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I was shocked that the message of the Armenian "Genocide" has now been
insidiously introduced in the songs of Armenian-American groups. (Well... I wasn't really
shocked. Armenians must shout out their cause for existence in every and any way they can.
I guess I was really more "impressed" than shocked.)
I learned about this ingenious tactic from an Armenian web site that proclaimed,
"Turkish Denial has become a common topic for High Schools term papers — largely
thanks to the work of System of a Down" What an effective way to capture innocent
hearts and minds! First, become a "cool" rock band... and once you get your name
around to the point of attracting devoted fans and followers, they can blindly accept
whatever message presented; like the devotees of a religious cult.
FROM THE GUESTBOOK OF
AN ARMENIAN SITE
Name : Cherie on
12/3/2002
Country : usa
Message : I was not aware of the Armenian Genocide until being educated by System Of
A Down. Thank you Serj, Daron, John and Shavo for the Rockin' music and informative
Website. Your biggest fan...Cherie!!
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A site dedicated to alternative music gave a description of
SYSTEM OF A DOWN. A member of the group referred to the "Armenian-ness" of the
band, and mentioned Cher as the only Armenian-American musician who has noteworthily
attained fame in the American music scene... and I believe they were alluding to their
potential in following in her footsteps. I've never come across Cher's thoughts on the
Armenian "Genocide," but something tells me she has the decency not to blatantly
mix this hot-button topic with her art; maybe this can be explained by her being part
Armenian. Perhaps another part of her, the Cherokee part, prevents her
from being so shrill about the topic.
In contrast, this music site devoted a page to artists' responses to the World Trade Center attack. ("Several
recording artists have issued statements reacting to the September 11th terrorist attacks
in New York and Washington DC. Here are a few of them.") Let's read how System
of a Down's Serj Tankian expressed his sorrow:
"Our whole world has been sickened by the terrible events in New York and D.C.
I've been calling out to friends all week to make sure they're ok. My heart goes out to
all the families suffering because of this madness.
As American citizens, we are in the privileged position to be able to speak our hearts,
even if other people disagree. I highly value the fact that I can make a statement with my
intention being to sponsor peace and understanding of the tragic events that have been
unfolding. I ask only that, for the long-term survival of our planet, we all concentrate
on positive energies in our lives while pursuing justice.
I would not be alive if not for the American orphanages that raised my grandfather after
the Armenian Genocide of 1915, so I have a lot of love and respect for the good things
that America has and can continue to achieve."
For GOD'S SAKE!
Here we are mourning a national tragedy, and this Armenian opportunist has the GALL to
bring up his cause for existence..!
Perhaps if Serj is listening, I can explain what he's doing in musical terms:
Don't
cry for me... Armenia...
While I can get... others' sympathy...
So much to ASK for...
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More words of wisdom from Serj, from the group's bio:"We
play heavy music, and Armenian music generally isn't heavy music. It's dramatic,
like our music. The Armenian people had a genocide, just like the Jewish people had
the Holocaust. Those who look the other way, such as Turkey, who committed it, that
injustice itself has been a driving point of my life," admits Serj.
"Because of that, I've been able to look at other injustices in the world. I
know that injustice exists and it's always hidden, so it opens your eyes. It's been
a motivation factor. Since we do something different musically, people need to name
it something. Some say it's Armenian rock. But that's unfair to us. It's a part of
who we are, but it's not what we do. If we're playing in another country, I don't
think we'd be called 'Armenian rock."
Holdwater: How
noble of you, Serj, to base your songs on injustice. I look forward to a future
endeavor of yours, detailing how Armenian general Dro, called the
"Jew Hunter" by the Nazis, helped snuff out the lives of European Jewry as
part of the Nazi Machine's Final
Solution. I have a feeling you probably won't write about how your people
unjustly turned against their own nation in World War I, a nation where they safely
lived and prospered for over half a millennium... and where the more cowardly among
your forefathers, like Dro, made it a practice of specifically targeting women and
children... while engaging in their systematic
extermination campaign against defenseless Muslim neighbors. Just like your
contemporaries did when they sliced up thousands of Azeris during their sleep, in a sneak and cowardly
Pearl Harbor like attack, and forced a million of them to become refugees... thanks
to a billion dollars in Russian rubles, along with the always unending supply of
American greenbacks.
