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		<title>By: Onnik Krikorian</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10364</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Censorship in order to stimulate freedom of speech… ; or
Posting opinions in violation of freedom of speech…

That’s a little strange logic, isn’t it?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It&#039;s even stranger logic to consider that anyone who decided not to support Ter-Petrossian and hold their own opinions was instantly attacked, intimidated and threatened by Ter-Petrossian supporters. 

Thankfully -- hopefully -- that situation has changed now and we can not get personal. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;What I posted is the original of what ArmeniakerKamilion had translated and was the second link in Observer’s post.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

As for what I think is about posting articles and stuff in the comments section (don&#039;t have enough time to read everything) I&#039;ll just say what my policy is. Basically, any additional information is to be welcomed. However, I personally prefer people commenting to add something as well.

Of course, I won&#039;t delete such comments which merely paste an entire article without commentary, but I do make it clear to those that do that it is better for them to quote from the source and then link to it. People generally don&#039;t wade through paragraphs and paragraphs of text. They just want the main points. 

It&#039;s like the introduction/summary and conclusion of a report. Few people actually read what&#039;s in between. However, it seems pretty pointless to paste duplicate content and I&#039;d personally prefer people to actually expand on it and give their opinions which then leads to further discussion. Still. that&#039;s just my opinion.

Otherwise, it has to be said, people can always just skip the comment although when a huge article is pasted it can disrupt the &quot;conversation&quot; because people also don&#039;t want to have to wade through pages and pages of text.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Censorship in order to stimulate freedom of speech… ; or<br />
Posting opinions in violation of freedom of speech…</p>
<p>That’s a little strange logic, isn’t it?</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s even stranger logic to consider that anyone who decided not to support Ter-Petrossian and hold their own opinions was instantly attacked, intimidated and threatened by Ter-Petrossian supporters. </p>
<p>Thankfully &#8212; hopefully &#8212; that situation has changed now and we can not get personal. </p>
<blockquote><p>What I posted is the original of what ArmeniakerKamilion had translated and was the second link in Observer’s post.</p></blockquote>
<p>As for what I think is about posting articles and stuff in the comments section (don&#8217;t have enough time to read everything) I&#8217;ll just say what my policy is. Basically, any additional information is to be welcomed. However, I personally prefer people commenting to add something as well.</p>
<p>Of course, I won&#8217;t delete such comments which merely paste an entire article without commentary, but I do make it clear to those that do that it is better for them to quote from the source and then link to it. People generally don&#8217;t wade through paragraphs and paragraphs of text. They just want the main points. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s like the introduction/summary and conclusion of a report. Few people actually read what&#8217;s in between. However, it seems pretty pointless to paste duplicate content and I&#8217;d personally prefer people to actually expand on it and give their opinions which then leads to further discussion. Still. that&#8217;s just my opinion.</p>
<p>Otherwise, it has to be said, people can always just skip the comment although when a huge article is pasted it can disrupt the &#8220;conversation&#8221; because people also don&#8217;t want to have to wade through pages and pages of text.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10358</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] why not? [...]

1. Because you are becoming a tool in the hands of a propaganda machine, that tries everything it can in order to spread their views to the part of the society that is reluctant and rather disinterested in reading anything by them unless they write something intelligent.

2. Because it is your obligation to ensure that your readers will not be getting distorted views of reality. 

3. Because such post discourage any meaningful further discussion of the topic under scrutiny. One basically has no choice but to respond the way AH responded, and with all due respect to AH, I don&#039;t like that kind of responses either (not that AH had any other choice). I would like them to present their case so that I can understand what they are saying which is ultimately why we are here, to understand whats going on and perhaps add something of our own. 

4. Because it is deteriorating both the quality and the image of your blog and it forces people, who look for more civilized sources of information and substantial points of views, to look elsewhere for their daily news and for the analysis of it.

Unfortunately, I have to get back to working on my thesis, but if you want more reasons, I can definitely push the number close to infinity, if I find that much time that is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] why not? [...]</p>
<p>1. Because you are becoming a tool in the hands of a propaganda machine, that tries everything it can in order to spread their views to the part of the society that is reluctant and rather disinterested in reading anything by them unless they write something intelligent.</p>
<p>2. Because it is your obligation to ensure that your readers will not be getting distorted views of reality. </p>
<p>3. Because such post discourage any meaningful further discussion of the topic under scrutiny. One basically has no choice but to respond the way AH responded, and with all due respect to AH, I don&#8217;t like that kind of responses either (not that AH had any other choice). I would like them to present their case so that I can understand what they are saying which is ultimately why we are here, to understand whats going on and perhaps add something of our own. </p>
<p>4. Because it is deteriorating both the quality and the image of your blog and it forces people, who look for more civilized sources of information and substantial points of views, to look elsewhere for their daily news and for the analysis of it.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I have to get back to working on my thesis, but if you want more reasons, I can definitely push the number close to infinity, if I find that much time that is.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10357</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Observer - ok I see your side of the story. I happen to disagree with it. If I  have to avoid reading the comments that I don&#039;t like or I don&#039;t find pleasant then whatever I am doing here isn&#039;t working. We all should be reading each others comments in order to understand what others are saying. If nazarian says something then I cannot  ignore it. He isn&#039;t one of those who came here to insult everyone, but he came here to present a point of view, which happens to be completely incomprehensible as far as I am concerned. I am  not asking you not let them speak their mind,  I am asking you to encourage people in one way or another, to speak in a civilized manner so others could understand. Doesn&#039;t it bother you that some have no understanding of what Levon camp is saying? It is bothering me immensely, but every time I go to their blogs or read their papers or read something here by them, I get even more confused. Well, anyway, I guess we just have different points of views.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Observer &#8211; ok I see your side of the story. I happen to disagree with it. If I  have to avoid reading the comments that I don&#8217;t like or I don&#8217;t find pleasant then whatever I am doing here isn&#8217;t working. We all should be reading each others comments in order to understand what others are saying. If nazarian says something then I cannot  ignore it. He isn&#8217;t one of those who came here to insult everyone, but he came here to present a point of view, which happens to be completely incomprehensible as far as I am concerned. I am  not asking you not let them speak their mind,  I am asking you to encourage people in one way or another, to speak in a civilized manner so others could understand. Doesn&#8217;t it bother you that some have no understanding of what Levon camp is saying? It is bothering me immensely, but every time I go to their blogs or read their papers or read something here by them, I get even more confused. Well, anyway, I guess we just have different points of views.</p>
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		<title>By: Observer</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10356</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grigor - my ethical code applies to the articles and posts that I make personally. I like to give absolute freedom to the rest of the commenters and if, for example, Nazarian thinks, that for the purposes of discussion it is useful to post an extract or a whole article by Pashinyan - why not?  ...and - the rest of the commenters are also free to criticize them for posting the article by Pashinyan as well - which you did very successfully. That does not mean I want you to read it the Pashinyan piece, but its already there - and knowing Nazarian, you may choose in the future, to ignore his postings, and not waste your time on them.

