{"id":20901,"date":"2015-04-21T19:53:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T19:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=20901"},"modified":"2015-04-23T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:38:34","slug":"%c2%ab%d5%a6%d5%b8%d5%b0%d5%ab-%d5%b0%d5%b8%d5%a3%d5%a5%d5%a2%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%a8-%d5%bd%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%bd%d5%a1%d6%83%d5%a5%d5%ac%d5%ab-%d5%a7%c2%bb-%d5%a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/%c2%ab%d5%a6%d5%b8%d5%b0%d5%ab-%d5%b0%d5%b8%d5%a3%d5%a5%d5%a2%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%a8-%d5%bd%d5%a1%d6%80%d5%bd%d5%a1%d6%83%d5%a5%d5%ac%d5%ab-%d5%a7%c2%bb-%d5%a1\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cVictim\u2019s psychology is frightful,\u201d Ruben Vardanyan says"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>interview<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>with The New Times<\/a>, businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan told about \u201c100 LIVES\u201d initiative launched in New York on March 10.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe psychology of a victim is frightful. Stories on how the women, sisters and mothers of your nation are raped are hard to read, it\u2019s impossible… And the story of Aurora Mardiganian about which we are talking about \u2013 the Turks did not just crucify these 16 girls, but first abused them and then made them sit on the pointed wood, through the vagina… A normal person can\u2019t read this without going through all the horror… And of course you ask yourself \u2013 how could it happen? How come nobody protected, helped or saved them? Why did they let it happen?\u201d said Ruben Vardanyan.<\/p>\n

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\u201cConsolidation on the basis of tragedy is very dangerous. Yes, children should grow up understanding that it did happen to us. But we can and we should, at that, consciously, look at it from another angle too \u2013 despite what happened to us we still exist, we are the bearers of a nation, which is five thousand years old, and we got a second chance in various countries and became successful. Only a strong person can say \u201cthank you\u201d after enduring a trauma, and only a strong nation, looking back over these hundred years, can say to itself \u201cwe did not allow to annihilate us,\u201d said the philanthropist.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would like to stress that our initiative has positive vector in the first place. The Rwanda genocide \u2013 how could it be committed in late 20th century? Or, how can the Kurds-Yazidis continue to face what they are undergoing in Iraq today \u2013 being destroyed by ISIL fanatics? Accordingly, our first and foremost task is not to let such events happen, our task number two is to help people who went through this nightmare, and our task number three is to help the survivors return to normal life \u2013 hence, our cooperation with George Clooney, founder of Not On Our Watch organization, which is involved in real struggle against Genocide, including in Darfur. They pay a visit to Darfur and work on a set of preventive measures. And so, we have now joined our efforts,\u201d said Ruben Vardanyan.<\/p>\n

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The businessman also commented on why Israel does not recognize the Armenian Genocide.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am not an expert, and therefore I don\u2019t want to make speculations on it. In my opinion, Israel does not recognize the Armenian Genocide not because they think it didn\u2019t happen, but because they remember that Turkey was their only ally in the Middle East. Others say that the term \u201cgenocide\u201d itself \u2013 that is the systematic and mass destruction of an ethnic, religious or national group \u2013 occurred after the massacres in 1915-1923, and therefore it cannot be applied retrospectively. But the main reason is politics, beyond doubt,\u201d said Ruben Vardanyan.<\/p>\n

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Source: Mediamax.am\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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