Not incidentally, if you cannot remove your art from the Armenian Falsified
Genocide, it's far from "unfair" to call what you're doing "Armenian
rock."
"P.L.U.C.K.," for instance, stands for "Politically Lying, Unholy,
Cowardly Killers." "It's a revolutionary song having to do with the
Armenian genocide, the injustice," explains Serj, the main lyricist.
Artist: SYSTEM OF A DOWN
Album: System of a Down
Title: P.L.U.C.K.
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One
Un-Plucky Song |
Elimination
Why
Die walk down
A whole race Genocide
Taken away all of our pride
A whole race Genocide
Taken away
Watch them all fall down
Revolution
The only solution
The armed response
Of an entire nation
Revolution, the only solution
We've taken all your sh*t
Now it's time for restitution
Recognition
Restoration
Reparation
Recognition
Restoration
Reparation
Watch them all fall down
Revolution
The only solution
The armed response
Of an entire nation
Revolution
The only solution
We've taken all your sh*t
Now it's time for restitution
The plan was mastered
And called Genocide
(Never want to
See you around)
Took all the children
And then we died
(Never want to
See you around)
The few that remained
Were never found
(Never want to
See you around)
All in a system of down
Down, down, down
Walk down
Watch them all fall down
Revolution
The only solution
The armed response
Of an entire nation
Revolution
The only solution
We've taken all your sh*t
Now it's time for restitution
The plan was mastered
And called Genocide
(Never want to
See you around)
Took all the children
And then we died
(Never want to
See you around)
The few that remained
Were never found
(Never want to
See you around)
All in a system, down
"The only solution... The armed
response... of an entire nation." What a lovely and mature sentiment.
Uh-oh; Serj wants "reparation."
Too late, Serj. The Armenian nation signed the Treaty of Gumru forever foregoing the issue of reparations. You do
believe in ... uhhhh... Armenians keeping their word, don't you?
Unfortunately, "System of a Down" appears to have managed to make some inroads
into the real world, and attained a degree of international success... it's more than just
another obscure garage band. And who can we thank for that? I guess it's this fellow...
Rick Rubin elected to sign and produce the group as the first new act
on American Recordings under a recent pact with Columbia Records.
Sigh.
Yet another American Jew who is giving Armenian hate messages a helping hand to reach a
wide audience... one with media clout, like Harvey Weinstein of Miramax, distributor of
ARARAT.
Holdwater
Reflects on Armenian-Loving Jews
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Granted, Rick Rubin probably doesn't care about the "Genocide" message...
and hard rock is an area where it's cool to present "intense" messages,
like sometimes when Rap Music is almost expected to contain words of misogyny,
racism and ugliness. However, it always breaks my heart when Jewish people become a
party to the Armenian Falsified Genocide, inadvertently, or willingly.
Not that American Jews don't have a right to be as ignorant and/or prejudiced as
their fellow Americans when it comes to Turkish history, since Turkey is an almost
"taboo" topic to be spoken of favorably in America... save for the Travel
Section. The fanatics among Armenians and Greeks do an excellent job in shutting
down anything said about Turks, unless the Turks are made out to look villainous.
Armenians and Greeks have an easy job of keeping up the hatred campaign, since most
Americans have been conditioned to think negatively about Turks.
But American Jews? Traditionally so sensitive, so caring, so a cut above the rest?
During the Civil Rights Movement, it was mostly the Jews among the whites to be at
the forefront of the struggle for equality. Groups watching out for injustices, such
as the American Civil Rights Union, are often loaded with Jewish people. I feel it's
not a coincidence that there is this connection, as the Jews' historic persecution
enables them to generally be more enlightened than most, better equipping them to be
on the look-out for issues regarding humanity, and fairness.
Years ago, a good friend of mine invited me to assist him on an out-of-state job.
During the evening, we wound up speaking with a pair of pretty Southern gals, and
one of them was fascinated by Gary. Gary was the "first Jew" she had
encountered... she wasn't being anti-Semitic or malicious, it was just that Gary was
a novelty to her. Gary, of course, was deflecting her naive statements with his
quick-witted, New York "Jewish" quips that one needn't be from New York to
be familiar with and appreciate. (Having had a taste of this style from the many
Jewish comedians originating from the region.) What was going on was a revelation to
me, because usually I'm the novelty to people... Turks especially were not that
numerous in the United States at this time, and still aren't. Secondly, because New
York City has so many Jews, and I have consequently had so many Jewish friends, it
was very weird to get this glimpse of Jews being a rarity, elsewhere.