The key thing is - I trust and respect the people commenting here, because, for very rare exceptions, the discussion here has been very civilized, and I have learned a lot from your feedback so far, and am eager to learn more. And after all - we&#039;re all grown ups here, and we are responsible for the impression we make on other people.

Again, while I disapprove spreading false information on the comments section - I will not censor them, unless they contain direct insults and profane language. I also disapprove commenting in a language other then English here, because I have Armenian version of this blog at http://munetik.wordpress.com and I like getting Armenian language comments there, rather then here. Still, freedom of speech and discussion are too important for me to censor comments in other languages too.

All in all - I want to stress again, that my ethical code applies to me personally and to the people, who are registered as authors and editors on this blog (like Reporter_arm, Tesaket, PisoPiso, etc.) For contributers and commenters like yourselves - it can serve more as a recommendation, but not a strict demand.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grigor &#8211; my ethical code applies to the articles and posts that I make personally. I like to give absolute freedom to the rest of the commenters and if, for example, Nazarian thinks, that for the purposes of discussion it is useful to post an extract or a whole article by Pashinyan &#8211; why not?  &#8230;and &#8211; the rest of the commenters are also free to criticize them for posting the article by Pashinyan as well &#8211; which you did very successfully. That does not mean I want you to read it the Pashinyan piece, but its already there &#8211; and knowing Nazarian, you may choose in the future, to ignore his postings, and not waste your time on them.</p>
<p>The key thing is &#8211; I trust and respect the people commenting here, because, for very rare exceptions, the discussion here has been very civilized, and I have learned a lot from your feedback so far, and am eager to learn more. And after all &#8211; we&#8217;re all grown ups here, and we are responsible for the impression we make on other people.</p>
<p>Again, while I disapprove spreading false information on the comments section &#8211; I will not censor them, unless they contain direct insults and profane language. I also disapprove commenting in a language other then English here, because I have Armenian version of this blog at <a href="http://munetik.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://munetik.wordpress.com</a> and I like getting Armenian language comments there, rather then here. Still, freedom of speech and discussion are too important for me to censor comments in other languages too.</p>
<p>All in all &#8211; I want to stress again, that my ethical code applies to me personally and to the people, who are registered as authors and editors on this blog (like Reporter_arm, Tesaket, PisoPiso, etc.) For contributers and commenters like yourselves &#8211; it can serve more as a recommendation, but not a strict demand.</p>
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		<title>By: Tigran Kocharyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10355</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tigran Kocharyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10353</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AH- I agree with your point and that is why I wasn&#039;t blaming Nazarian for posting it over here, but was just asking Observer why he wanted us to read that post. I think a nice thing would have been to provide a link and say what it is about and if anyone wants to read they could go and read it. But I cannot not read comments here.   

[...] The facts shall not serve the purpose of compromising, insulting, or humiliating a person or an organization. The nationality, race, religion, physical and intellectual conditions of a person shall not be labeled. [...]

This is just an excerpt from Observer&#039;s ethics rules. So is this one.

[...] We serve all the groups of the society regardless of their political, economic and ideological aspirations. Ties of kinship, family ties, friendship and other relations cannot change the principles of equality that we have adopted.[...]

Either these two are in conflict or nazarian&#039;s post should have been moderated. Now its none of my business if Observer doesn&#039;t want  to moderate posts like that, but at least we should be given the reasons why that post was considered important by him. I am not trying to imply that our comments are more important or anything. Most of us speak our mind which is why I have been under the impression that this is working, but that wasn&#039;t nazzarian speaking his mind, it was pashinyan speaking his mind, and pashinyan is nowhere around here. I would love to argue and as a result of that understand what they are saying, but again there are no real people behind these posts, it is always someone just putting other people&#039;s garbage here and we are supposed to read it. 


If it is the equality thing that allows such comments, then this isn&#039;t really working. Again free speech isn&#039;t that you can say whatever you want. You think here in the US we don&#039;t have Pashinyans? We have all sorts of Pashinyans, but they are not allowed to articulate their points in civilized places. There is, for instance, American Nazi party in the US who call for complete extermination of  all immigrants. But you can&#039;t see their comments in any respectable blog or in any respectable news agency let alone see others talking for them.  

Again, I see nothing wrong in being given the chance to read that sort of stuff, but  allowing to put that whole thing here  is unfair, to say the least, to many of us who try to do everything they can to avoid such comments (or perhaps I am the only one who tries to avoid it and that is why I am rather upset). This whole thing would also be so much more productive if say Observer asked nazarian to articulate the substantial points of that post in a civilized way so that those few in here who don&#039;t understand the kind of language used in that post can read and finally make sense of what these guys are saying. Which also leaves one wondering, are they actually saying anything? If no, then again why are we supposed to read that post? 

