ON THE CONTRARY, GROUP’S ‘OBSESSION’ IS VERY HEALTHY
Boston Globe
September 24, 2008
United States
YOUR EDITORIAL "A good place for Blue Cross" charges that "some local
Armenian-Americans and their supporters" are involved in an "unhealthy
obsession." If by some local Armenian-Americans, you mean the entire
Armenian-American community, then you are right. But these local
Armenian-Americans are not engaged in an unhealthy obsession. They
are simply asking that the memory of their 1.5 million dead not be
fodder for realpolitik either internationally or locally. I guess as
far as the Globe is concerned, the Armenian-American community has
had its 15 minutes, and should know its place and stop complaining.
ANI DAMATIAN Belmont
THE EDITORIAL "A good place for Blue Cross" is more like the Globe
of the olden days, when it refused to even acknowledge the Armenian
Genocide. It was only through the persistence of the Armenian-American
community that the Globe was finally shamed into doing the right
thing. This same persistence will make sure that the likes of the
Anti-Defamation League, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,
and others are also shamed into doing the right thing.
SOSSE BEUGEKIAN Lexington