Each year, right around this time, sometimes even in summer, an e-mail arrives from a fellow Armenian, with the word "IMPORTANT" written in the subject line, urging me to go to the MSNBC site and vote yes to the question "should the United States acknowledge the Armenian Genocide?" I voted once many years ago, only to realize afterwards that by sheer numbers (of population) the "yes" will loose.
This genocide matter has either blinded us to reality, made us emotional masochists, or we don't know how to count. The Turks don't have to work hard to get a number that surpasses the Armenian votes. Whereas even if every Armenian on the planet voted in this poll, it will hardly make a difference.
I for one do not like to see year after year the "yes" vote to be 22% or somewhere in that vicinity.
Unless we recruit the help of our non-Armenian friends and make them take the poll in droves and droves, I don't see how we can win this. That begs the question, how many Armenians have non-Armenian friends in droves?
It hurts me to think that we would fall for such an absurd poll. Please stop circulating this insanity.
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