At any rate, I apologize for going so off the topic. I hope the discussion was somehow helpful. I would also like to apologize to nazarian in case he felt offended by anything that I said.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AH- I agree with your point and that is why I wasn&#8217;t blaming Nazarian for posting it over here, but was just asking Observer why he wanted us to read that post. I think a nice thing would have been to provide a link and say what it is about and if anyone wants to read they could go and read it. But I cannot not read comments here.   </p>
<p>[...] The facts shall not serve the purpose of compromising, insulting, or humiliating a person or an organization. The nationality, race, religion, physical and intellectual conditions of a person shall not be labeled. [...]</p>
<p>This is just an excerpt from Observer&#8217;s ethics rules. So is this one.</p>
<p>[...] We serve all the groups of the society regardless of their political, economic and ideological aspirations. Ties of kinship, family ties, friendship and other relations cannot change the principles of equality that we have adopted.[...]</p>
<p>Either these two are in conflict or nazarian&#8217;s post should have been moderated. Now its none of my business if Observer doesn&#8217;t want  to moderate posts like that, but at least we should be given the reasons why that post was considered important by him. I am not trying to imply that our comments are more important or anything. Most of us speak our mind which is why I have been under the impression that this is working, but that wasn&#8217;t nazzarian speaking his mind, it was pashinyan speaking his mind, and pashinyan is nowhere around here. I would love to argue and as a result of that understand what they are saying, but again there are no real people behind these posts, it is always someone just putting other people&#8217;s garbage here and we are supposed to read it. </p>
<p>If it is the equality thing that allows such comments, then this isn&#8217;t really working. Again free speech isn&#8217;t that you can say whatever you want. You think here in the US we don&#8217;t have Pashinyans? We have all sorts of Pashinyans, but they are not allowed to articulate their points in civilized places. There is, for instance, American Nazi party in the US who call for complete extermination of  all immigrants. But you can&#8217;t see their comments in any respectable blog or in any respectable news agency let alone see others talking for them.  </p>
<p>Again, I see nothing wrong in being given the chance to read that sort of stuff, but  allowing to put that whole thing here  is unfair, to say the least, to many of us who try to do everything they can to avoid such comments (or perhaps I am the only one who tries to avoid it and that is why I am rather upset). This whole thing would also be so much more productive if say Observer asked nazarian to articulate the substantial points of that post in a civilized way so that those few in here who don&#8217;t understand the kind of language used in that post can read and finally make sense of what these guys are saying. Which also leaves one wondering, are they actually saying anything? If no, then again why are we supposed to read that post? </p>
<p>At any rate, I apologize for going so off the topic. I hope the discussion was somehow helpful. I would also like to apologize to nazarian in case he felt offended by anything that I said.</p>
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		<title>By: AH</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10352</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strangely, here I disagree in principle with grigor on process.  I don&#039;t think that Nazarian should have to guess what Observer would or would not post, and as such, should be free to post what he wants as long as he doesn&#039;t  violate the ethics/rules of the blog.  Having said that,

I personally find Pashinyan to be the single most destructive element in Armenian politics and journalism today.  He preys on the dissatisfied, spinning yellow journalism and ad hominem attacks on anything and everything related to government.  One of the goals is to drive readers into a self-loathing &quot;Armenia has no future&quot; or &quot;we are not worthy&quot; situation.

He makes accusations in virtually all his trash (in the above this includes murder!), dances around racist divisiveness (no one exploits the Armenian vs Karabakhtsi divide more frequently) and is a hate-preacher to the worst degree.

Hopefully the events of March 1 (and the ones leading up to it) will demonstrate to the Armenian nation what a destructive force he has been, and that the numbers in Armenian society will grow to shun rather than support such a negative entity.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Strangely, here I disagree in principle with grigor on process.  I don&#8217;t think that Nazarian should have to guess what Observer would or would not post, and as such, should be free to post what he wants as long as he doesn&#8217;t  violate the ethics/rules of the blog.  Having said that,</p>
<p>I personally find Pashinyan to be the single most destructive element in Armenian politics and journalism today.  He preys on the dissatisfied, spinning yellow journalism and ad hominem attacks on anything and everything related to government.  One of the goals is to drive readers into a self-loathing &#8220;Armenia has no future&#8221; or &#8220;we are not worthy&#8221; situation.</p>
<p>He makes accusations in virtually all his trash (in the above this includes murder!), dances around racist divisiveness (no one exploits the Armenian vs Karabakhtsi divide more frequently) and is a hate-preacher to the worst degree.</p>
<p>Hopefully the events of March 1 (and the ones leading up to it) will demonstrate to the Armenian nation what a destructive force he has been, and that the numbers in Armenian society will grow to shun rather than support such a negative entity.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10351</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry Observer, I&#039;ll stop now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry Observer, I&#8217;ll stop now.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10350</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all I do not demand Observer to censor your post. It is up to him to decide what to do. It is my right as his reader, however,  to ask for an explanation why he wants me to read that post? I am sincerely asking him to explain why should that post be there? That is all. I read it, I spent my time on something that he put on his site, he knew that  I would come here and read it, and now I am asking why he wanted me to read it. Am I doing something unethical? 

[...] Just because YOU get lost in Pashinian’s writing style it doesn’t mean that the others don’t want to read it. [...]

Exactly! Those who want to read it go to his site or your site or I don&#039;t know and read it as much as they want. Those who don&#039;t want to read that stuff go to Observer&#039;s site (up until now I guess), Onnik&#039;s site, or Unzipped&#039;s site and read whatever these guys want to say.  

[...] Just because YOU get lost in Pashinian’s writing style it doesn’t mean that the others don’t want to read it. [...]