My sister once said when she meets new people, the ones who often ask, "Ohhh...
what kind of a name is that?" are Jewish. When I thought about it, it was true.
Usually, the average American is too "unaware" to make an immediate issue
of an unfamiliar-sounding name. The reason for this? The "Arab Radar" of
American Jews.
My conclusions as to why American Jews are unfriendly to Turks, and sometimes love
the Armenians:
1) They are ignorant of Jewish history
2) They clump Turks with Arabs, as do
most ignorant Americans; those who know the difference still entertain the Moslem
bias, like American Christians, but not exactly in the same way,
3) Raised with a Holocaust-awareness,
they are quick to embrace the Armenians, so wholly perceived as fellow
genocide-sufferers. Like almost every other American, American Jews have been
equally brainwashed to swallow the exclusively-presented version of the Armenian Con
Job.
Regarding the third point, if respected Jews associated with the great genocidal
crime committed against them speak for the Armenians, like Holocaust Man Elie Wiesel,
that clinches the deal. Who doesn't like Elie Wiesel? I have always had a positive
impression of him. However, once I discovered Elie Wiesel has freely thrown in his
lot with the Armenians (when I watched PBS' "Armenia -- Survival of a Nation"),
and learned what a lazy thinker he is, and someone who has irresponsibly observed
only one side of the story... I have lost respect for Elie Wiesel. For me, now he is
a Hollow-caust Man.
Out of all the many Jewish people I've met and have had occasion to discuss the
Turkish-Jewish connection with, there was only one who had heard (for example) about
the Khazars — and this man was markedly above-average in his intelligence, and his
knowledge was almost to be expected. The Jews' unawareness of Turkish-related areas
of Jewish history shouldn't be surprising, because Turkish history in the United
States is all-around an ignored topic... except when the time comes to show the
Turks as criminals. However, sometimes Turco-Jewish history seems even to be
deliberately swept under the rug.
When I watched PBS' "Civilization
and the Jews" (PBS is also top-heavy with presenting Jewish-friendly
programs, as they present Armenian ones), I paid attention to the episode on the
Spanish Inquisition... we were told the only place in Europe where Jews found refuge
was Amsterdam. I found it very strange that there was no mention of the Ottoman
Empire... were the Jewish producers and historians involved in the making of this
program that unaware? Were the producers so unfamiliar with the Ottoman Empire's
Sephardic Jews, who were loyal until the end? Obviously, they had no awareness of
what historian Cecil Roth wrote: "Jewish people must always recall the
Ottoman Empire with gratitude who, at one of Judaism’s darkest hours, flung open
its door widely and kept them open."
It is so very ironic... Turks were one of the very, very few historic friends of the
Jews, before America gathered strength... and American Jews (along with, apparently,
Israeli Jews, as well) are not only unaware of this part of their history, too many
of them actively take sides against the Turks. During World War II, Turkey was a
refuge for thousands of Jews... and Turkish diplomats saved Jews in foreign countries, sometimes at the risk of their
own lives. Meanwhile, in WWII, Armenians were declared an Aryan race and actively
worked side-by-side with the Nazis to help polish off the Jews. In the history of
the Ottoman Empire, Armenians and Greeks killed Jews, those times they had the chance. Turks treated Jews
"with a special consideration and compassion as one of their own," according
to the Empire's last Grand Rabbi, Haim Nahum.., who also said in 1924, "It
is actually an understatement that there was no anti-Semitism in Turkey. In fact,
there was a pro-Semitism."
If Jews are influenced to embrace fellow genocide-sufferers, there are almost none
versed enough in history to have reached the rare Jewish conclusion the
extraordinarily well-informed "The Jewish Times" did,
in June 21, 1990:
"An appropriate analogy with the Jewish Holocaust might be the systematic
extermination of the entire Muslim population of the independent republic of Armenia
which consisted of at least 30-40 percent of the population of that republic. The
memoirs of an Armenian army officer who participated in and eye-witnessed these
atrocities was published in the U.S. in 1926 with the title 'Men Are Like That.'
Other references abound."
