301 in my username stands for 301 A.D and as an Armenian you should know why that year is important to us...
Because... it's the year after 300?

On a serious note, tell why; I'm intrigued.
Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, an event traditionally dated to AD 301.
I do know the date, but How the fudge was I suppose to know that's the cause of the number in your username ? LOL
Yea,
Like one of you guys wrote in the topic,
Most armenians in Lebanon (if not all) are lebanese citizens, like every other.
But they have armenian origins, and dont even have an armenian nationality.

Im armenian aswell ! Duh.. my name is Avo,
And my arabic is bad also. Im talking about Lebanese arabic while speaking.
But like when it comes to real arabic like in the movie subtitles, im quite good xD
Armenians had it good in Lebanon (at least better). Look at all the Palestinians and how they've had to live so far.

I've only closely known one friend who happened to be Armenian. I don't really know if she's a good sample size (1), but the average Armenian is too religious for my taste.
Apply logic/fallacies and attack.

Please, for fuck's sake, stop staying: this thread will soon be closed. It serves no purpose, adds noise, and diverts the purpose of the conversation.
arithma wroteArmenian is too religious for my taste.
We are the first people who accepted Christianity, that's all. We are not that religious as we were before..
i find it very weird and annoying that a 25 yrs old Lebanese of Armenian descent, born in Lebanon and lived in Lebanon all his life, has problem speaking the country language.
This only applies to Armenians.
i wonder why?
Diaspora had a very big effect on Armenians, i can understand that, but they have been living in this country for over 60 years, for gods sake, '2allam 2arabi'
Mr. Anderson wrotei find it very weird and annoying that a 25 yrs old Lebanese of Armenian descent, born in Lebanon and lived in Lebanon all his life, has problem speaking the country language.
This only applies to Armenians.
i wonder why?
Diaspora had a very big effect on Armenians, i can understand that, but they have been living in this country for over 60 years, for gods sake, '2allam 2arabi'
An Armenian can learn any language in the world except Arabic :P , and they are known for that.
@Mr. Anderson

Armenians can't speak Arabic or any other language such as Chinese well, because most Armenians environment is abundant of people speaking only Armenian, thus they don't get to talk Arabic or Chinese much and just like any other thing in this life, without practice you tend to forget or even not learn the thing properly.

Armenians mainly are encouraged to talk Armenian all the time to not let the language , tradition etc... to die.

If you are wondering why in Armenians can't tell the difference between "Hayda" and "Haide" very simply because in the armenian language there isn't any he or she, at least that is what i concluded ...

by the way am technically Armenian, "ou sad2ne be7ke a7san menak 3arab, sa3et al badak ba3tik daress, eh be3jbak" :P

I don't magically talk Arabic well, just like you i went to an Arabic school, so you have no advantage over me unlike most Armenians.


@arithma

Just like Lebanese Christian, they are just bunch of hypocrite. No kidding I have yet to meet a person who is a Christian, and had actually read the Bible!
@ rtp
Don't take this personal, i didnt mean that all armenians dont know how to speak arabic.
Anyway, what i m saying is that the majority of armenians go to armenian schools, the majority of their friends are armenian. they try to go to armenians to accomplish their daily tasks (fix the car, shopping....)
People who suffered diaspora tend to behave like that, just like the jews, but i find their behavior unethical and unfair for Lebanon, who offered them shelter and took them with no prejudice.
And Lebanese are for them "Ibn arab" as they always tend to differentiate themselves from their fellow Lebanese citizens
Again, in my opinion, this applies to at least 50% of Armenian in Lebanon.
Please note that all my close friends are Armenians, hell, i even understand armenian but can't speak!
Mr. Anderson wrote@ rtp
Don't take this personal, i didnt mean that all armenians dont know how to speak arabic.
Anyway, what i m saying is that the majority of armenians go to armenian schools, the majority of their friends are armenian. they try to go to armenians to accomplish their daily tasks (fix the car, shopping....)
People who suffered diaspora tend to behave like that, just like the jews, but i find their behavior unethical and unfair for Lebanon, who offered them shelter and took them with no prejudice.
Oh yeah, Lebanon offered SO MUCH to them...

Besides, since when is this a communist country (it's hardly a country at all), where people have the obligation to do their daily work in accordance to what is best and "fair" for the rest of the country, and have to keep this concern in their mind for even the smallest tasks and decisions, such as what garage to pick to repair their car.

How about people in general start by not throwing their garbage everywhere and polluting the atmosphere and disturbing silence and peace.
Monkey D. Luffy wrote>Be living in north lebanon
>never saw an armenian
>???????
>Profit?

So I have nothing to say since i never saw an armenian and never dealt with them xD
>greentexting
you're doing it wrong
It is unfair to compare Armenians with other refugees in Lebanon. The first reason is that not all Armenians were considered as refugees. For instance, the Armenians that were brought here by the French were not regarded as refugees, but rather as a new local Christian and Ethnic group, they were given lands as part of an international agreement. Again I am not referring to the immigrants of 1916. The second reason is that, in MY OPINION, the Armenians are hard working people, some literally came here with NOTHING, and look at the community they have established.
Leonedes wroteIt is unfair to compare Armenians with other refugees in Lebanon. The first reason is that not all Armenians were considered as refugees. For instance, the Armenians that were brought here by the French were not regarded as refugees, but rather as a new local Christian and Ethnic group, they were given lands as part of an international agreement. Again I am not referring to the immigrants of 1916. The second reason is that, in MY OPINION, the Armenians are hard working people, some literally came here with NOTHING, and look at the community they have established.
The genocide was in 1915 not 16, and ALL came with nothing.
Armenians are considered Lebanese people.
It's like black people being with white people.
@Leonedes: An international treaty is just that: a method that allowed the big players to play with the pawns.
By your logic, the Israel state is just, it was established by an international treaty.
Never the less, the Armenians, from what I've seen, and if they can be called collectively, have established themselves as respectable neutral citizens to an extent.
All I was trying to allude to on the other hand is the unjust nature of living that the Palestinians had to endure, and perhaps if they were given the chance (to own, to work, to aspire professionally) we wouldn't have had such unnatural phenomenon around the places where they reside.

Anyway, I didn't want to take away from this thread, or hijack or anything. It's just that I thought it's an interesting to highlight segue: Nurture eases social integration.