By the way, did you realize that in other societies people censor Pashinyan type so that people like me could understand what he wants to say. Because I have been begging you guys to explain what you are offering in a plain language, and you never came up with an intelligent presentation of your own ideas.  I am still begging you to try to explain what he or the King wants to say without using such language as

[...] Կեւորկովյան թատրոնի վաստակավոր արտիստ Սերժիկ Սարգսյանը ետընտրական գաստրոլները սկսեց ՀՀ կառավարությանն առընթեր մաքսային պետական կոմիտեից:[...]

Can you do that or is it really too much to ask?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all I do not demand Observer to censor your post. It is up to him to decide what to do. It is my right as his reader, however,  to ask for an explanation why he wants me to read that post? I am sincerely asking him to explain why should that post be there? That is all. I read it, I spent my time on something that he put on his site, he knew that  I would come here and read it, and now I am asking why he wanted me to read it. Am I doing something unethical? </p>
<p>[...] Just because YOU get lost in Pashinian’s writing style it doesn’t mean that the others don’t want to read it. [...]</p>
<p>Exactly! Those who want to read it go to his site or your site or I don&#8217;t know and read it as much as they want. Those who don&#8217;t want to read that stuff go to Observer&#8217;s site (up until now I guess), Onnik&#8217;s site, or Unzipped&#8217;s site and read whatever these guys want to say.  </p>
<p>[...] Just because YOU get lost in Pashinian’s writing style it doesn’t mean that the others don’t want to read it. [...]</p>
<p>By the way, did you realize that in other societies people censor Pashinyan type so that people like me could understand what he wants to say. Because I have been begging you guys to explain what you are offering in a plain language, and you never came up with an intelligent presentation of your own ideas.  I am still begging you to try to explain what he or the King wants to say without using such language as</p>
<p>[...] Կեւորկովյան թատրոնի վաստակավոր արտիստ Սերժիկ Սարգսյանը ետընտրական գաստրոլները սկսեց ՀՀ կառավարությանն առընթեր մաքսային պետական կոմիտեից:[...]</p>
<p>Can you do that or is it really too much to ask?</p>
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		<title>By: nazarian</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10348</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nazarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because YOU get lost in Pashinian&#039;s writing style it doesn&#039;t mean that the others don&#039;t want to read it. Why do you want to censor something simply because YOU don&#039;t like it? Of course, you are also entitled to your opinion... (the freedom of speech is tricky to control, isn&#039;t it?) 

BTW, if I don&#039;t like anyone&#039;s post, I do not demand that Observer censor them. I think censorship here is pretty much limited to personal attacks and profane language on this site. It&#039;s the same on my blog, too.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just because YOU get lost in Pashinian&#8217;s writing style it doesn&#8217;t mean that the others don&#8217;t want to read it. Why do you want to censor something simply because YOU don&#8217;t like it? Of course, you are also entitled to your opinion&#8230; (the freedom of speech is tricky to control, isn&#8217;t it?) </p>
<p>BTW, if I don&#8217;t like anyone&#8217;s post, I do not demand that Observer censor them. I think censorship here is pretty much limited to personal attacks and profane language on this site. It&#8217;s the same on my blog, too.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10347</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[nazarian- it is up to Observer to decide what he wants his readers to read and it is up to us to decide what to read. If we trust Observer it is because he has been writing a kind of stuff that is appealing to us.  If this was my blog no one could write such posts without my permission (there is a different flavor to your post, it is more like a propaganda then anything substantial).  Observer has taken the position that he wants his readers to comment freely. This has created an immensely pleasant environment for us to come read his posts and express our opinions.  

I see nothing wrong in providing the link to  ArmeniakerKamilion. Actually I am very thankful that he read ArmeniakerKamilion post and summarized it for us, as I could never read anything that pashinyan wrote because I get lost in his way of presenting ideas. Swearing all around and writing one line of substantial information is hard for me to stomach. Observer did excellent job summarizing it in one line. Moreover, he also gave us the link to the appropriate place to read more about it if we want. I went there, as I always follow his links, and I spent only a minute in that site. 

The bottom line is the following. I am a regular visitor of this blog, and you know that. By putting this post here you force me to read it. And it isn&#039;t a matter of choice. I comment here, and therefore I also read comments. So I have no choice but to read that post of yours, and that is a violation of my rights. I don&#039;t want to be exposed to that line of thinking unless people who I trust tell me to read it and explain why reading that is helpful. Thats it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nazarian- it is up to Observer to decide what he wants his readers to read and it is up to us to decide what to read. If we trust Observer it is because he has been writing a kind of stuff that is appealing to us.  If this was my blog no one could write such posts without my permission (there is a different flavor to your post, it is more like a propaganda then anything substantial).  Observer has taken the position that he wants his readers to comment freely. This has created an immensely pleasant environment for us to come read his posts and express our opinions.  </p>
<p>I see nothing wrong in providing the link to  ArmeniakerKamilion. Actually I am very thankful that he read ArmeniakerKamilion post and summarized it for us, as I could never read anything that pashinyan wrote because I get lost in his way of presenting ideas. Swearing all around and writing one line of substantial information is hard for me to stomach. Observer did excellent job summarizing it in one line. Moreover, he also gave us the link to the appropriate place to read more about it if we want. I went there, as I always follow his links, and I spent only a minute in that site. </p>
<p>The bottom line is the following. I am a regular visitor of this blog, and you know that. By putting this post here you force me to read it. And it isn&#8217;t a matter of choice. I comment here, and therefore I also read comments. So I have no choice but to read that post of yours, and that is a violation of my rights. I don&#8217;t want to be exposed to that line of thinking unless people who I trust tell me to read it and explain why reading that is helpful. Thats it.</p>
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		<title>By: nazarian</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10345</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nazarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Censorship in order to stimulate freedom of speech... ; or
Posting opinions in violation of freedom of speech...

