MASTER-EDUCATORS FROM BRITISH EMBASSY
Editorial
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
04 Dec 08
Armenia
In the mid-XVII century, the English theatre underwent reforms and
thoroughly changed its image. King Charles II allowed females to appear
on stage, at the same time forbidding men to play in women’s roles.
The royal decision completely changed the life of Ned Kenaston, a
star of the London theatre who was famous for his female roles. The
bi-sexual actor who was peerless in the role of Desdemona and aroused
lust among the representatives of both sexes was actually dismissed
from the theatre. But Ned did not put up with the situation and
tried to prove that he was a universal actor, and it was easier for
him to act as a man rather than a woman. Alas, all the attempts fell
flat. Once infatuated with the play, Kenaston immediately turned into
a woman.
The same is the situation with the British Embassy in Armenia. Like
any other embassy in any other part of the world, this embassy too, is
disallowed to interfere in the domestic affairs of the hosting country.
After each scandal (which have become common to the British over
the recent years; let’s recall at least the year 2007), the embassy
declares that that it does not absolutely deal with such matters. But
once the British diplomats become infatuated with the game, they find
themselves in the focus of the internal political developments.
Furthermore, the coincidences we see are very interesting (and
naturally, quite accidental).
For instance, on November 26, 11: 00 a.m. Deputy Ambassador Gedeon
Durehurst and employee of the British embassy Nayira Soultanyan
visited Zhiraryr Sefilyan’s office situated on the first floor of
building 51, Nikol Douman street. At the time of the visit, there
were several freedom fighters there.
Shutting themselves up in Zh. Sefilyan’s study, G. Durehurst and
N. Soultanyan were talking over some matters for about an hour.
After the Deputy Ambassador left, Zh. Sefilyan and several members of
"Miatsum" (unification) initiative went to Yerablour (around 13:00)
and started the hunger strike, demanding that the authorities make
no concession in the Karabakh peace talks.
And do we have the right to assume that the Deputy Ambassador of
Great Britain guides the activities of an organization whose main
objective is the struggle against the authorities. But in that case,
there arises the following question: with what purpose does he guide
the activities of that organization? Why is destabilization in our
country advantageous to the Embassy?
Or, has the British Embassy decided to restore in the Armenian
world the old and kind tradition of master-educators and has this
time recruited Zh. Sefilyan as its apprentice? Let’s note that this
source of upbringing faded away and died together with the collapse
of the Soviet power.
In those days, an unmanageable teenager would be admitted to the
factory as an apprentice turner (not by his own will, of course). And
who was the first person to take charge of him? Of course, the
master-educator who later became like father for him. Moving away his
apprentice from the street, the master would teach him how to open a
small hole on the machine tool, so as the youngster would fall out
of the habit of wandering around with brass-knuckles and smashing
street lamps.
And generally, a small person entering the complicated world of
the adults is from early ages patronized by nurses and mistresses,
class-teachers and the party committee, kung fu trainers and police
departments dealing with juvenile offences. Catching the young person
by the hand and imbuing him with the spirit of collectivism, they
would show him his way to the mature life.
Everything was being done to make him a mature person as quickly as
possible, get his honestly earned first salary, buy presents for his
mom and sister and last but not the least, not to misbehave.
So, the British Embassy is doing a good job by revitalizing the
institute of upbringing. But the master-educators there are very
strange people. Instead of making the teenagers drop the bad habits,
they teach them ones.