There Is An Elephant In The Room. Nah - It's A Fish!

This is my rebuttal to a letter that appeared in the Newton Tab on January 7, 2009. You may want to read this said (italicized) letter first which I placed at the bottom of this post and then come right back up here to read my refute.

All Jewish lobbies -- the likes of the ADL -- and all Jews -- the likes of Mr. Larry Epstein -- should leave Armenians out of it.

I, for one, a third generation descendant of Armenian Genocide survivor, am growing tired of seeing the anti-Defamation league and, by extension, the Jewish community of so-called "Epsteinian" ethos continue to opine and oppose, criticize and condemn, deny and derail Armenian genocide recognition in the press and particularly, in the U.S. House of Congress -- Stop imposing your despicable "Ahmadinijad-like" will on others if you expect any respect back at all -- I've got news for you Mr. Epstein: Leave me ( for I represent, my slaughtered grandparents); leave Mr. David Boyajian; and leave all Armenians out of your ill-advised, filthy political game. Yes, that's right, you heard me, Armenians are not going to take it any more, they are going to push back, and push back hard, they will.

No,no,no, Mr. Epstein, there is NO elephant of "anti-Semitism" in the room as you stated in your article. That is a figment of your own imagination -- Armenians have a much bigger fish to fry -- speaking of fish, that reminds me, your acute olfactory senses should have picked up the smell of rotten fish of elephantine magnitude in that proverbial room of yours, and that fish, pace Mr. Larry Epstein is "genocide-denial," got it? if you're still incredulous about your improvident behavior you may fact-check your genocide-denial gravitation with that of Ahmadinijad's.

Unless you're a troglodyte who just emerged from the darkness of your moral cave you should know the following before you blurt out on behalf of respectful fellow Jews: Scholarship has long since established the facts about Armenian genocide. Little education goes a long way, read some real history books.

Did you ever wonder who Mr. Raphael Lemkin was talking about when he coined the word "genocide"? hint, I'll say it slowly:A-r-m-e-n-i-a-n-s, or did you ever think about what Mr. Elie Wiesel meant by "double killing" of genocide victims? hint: Sort of, what you're doing, perhaps, unwittingly -- Denial and cover up of Armenian genocide, since it strives to kill the memory of the original atrocities.

In conclusion, I, respectfully, ask you, Mr. Epstien, to leave the Armenians alone and direct your wrath, instead, at the the known Jewish organizations who continue to poke their fingers into the collective eyes of the Armenian genocide victims.
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The Newton Tab (Newton@cnc.com)
Newton, Massachusetts
January 7, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Mr. Boyajian Should Leave Jews Out of It

I, for one, am growing tired of seeing the Anti-Defamation League and,
by extension, the Jewish community, continue to take the heat from the
likes of David Boyajian for what is a legitimate debate among
historians regarding the question of genocide in Armenia.

With Mr. Boyajian's op-ed piece in the Dec 24 Newton TAB, it's obvious
that he and like-minded individuals will use any opportunity to poke
their fingers into the eyes of bystanding Jews just to land another
punch in their feud with the ADL.

There's an elephant in the room, and that elephant is
anti-Semitism. When the malicious scrawling of a swastika on a
synagogue sign somehow results in a five-column rant against a
pre-eminent Jewish organization, there's something more at play
here. When historians disagree on the intent of the Turks' war upon
Armenia and the shrill is focused on a Jewish organization that dares
to reflect the vigorous debate among those historians, I see Jews
being scapegoated.

If that is not the case, then I would ask Mr. Boyajian to leave the
Jews alone and direct his wrath, instead, at the professional
historians who disagree with him.


Larry Epstein
Woodward Street
Newton, MA