That&#039;s a little strange logic, isn&#039;t it? 

What I posted is the original of what ArmeniakerKamilion had translated and was the second link in Observer&#039;s post.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Censorship in order to stimulate freedom of speech&#8230; ; or<br />
Posting opinions in violation of freedom of speech&#8230;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a little strange logic, isn&#8217;t it? </p>
<p>What I posted is the original of what ArmeniakerKamilion had translated and was the second link in Observer&#8217;s post.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10344</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, this maybe off topic, but Armenians have strange view of freedom of speech.

Freedom of speech doesn&#039;t mean that you can say whatever you want to say. Usually whatever you want to say is censored before you are allowed to say it in popular places. Freedom of speech usually means that if you have something to say then you can say that at certain appropriate places before you will be allowed to put it in front of the whole world. For instance, for those who don&#039;t know, it is illegal in Germany to publicly praise Hitler or to publicly deny holocaust. This, as some think, is not a violation of freedom of speech. If you have an important information concerning Hitler and you want to argue that he was the greatest man ever, then you can ask for a permission to speak in front of a special committee, you will be granted such a permission and you will be allowed to plea your case.  This is what freedom of speech is. 

Now, what nazarian has done is a violation of  freedom of thinking. We all have right to think the way we want to think, and we all have a right to visit the sites that we want to in order to get our news. When we make a choice that we will visit this or that site it is because we trust the people who are behind this or that organization and that they will not feed us with what we consider as junk food. It is fine with me that Observer allows people to speak their mind freely and I appreciate it a lot.  But reading posts like the one above isn&#039;t exactly reading someone&#039;s opinion, and therefore, if the post contains substantial information and something that Observer wants his readers to know, then I think it would be appropriate if he disallowed such comments and censored them before letting us read it. The point is that, if I want to read such posts I can very easily go to the appropriate sites and read as many as I want. But I made a choice to come here and read what Observer wants me to read, so as things stand I have to think that Observer actually wants me to read that post.  Should I read that post Observer?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, this maybe off topic, but Armenians have strange view of freedom of speech.</p>
<p>Freedom of speech doesn&#8217;t mean that you can say whatever you want to say. Usually whatever you want to say is censored before you are allowed to say it in popular places. Freedom of speech usually means that if you have something to say then you can say that at certain appropriate places before you will be allowed to put it in front of the whole world. For instance, for those who don&#8217;t know, it is illegal in Germany to publicly praise Hitler or to publicly deny holocaust. This, as some think, is not a violation of freedom of speech. If you have an important information concerning Hitler and you want to argue that he was the greatest man ever, then you can ask for a permission to speak in front of a special committee, you will be granted such a permission and you will be allowed to plea your case.  This is what freedom of speech is. </p>
<p>Now, what nazarian has done is a violation of  freedom of thinking. We all have right to think the way we want to think, and we all have a right to visit the sites that we want to in order to get our news. When we make a choice that we will visit this or that site it is because we trust the people who are behind this or that organization and that they will not feed us with what we consider as junk food. It is fine with me that Observer allows people to speak their mind freely and I appreciate it a lot.  But reading posts like the one above isn&#8217;t exactly reading someone&#8217;s opinion, and therefore, if the post contains substantial information and something that Observer wants his readers to know, then I think it would be appropriate if he disallowed such comments and censored them before letting us read it. The point is that, if I want to read such posts I can very easily go to the appropriate sites and read as many as I want. But I made a choice to come here and read what Observer wants me to read, so as things stand I have to think that Observer actually wants me to read that post.  Should I read that post Observer?</p>
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		<title>By: Observer</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10343</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[...and yes, you&#039;re right, the actual tariffs haven&#039;t increased.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;and yes, you&#8217;re right, the actual tariffs haven&#8217;t increased.</p>
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		<title>By: Observer</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10342</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pomegranate - the story with import tariffs is a real mistery. From what I understood (and what journalist collegues found out from their sources) - goods were frozen on the border for a day and people were told there will be a sharp increase in import tariff of manufactured goods. Next day Haylur reported that it&#039;s just rumors and that protesters are Grzo&#039;s people. Go figure...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pomegranate &#8211; the story with import tariffs is a real mistery. From what I understood (and what journalist collegues found out from their sources) &#8211; goods were frozen on the border for a day and people were told there will be a sharp increase in import tariff of manufactured goods. Next day Haylur reported that it&#8217;s just rumors and that protesters are Grzo&#8217;s people. Go figure&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: AH</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10341</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more yellow-journalism from Pashinyan, the more confident I am that the new government is on the right track.  Nothing like the discredited bottom-feeder of Armenian journalism to instill confidence in the authorities! :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The more yellow-journalism from Pashinyan, the more confident I am that the new government is on the right track.  Nothing like the discredited bottom-feeder of Armenian journalism to instill confidence in the authorities! :)</p>
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		<title>By: nazarian</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10340</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nazarian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[«ԿՈՒՌՎԱԶԻԵ» ԽՄԵԼԻՍ

Կեւորկովյան թատրոնի վաստակավոր արտիստ Սերժիկ Սարգսյանը ետընտրական գաստրոլները սկսեց ՀՀ կառավարությանն առընթեր մաքսային պետական կոմիտեից: Վերջին 8 տարիներին մաքսայինի ղեկավար Արմեն Ավետիսյանի պաշտոնանկության առիթով մաքսավորներին հադիպելով Սերժը լուտանքներ թափեց նրանց գլխին, ասելով, թե ՄՊԿ-ում իշխում են հոռի բարքերը, կաշառակերությունն ու կոռուպցիան: Ներկայացման նպատակը մեկն էր. հանրությանը ցույց տալ, թե ահա սկսվում է կոռուպցիայի դեմ ահարկու պայքարի մի աննախադեպ շրջան: Բայց եթե անտեղյակ հեռուստադիտողի համար Սերժ Սարգսյանի «մաքսային ելույթը» դրամա էր, տեղեկացված մարդկանց համար դա ոչ այլ ինչ էր, եթե ոչ կոմեդիա:

