Comments on: The Vochinch Syndrome http://www.blogrel.com/2005/02/28/the-vochinch-syndrome/ A blog about Armenia: business, politics, the future and good lavash Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Hovakim http://www.blogrel.com/2005/02/28/the-vochinch-syndrome/#comment-1959 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 02:59:02 -0800 http://www.blogrel.com/2005/02/28/the-vochinch-syndrome/#comment-1959 Cut out "Armenian" and replace any country you want - American, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Tongolese. I'd say most youth are true adherents of the vochinch philosophy, no? Cut out “Armenian” and replace any country you want - American, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Tongolese. I’d say most youth are true adherents of the vochinch philosophy, no?

]]> by: Onnik Krikorian http://www.blogrel.com/2005/02/28/the-vochinch-syndrome/#comment-1963 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 20:45:23 -0800 http://www.blogrel.com/2005/02/28/the-vochinch-syndrome/#comment-1963 Hovakim, no. In Armenia, youth are not generally active at all. Here, most youth think of leaving rather than being involved in any activities to change the situation. Even so, I don't necessarily agree with everything that Garo writes. For example, when we do see youth start to get active, especially in Universities, the Deans come down hard on them. I would argue that an active youth as you DO see in many western Universities and Colleges is the last thing the Government wants to see in Armenia. Some of these issues are touched upon in a recent interview I held with Eleonora Manandyan of the New Armenia NGO. You can read it online at http://www.oneworld.am/journalism/interviews/eleonora_manandyan_0001.html Hovakim, no. In Armenia, youth are not generally active at all. Here, most youth think of leaving rather than being involved in any activities to change the situation. Even so, I don’t necessarily agree with everything that Garo writes. For example, when we do see youth start to get active, especially in Universities, the Deans come down hard on them. I would argue that an active youth as you DO see in many western Universities and Colleges is the last thing the Government wants to see in Armenia.

Some of these issues are touched upon in a recent interview I held with Eleonora Manandyan of the New Armenia NGO. You can read it online at http://www.oneworld.am/journalism/interviews/eleonora_manandyan_0001.html

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