Funny since I remember your comments being something more similar like ' We should support the Kurds in the East ', if you were talking about political change in Turkey you wouldn ' t be talking about the East . What do you mean ? If I was talking about political change in Turkey with regards to eastern Anatolia , what would I be talking about if not the East ? I ' m really asking why . you confirm your goals already . Let ' s sit crooked by talk straight uKubilayTaskiran . What goals are you referring to ? As an Armenian of course one of my goals is recognition of The Genocide . Is that what you mean ? Do you find that goal to be antiTurkish ? A betrayal of Turkey ? Goals ? Like reparations ? Opening the border between Armenia and Turkey ? Trade agreements between our two countries ? Exchange of scientific and engineering business and research ? What goals are you so frightened of ? If Israel can accept Germany ' s apology , certainly Armenia and Turkey can find a way to move forward from their sordid history , no ? So please , stop it since you really tend to sound like those MHP Turks in Europe who share Atsiz quotes in Turkish but praise multiculturalism in Dutch or German . I think you have a hard time understanding nonassimilation . My people lived on what was Ottoman soil and is now Turkish soil , but we don ' t consider ourselves Turkish . Heck , Turks don ' t consider us Turkish . We speak the language . We understand the others ' culture . But Turks aren ' t Armenians and Armenians aren ' t Turks . I am not ashamed or afraid or in denial about that fact . So obviously , when we talk at home we don ' t hide our feelings of frustration , anger , sadness , and dismay at Turkey , The Genocide , Kurds , and Islamified Armenians . Multiculturalism is a double edged sword . You can easily fall into a fifth column way of thinking , especially when it ' s not really multiculturalism but some sort of refugee or toleration policy . I don ' t know what is going to happen with multiculturalism in Europe . It ' s an ongoing experiment . First generation children are always confused and unsure , stuck between a nation they want to be a part of that might not want them , and a family that insists they reject their adopted nation and remember their ancestors and heritage . Anyway , it ' s Thanksgiving here today and I have to cook , ironically , our turkey . I ' m thankful that my grandparents were able to escape alive from The Genocide and thankful that I was born in the U . S . and have been able to live my life relatively free of prejudice and racismxenophobia .