Առաջին հայացքից այս պատմությունը կարող է բարենպաստ տպավորություն գործել. ահա Սերժը պաշտոնանկ է անում Արմեն Ավետիսյանին, որը Մաքսայինը վերածել է հանցագործ մի կառույցի: Իրականում, սակայն, Արմեն Ավետիսյանը պաշտոնանկ է արվել ոչ թե հանցավոր գործունեության, այլ վատառողջության պատճառով: Վերջին մեկ տարվա մեծ մասը Արմեն Ավետիսյանն անցկացրել է տարբեր երկրներում բուժման տարբեր կուրսեր ընդունելով, ու նրան պաշտոնում պահելը սադիզմ կլիներ: Իսկ ընդհանրապես, այս իրավիճակը հասկանալու համար պետք է տեղյակ լինել, թե ով է Արմեն Ավետիսյանը: Սերժ Սարգսյանը հաճախ է իր շրջապատում ասել, որ ինքը արու զավակ չունենալով Արմեն Ավետիսյանին որդու տեղ է ընդունում: Արմենն էլ բնականաբար չի հրաժարվել այդպիսի «բարձր հայրությունից» ու նրա ողջ կարիերան կապված է հենց Սերժ Սարգսյանի հետ:

Ավետիսյանի մասին հանրությունն առաջին անգամ տեղեկանում է 1998 թվականի իշխանափոխությունից հետո: Այդ ժամանակ Սերժ Սարգսյանը ՆԳ եւ ԱԱ նախարար է, իսկ Ավետիսյանը Ազգային անվտանգության ծառայության տնտեսական հանցագործությունների դեմ պայքարի վարչության պետ: Իշխանությունը զավթելու ուղղությամբ առաջին լուրջ քայլը արած ղարաբաղյան կլանը լուրջ տնտեսական ամբիցիաներ ունի. կլանի ներկայացուցիչները պետք է սեփականություն ձեռք բերեն, բիզնեսի ոլորտներ ստանան: Իսկ սրա համար ավելի հարմար գործիք, քան ԱԱ նախարարության տնտեսական հանցագործությունների դեմ պայքարի վարչությունն է, դժվար է մտածել: Արմեն Ավետիսյանի թեթեւ ձեռքով գործարար աշխարհի տարբեր ներկայացուցիչներ հայտնվում են ԱԱՆ մեկուսարաններում եւ այնտեղից դուրս են գալիս միայն իրենց սեփականության կամ բիզնեսի մի մասից հրաժարվելու, այն ղարաբաղցի կամ էլ Սերժի հովանավորությունը վայելող այլ անձանց զիջելու գնով: Այսպես ձեւավորվում է ղարաբաղյան կլանի տնտեսական հենքը: Արմեն Ավետիսյանը դառնում է կլանի եւ Սերժ Սարգսյանի սիրելին. նա փողի գետեր է ուղղում դեպի իր ղեկավարությունը: 1999 թվականի հոկտեմբերի 27-ից հետո Սերժ Սարգսյանը ստիպված է հեռանալ Ազգային անվտանգության նախարարի պաշտոնից: Ու չնայած Արմեն Ավետիսյանը շարունակում է մնալ ԱԱՆ-ում, իրականում նա ենթարկվում է ոչ թե նոր նախարար Կառլոս Պետրոսյանին, այլ իր հոգեւոր հայր Սերժ Սարգսյանին: Բնականաբար այս իրավիճակը դուր չի գալիս Կառլոս Պետրոսյանին, ու նա ամեն ինչ անում է Ավետիսյանի կյանքը անտանելի դարձնելու համար: Բայց գալիս է 2000 թվականի մայիսը, վարչապետ Արամ Սարգսյանը պաշտոնանկ է արվում, Սերժ Սարգսյանը նշանակվում է պաշտպանության նախարար, ու չնայած Կառլոս Պետրոսյանը պահպանում է իր պաշտոնը, Արմեն Ավետիսյանը նշանակվում է Մաքսային պետական կոմիտեի պետ:

Վազգեն Սարգսյանը վարչապետ դառնալով լուրջ տնտեսական հարվածներ էր հասցրել ղարաբաղյան կլանին, մասնավորապես վերացրել էր կլանի մենաշնորհային դիրիքերը բիզնեսի մի շարք գերշահութաբեր ոլորտներում: Եւ ահա մաքսայինի ղեկավարի պաշտոնում Արմեն Ավետիսյանը մեկ խնդիր ուներ. այնպես անել, որ հավքն իր թեւով, օձն իր պորտով չկարողանան Հայաստան ներմուծել այն ապրանքատեսակներից, որոնց մենաշնորհը Սերժը նվիրել է ախպերության ներկայացուցիչներին: Մաքսայինը, բնականաբար, այս խնդիրը փայլուն ձեւով լուծեց: Արդյունքում, ասենք Սադախլոյից մեկ-երկու պարկ մուրաբայի շաքարավազ գնած բագրատաշենցիների դեմ քրեական գործեր էին հարուցվում` մաքսանենգության մեղադրանքով, իսկ ասենք մի քանի հարյուր հազար դոլար արժեցող ավտոմեքենաները մաքսազերծվում էին ծիծաղելի գներով, եթե իհարկե դրանք պատկանում էին ձեզ հայտնի մարդկանց: Թերեւս ընթերցողներից շատերն են բախվել այն իրավիճակի հետ, երբ իրենց ընտանիքի անդամների համար արտերկրից 2-3 բջջային հեռախոս բերելիս մեղադրվել են մաքսանենգության մեջ, եւ ստիպված են եղել մաքսայինին հանձնել «կանտրաբանդան», անտրամաբանական տուրքեր վճարելուց խուսափելու համար: Ահա այսպես Ավետիսյանը պահպանում էր Սեդրակ Ռոբերտովիչ Քոչարյանի բիզնեսի անձեռնմխելիությունը:
Այս պայմաններում, բնականաբար, Ավետիսյանը ինքը անձեռնմխելիություն ստացավ: Շուտով նա դարձավ Հայաստանի ամենահարուստ մարդկանցից մեկը: Նա հագնում է 10-30 հազար դոլարանոց կոստյումներ, վարում անբարո կյանք, խմում աշխարհի ամենաթանկարժեք խմիչքներից: Մի քանի տարի առաջ նա «վառվել էր» պուտանկաների հետ 7 հազար դոլարանոց 2 շիշ «Կուռվազիե» կոնյակ խմելիս, իսկ վերջին ամանորից առաջ իր ընտանիքի ամանորյա սեղանի համար 20 շիշ 800 եւ 20 շիշ 1000 դոլարանոց կոնյակ էր գնել: Եւ հետաքրքիր է, որ այս առեւտուրն արել էր «Դյութի ֆրիից», այսինքն անմաքս առեւտրի ցանցից:

