WHAT DO "GOLDEN ANTELOPE" AND ARMENIA’S CURRENT RULERS HAVE IN COMMON?
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May 21 2010
Azerbaijan
A classic cartoon based on Indian stories titled "The Golden Antelope"
was shot in the Soviet Union in 1954. The protagonist is an antelope
that is capable of making gold coins by kicking its feet. In the
cartoon, the antelope becomes prey to a greedy raja, who forces it
to kick gold coins. But the raja fails to stop the antelope in time
and gets buried in the gold instead. He dies, and the gold turns
into stone.
I wonder whether Armenia’s current rulers, officials and deputies have
watched this cartoon. The answer is more likely no than yes. The vast
majority of them resemble the greedy raja. They try to grab their
neighbors’ lands, and a striking example is Nagorno-Karabakh. Not
satisfied with Karabakh alone, Armenia’s so-called patriots
and neo-nationalists have decided to advance claims against
Samtskhe-Javakheti, a Georgian province densely populated by Armenians.
Javakh, as Armenians call the region, is the new fictional idea for
Yerevan. Since the 1990s, all sorts of provocations, confrontations
and protests have been organized in the province. Some Armenians in
Samtskhe-Javakheti claim that they are harassed. This was followed by
proposals to break away from Georgia and establish an independent
Javakh. Thank God that the Georgian authorities took all the
necessary measures to prevent provocations based on sad experience
of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Later, local Armenian nationalists began to set up clandestine
organizations, funded directly by Yerevan, in an attempt to destabilize
the situation. But all their campaigns were in vain. Most of the
Armenian population in Georgia stayed out of the provocations.
This once again proves that the great majority of Armenians want to
live in peace and harmony with their neighbors.
But the nationalists did not stop. They are openly continuing their
destructive activities. Not too long ago, Union of Georgian Armenians
Chairman, Armenian MP Tachat Vardapetyan said "Javakhk should serve
as a ‘guest room’ for Armenia and Georgia." It is clear why the
territory might serve as a "guest room" for Armenia, but it is odd
that the region should act as a such for its rightful owners.
Perhaps, Vardapetyan is still not familiar with housing legislation,
and he simply does not know that you cannot claim even a millimeter
of your neighbor’s apartment. People like Vardapetyan must be treated
with understanding and condescension. He probably never saw the cartoon
about the golden antelope, or he surely would have known what happens
to greedy rajas.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
