Now I am realy sorry and ashamed to be called an Armenian.

…to be honest, my first reaction to the article was …(SILENCE)…I did not think I would leave a comment at all for ‘I couldn’t find any words’…but then I realised this is exactly what all the other students did, PASSIVITY and complete indifference is the name of their club, for which I have no intention to acquire membership…

…even after reading such horrible things, I believe in Armenia and Armenians. The fact that I left Armenia (currently I study abroad) is only because I want to do something for this country…it’s not Armenia’s fault that such people live there and I know that one day things will change…this article, and the Indian student’s death of course, is another proof that something must be done and it is the Armenian youth that needs to take action!…but let us be honest, to take an action Armenian youth must know what and how to do and the best way to ‘civilize’ young Armenians is I believe through education (this is where I am going to apply my forces in future)…it’s a shame to realize that at the age of 23 I had no idea of what racism and nationalism is and what forms it can take, until recently I became part of the educational system abroad (France and UK)…I spent 6 years in the Yerevan State University and, though I love this institute, there are so much things that go wrong there…students must be taught the ways to deal with the other, that may be your next door neighbour, class mate, or someone of different race, ethnicity, nationality…….though I find it extremely disappointing that there were not much Armenians participating in the demonstration, i can understand why…before blaming them, I think they never really had the opportunity to be taught the right way…suffice it to take one of the slogans a child inevitable comes across nowadays is MERN URISH E…as a result we grow self-sufficient, knowing that whatever can be labelled as OURS is good and whatever is OTHER - bad…so they cannot understand that the Other is no less valuable and important, that just the fact that they are different does not make them better or worse in the same way as the fact that someone is our friend and relative doesn’t mean they cannot be wrong…our cultural values do not allow us to question the deeds of our family members and this is reflected on the overall mentality of the whole Armenian society…in this case, I believe the situation would be quite different if every single student of the medical university felt solidarity and went on strike against the rector by both refusing to pay the fees and attending the classes…that would be something…but by saying so, of course, I don’t mean that this will take place.. no such thing is possible…no one cares as long as there is a place (it happens to be also a university) where they can show off….what are they going to do without it. And of course, many of the students that we would expect to claim the rector’s resignation, cannot do it simply out of the feeling of gratitude towards someone who has granted them the title of a student and ensures that it will be maintained throughout the academic years until they graduate (and all this, of course, has nothing to do with their academic merits)…

there is one thing , however, that I would like to mention about the article…there are several references to the police as being indifferent…I am not quite sure that they were supposed to take part in demonstration or open the doors for the demonstrators to enter the President’s place? This would change nothing, except the unemployment list of Armenians…the point is that they really need to be indifferent, in the true sense of the word…they are there to do their job, which is sometimes to act as a fence, without any emotion…they are not supposed to take parts…this means they are not supposed to be ironic and mock the demonstrators (which I believe was the case)…

well…this much, I have nothing more to add but to thank Onnik Krikorian for this article.