So whenever I come across someone like Rick Rubin, my heart sinks. I'm sure the sole
basis for his judgment to push System of a Down had to do with his opinion of the
quality of the band's music... but if he were the kind of rare Jewish person like
fellow Jewish-American, Dr. J.E. Botton (who opined in "Forward": "It
should be our moral obligation to defend Turkey"), he would have thought
twice before presenting a wider stage for Serj Tankian and his fellow Armenian band
members to rant away with their messages of hatred.
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Another
Armenian-American Heavy Metal Group |
The ironically named
"Integrity" is also another Armenian-American band spreading messages of
hate, led by "enigmatic lead singer and creator, Dwid." They've been
around since 1990 or so, but luckily their hardcore brand of music has put them
outside mainstream ears. Here's a sample:
Armenian persecution
All I can think about is revenge
The slaughter inside my head never ends
And to all who deny this sin
Bab eed Janed cach-nem
Ethnic genocide
One million died
Cries went unheard in 1915
No one remembers, no one believes
Some turks deny, but they fucking lie
America knew, but as usual
They just stood by and listened to the cries
"Why interfere? There's no money here.
Who are the Armenians... who fucking cares if they're alive.
Who cares if they fucking survive."
Forced in the desert and into sandy graves
Children were murdered while their mothers were raped
Babies were thrown in the air and impaled on swords
Nothing but death from the turkish hordes
Dispersal took place
Most met a cruel end
Now we are few but we'll always be true
To the Armenians that we will defend
First they were bound, then split with an axe
They juggled their heads, and the turks laughed
Set on fire like a human torch
Many were nailed alive to the floor
That's gratitude for you...
Americans did so much for the Armenians, and notice how this lyricist chooses to
repay them. At least Serj from the other group credited the Americans with saving
his grandfather's life.
The first line just
about sums it up, regarding the Armenians' way of life: "All I can
think about is revenge." It was true for Soghoman Tehlirian, who was
encouraged by visions of his mother telling him to kill, leading him to his
unpunished murder of Talat Pasha in 1921... it was true for Gurgen (Karakin)
Yanikian who betrayed his country as an Ottoman teenager by joining the Russian
Army, and then assassinated two Turkish diplomats in 1973 at the ripe old revengeful
age of 78, beginning a wave of Armenian terror that lasted for many years... and it
begins with every Armenian birth, when the baby is taught to hate Turks, a hatred
supported even in Armenian churches.
Is it any wonder
George W. Bush said to the Armenians on April 24, 2002, the date of the
commemoration of their beloved "Genocide": "Demonizing others
lays (the) foundation for a dark cycle of hatred"?
It is unfortunate the
message of one of the few, straight-thinking Armenians, Robert John (Hovhanes) is
simply not heard... when he said in an Armenian newspaper (The Reporter,
August 2, 1984): "The Armenian, the Jew or the African should not damage
their development with a continual conditioning of hate; neither should spurious
guilt be vented upon others. These negative preoccupations and obsessions are
obstructing our evolution."
Anyone who keeps
supporting the Armenian Falsified Genocide becomes a party to perpetuating the
Armenians' unfortunate psychological
problem, and their raison d'etre: this unending wave of hatred.
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...Ask your Armenian
terrorist blood brothers back in your 150 year-old ancient home land to pay their
bills. Armenia borrowed $50 million dollars at 5% interest in 1919 from the United
States government and mooched another $40 million from American Christians in that
same year whom your forefathers then attacked for not giving them more of American
church money. You Armenians haven't paid one red cent to us "ordinary
citizens" to repay this loan yet that was made to you in good faith. However, you
love the Russians so much you borrowed $100 million dollars from them in recent years
and you repay these loans. WHY CAN'T YOU PAY YOUR DEBTS TO THE UNITED STATES SINCE YOU
CAN PAY OFF THE RUSSIANS? We Americans have given and loaned your tiny state more
dollars than the Russians have given and loaned you.
Judge Sam Weems reminds an anonymous
Armenian hate-mail writer of only one generous act of the Americans, which the
ungrateful Armenians not only have chosen to forget, but have reneged on... since
their policy is, "What have you done for me lately?" (June 9, 2002)
The Dweeb... that is, "Dwid,"
the Armenian lyricist from INTEGRITY, may not have been off-the-mark when he accused
the Americans of concluding, "There's no money here"; of course there will
be no money for the Americans, once the Armenians steal and sucker the money out of
American taxpayer pockets. (Over $1.5 billion in the short time since Armenia rose
from the ashes of the Soviet Union. That's with a "b.")
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