Բայց Հայաստանի ժողովուրդը թերեւս չհասցնի Ավետիսյանին կանգնեցնել դատարանի առաջ. ասում են, որ նա հիվանդ է ոչ թե հեպատիտով, ինչպես ըհնդունված է կարծել, այլ մի հիվանդությամբ, որի մասին ընդունված չէ բարձրաձայն խոսել: Իրավ Աստծո պատիժը շատ ավելի դաժան է, քան կարող է լինել մարդկայինը:

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<p>Կեւորկովյան թատրոնի վաստակավոր արտիստ Սերժիկ Սարգսյանը ետընտրական գաստրոլները սկսեց ՀՀ կառավարությանն առընթեր մաքսային պետական կոմիտեից: Վերջին 8 տարիներին մաքսայինի ղեկավար Արմեն Ավետիսյանի պաշտոնանկության առիթով մաքսավորներին հադիպելով Սերժը լուտանքներ թափեց նրանց գլխին, ասելով, թե ՄՊԿ-ում իշխում են հոռի բարքերը, կաշառակերությունն ու կոռուպցիան: Ներկայացման նպատակը մեկն էր. հանրությանը ցույց տալ, թե ահա սկսվում է կոռուպցիայի դեմ ահարկու պայքարի մի աննախադեպ շրջան: Բայց եթե անտեղյակ հեռուստադիտողի համար Սերժ Սարգսյանի «մաքսային ելույթը» դրամա էր, տեղեկացված մարդկանց համար դա ոչ այլ ինչ էր, եթե ոչ կոմեդիա:</p>
<p>Առաջին հայացքից այս պատմությունը կարող է բարենպաստ տպավորություն գործել. ահա Սերժը պաշտոնանկ է անում Արմեն Ավետիսյանին, որը Մաքսայինը վերածել է հանցագործ մի կառույցի: Իրականում, սակայն, Արմեն Ավետիսյանը պաշտոնանկ է արվել ոչ թե հանցավոր գործունեության, այլ վատառողջության պատճառով: Վերջին մեկ տարվա մեծ մասը Արմեն Ավետիսյանն անցկացրել է տարբեր երկրներում բուժման տարբեր կուրսեր ընդունելով, ու նրան պաշտոնում պահելը սադիզմ կլիներ: Իսկ ընդհանրապես, այս իրավիճակը հասկանալու համար պետք է տեղյակ լինել, թե ով է Արմեն Ավետիսյանը: Սերժ Սարգսյանը հաճախ է իր շրջապատում ասել, որ ինքը արու զավակ չունենալով Արմեն Ավետիսյանին որդու տեղ է ընդունում: Արմենն էլ բնականաբար չի հրաժարվել այդպիսի «բարձր հայրությունից» ու նրա ողջ կարիերան կապված է հենց Սերժ Սարգսյանի հետ:</p>
<p>Ավետիսյանի մասին հանրությունն առաջին անգամ տեղեկանում է 1998 թվականի իշխանափոխությունից հետո: Այդ ժամանակ Սերժ Սարգսյանը ՆԳ եւ ԱԱ նախարար է, իսկ Ավետիսյանը Ազգային անվտանգության ծառայության տնտեսական հանցագործությունների դեմ պայքարի վարչության պետ: Իշխանությունը զավթելու ուղղությամբ առաջին լուրջ քայլը արած ղարաբաղյան կլանը լուրջ տնտեսական ամբիցիաներ ունի. կլանի ներկայացուցիչները պետք է սեփականություն ձեռք բերեն, բիզնեսի ոլորտներ ստանան: Իսկ սրա համար ավելի հարմար գործիք, քան ԱԱ նախարարության տնտեսական հանցագործությունների դեմ պայքարի վարչությունն է, դժվար է մտածել: Արմեն Ավետիսյանի թեթեւ ձեռքով գործարար աշխարհի տարբեր ներկայացուցիչներ հայտնվում են ԱԱՆ մեկուսարաններում եւ այնտեղից դուրս են գալիս միայն իրենց սեփականության կամ բիզնեսի մի մասից հրաժարվելու, այն ղարաբաղցի կամ էլ Սերժի հովանավորությունը վայելող այլ անձանց զիջելու գնով: Այսպես ձեւավորվում է ղարաբաղյան կլանի տնտեսական հենքը: Արմեն Ավետիսյանը դառնում է կլանի եւ Սերժ Սարգսյանի սիրելին. նա փողի գետեր է ուղղում դեպի իր ղեկավարությունը: 1999 թվականի հոկտեմբերի 27-ից հետո Սերժ Սարգսյանը ստիպված է հեռանալ Ազգային անվտանգության նախարարի պաշտոնից: Ու չնայած Արմեն Ավետիսյանը շարունակում է մնալ ԱԱՆ-ում, իրականում նա ենթարկվում է ոչ թե նոր նախարար Կառլոս Պետրոսյանին, այլ իր հոգեւոր հայր Սերժ Սարգսյանին: Բնականաբար այս իրավիճակը դուր չի գալիս Կառլոս Պետրոսյանին, ու նա ամեն ինչ անում է Ավետիսյանի կյանքը անտանելի դարձնելու համար: Բայց գալիս է 2000 թվականի մայիսը, վարչապետ Արամ Սարգսյանը պաշտոնանկ է արվում, Սերժ Սարգսյանը նշանակվում է պաշտպանության նախարար, ու չնայած Կառլոս Պետրոսյանը պահպանում է իր պաշտոնը, Արմեն Ավետիսյանը նշանակվում է Մաքսային պետական կոմիտեի պետ:</p>
