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Serj on Article 301
Serj Tankian, lead singer of System of a Down and long time friend of Amnesty, dis...
Amnesty International ( benc ) on 05 May 2009 | 7 comments
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i reacently cut someone out of my life when i found out how homophobic their view were. i was shocked that such a genuinely nice guy could be so vilely prejudiced. his views were replusive and so narrow minded and prejudiced. i dont think he really thought i would react, i mean he didnt think his view would hurt anyone.
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As I am 16 I can really relate to how horrible this is. It's an unimaginable thing to have been commited especially by the people that are meant to love her.
I agree that the government of Turkey should allow people to speak up in their own country. Especially right now, the president has jailed dozens of academics, intellectuals, journalists and retired military officers 'in suspicion of being in a terrorist group called Ergenekon that is ultimately against the president'.
However the impression I got from this video from Serj is that the only reason he wanted to 'speak his mind' and 'play his music' in Turkey was to scream solely about the Armenian Genocide, which is a highly debated issue.
I am a listener of System Of A Down myself. If the band only wanted to sing songs about the Armenian Genocide in Istanbul...which is apparently what Serj wants to do...what kind of impression does it put upon his thousands of Turkish fans?
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View all comments (7 more)I think all the Armenian and American Government including the person who posted before me should recognize that the history of the 'Genocide' has been repeatedly questioned due to severe alteration. Here is a 7 - part video of an American Historian Professor Justin McCarthy lecturing about the truth of the 'Armenian Genocide' at the London School Of Economics.
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i love serj he is da best and this makes him even greater he is awesome and we shuld all support him and oppose to article. its a right that everyone has to speak their mind and it should be allowed in the whole world.. the goverments that dnt allow that are all cowards and they know that 'common' people can make a change but they have to feel powerfull by shutting people up ........ go SERJ TANKIAN UR DA BEST :)
Serj is a brilliant guy and we need to oppose Article 301. To withold the right to express our opinions without punishment is to take away what makes us human. Everybody deserves the right to have thoughts on things, and I think opinions are especially important when it comes to things as controversial as the Armenian Genocide.
I recommend the Screamers film to anybody who is interested. System of a Down were/are a great band.
i reacently cut someone out of my life when i found out how homophobic their view were. i was shocked that such a genuinely nice guy could be so vilely prejudiced. his views were replusive and so narrow minded and prejudiced. i dont think he really thought i would react, i mean he didnt think his view would hurt anyone. However my violent reaction made him rethink his views and he has become much more accepting,so now we are friends again. The whole experience made me want to change the worlds veiws on homosexuals, i just dont know how yet. but im only 15 so im sure i will find a way...
im 16 and interact with boys on a daily basis .. this is obscene
This is sad in this day and age and I believe the Minister requires treatment for Homophobia. In Zimbabwe the President and the Prime Minister calls homosexuals and lesbians "worse than dogs". I suppose Kavaf, Mugabe and Tsvangirai are the Three Musketeers who forget that people have rights and homosexuality is one such right.
This is disgraceful...