<p>Վազգեն Սարգսյանը վարչապետ դառնալով լուրջ տնտեսական հարվածներ էր հասցրել ղարաբաղյան կլանին, մասնավորապես վերացրել էր կլանի մենաշնորհային դիրիքերը բիզնեսի մի շարք գերշահութաբեր ոլորտներում: Եւ ահա մաքսայինի ղեկավարի պաշտոնում Արմեն Ավետիսյանը մեկ խնդիր ուներ. այնպես անել, որ հավքն իր թեւով, օձն իր պորտով չկարողանան Հայաստան ներմուծել այն ապրանքատեսակներից, որոնց մենաշնորհը Սերժը նվիրել է ախպերության ներկայացուցիչներին: Մաքսայինը, բնականաբար, այս խնդիրը փայլուն ձեւով լուծեց: Արդյունքում, ասենք Սադախլոյից մեկ-երկու պարկ մուրաբայի շաքարավազ գնած բագրատաշենցիների դեմ քրեական գործեր էին հարուցվում` մաքսանենգության մեղադրանքով, իսկ ասենք մի քանի հարյուր հազար դոլար արժեցող ավտոմեքենաները մաքսազերծվում էին ծիծաղելի գներով, եթե իհարկե դրանք պատկանում էին ձեզ հայտնի մարդկանց: Թերեւս ընթերցողներից շատերն են բախվել այն իրավիճակի հետ, երբ իրենց ընտանիքի անդամների համար արտերկրից 2-3 բջջային հեռախոս բերելիս մեղադրվել են մաքսանենգության մեջ, եւ ստիպված են եղել մաքսայինին հանձնել «կանտրաբանդան», անտրամաբանական տուրքեր վճարելուց խուսափելու համար: Ահա այսպես Ավետիսյանը պահպանում էր Սեդրակ Ռոբերտովիչ Քոչարյանի բիզնեսի անձեռնմխելիությունը:<br />
Այս պայմաններում, բնականաբար, Ավետիսյանը ինքը անձեռնմխելիություն ստացավ: Շուտով նա դարձավ Հայաստանի ամենահարուստ մարդկանցից մեկը: Նա հագնում է 10-30 հազար դոլարանոց կոստյումներ, վարում անբարո կյանք, խմում աշխարհի ամենաթանկարժեք խմիչքներից: Մի քանի տարի առաջ նա «վառվել էր» պուտանկաների հետ 7 հազար դոլարանոց 2 շիշ «Կուռվազիե» կոնյակ խմելիս, իսկ վերջին ամանորից առաջ իր ընտանիքի ամանորյա սեղանի համար 20 շիշ 800 եւ 20 շիշ 1000 դոլարանոց կոնյակ էր գնել: Եւ հետաքրքիր է, որ այս առեւտուրն արել էր «Դյութի ֆրիից», այսինքն անմաքս առեւտրի ցանցից:</p>
<p>Բայց Հայաստանի ժողովուրդը թերեւս չհասցնի Ավետիսյանին կանգնեցնել դատարանի առաջ. ասում են, որ նա հիվանդ է ոչ թե հեպատիտով, ինչպես ըհնդունված է կարծել, այլ մի հիվանդությամբ, որի մասին ընդունված չէ բարձրաձայն խոսել: Իրավ Աստծո պատիժը շատ ավելի դաժան է, քան կարող է լինել մարդկայինը:</p>
<p>Հ.Գ. ՀՀ առաջին նախագահ Լեւոն Տեր-Պետրոսյանը իր հայտնի ելույթում Արմեն Ավետիսյանին դասել է ավազակապետության հենասյուների շարքին:</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10339</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is needles to say that its success depends on the kind of questions they will be asked. If  it will be more in the spirit of Tatar-Mongol avazakapetutyun, then the transparency thing will just fade away leaving us wondering where it went.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is needles to say that its success depends on the kind of questions they will be asked. If  it will be more in the spirit of Tatar-Mongol avazakapetutyun, then the transparency thing will just fade away leaving us wondering where it went.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10338</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] This is an excellent and very promising beginning. [...]

It is promising alright and rather exciting as well. But lets see what happens in a year or so. Really reminds me 1998 with kocharian trying to be transparent. Well lets see how it works this time around.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] This is an excellent and very promising beginning. [...]</p>
<p>It is promising alright and rather exciting as well. But lets see what happens in a year or so. Really reminds me 1998 with kocharian trying to be transparent. Well lets see how it works this time around.</p>
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		<title>By: grigor sargsyan</title>
		<link>http://ditord.com/2008/04/28/amid-widespread-public-scepticism-government-undertakes-some-positive-steps/#comment-10337</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[grigor sargsyan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Observer- can you comment on why Ombudsman thinks that these are not good times for reforms?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Observer- can you comment on why Ombudsman thinks that these are not good times for reforms?</p>
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