※ 引述《Juche (人民英熊)》之铭言： : 我觉得很奇怪，法国人吃饱撑着.... : 土耳其有没有杀亚美尼亚人又关法国什麽事啊？ : 另外，主张有没有发生屠杀事件原本就是学术言论自由 : 法国凭什麽立这样的恶法，去限制一个跟他无关的国家？ : 真是笑死人了.... Armenian diaspora bound by killings By Steven Eke Regional affairs analyst, BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6044682.stm From the Armenian perspective, the passing of a law in France forbidding denial of what Armenians consider to have been genocide is recognition of a great historical disaster. 以亚美尼亚人的角度来看 法国通过法律否认亚美尼亚人曾遭受种族灭绝是犯罪 可说是认清这一场历史灾难 There are politically and financially influential Armenian communities in several countries, most importantly the US, Canada and France. They have driven efforts to force recognition of the massacres in 1915 as genocide. 亚美尼亚团体在许多国家具有政治及金融上的影响力 尤其是美国 加拿大 以及法国 他们致力於让世人了解1915年的屠杀是种族清洗 With Armenians so dispersed around the globe, the genocide theme has evolved into a central aspect of their national and self-identity. 由於亚美尼亚人分居世界各地 种族灭绝这一话题已逐步成为他们国家与自我认同的中 心思想 But in Armenia itself, perspectives on the mass killings are sometimes quite different from the angry and highly politicised debate abroad. 但是在亚美尼亚本土 对大屠杀的看法有时却决然不同於海外愤怒且高度政治化的争辩 Seminal event One of the first things foreign visitors to Armenia are taken to see is the genocide memorial. 外国旅客到亚美尼亚首先会被带去看一件种族灭绝的纪念碑 The towering concrete structure stands on a hill overlooking the country's capital, Yerevan. 这件高塔状的水泥构造竖立在一座可以俯瞰首督Yerevan的山丘上 It houses a small, sombre museum and is generally a low-key affair - except on one of Armenia's public holidays, genocide memorial day, held in late April every year. 它收藏在一间小型且有点阴郁的博物馆 而且通常是件低调的事情 除了在亚美尼亚公众假日 种族灭绝纪念日 在每一年的四月末举行 Then a significant part of Armenia's population - just three-million or so strong - visit it to lay flowers. 然後约有3百万或更多的亚美尼亚人会到访并献花 At other times, the killings are part of a shared history, but one obscured by daily life. 在其他日子 这场杀戮只是大家共同承受的历史的一部分 在日常生活中隐晦不明 Armenia is very poor, and its people have much more immediate concerns to be worried about. 亚美尼亚十分贫穷 人民有许许多多切身问题要担心 That is not so among the Armenian diaspora. Revealingly, most of the best-known reflections of the killings, in music and literature, were produced outside Armenia. 而海外亚美尼亚後裔却非如此 很明显地 许多众所周知关於大屠杀的回响 不论是音乐上或文学上 都在亚美尼亚本土以外产生 In France, and especially the US, Armenians have excelled in science and commerce, and have a vocal presence in politics and the judiciary. 在法国 特别也在美国 亚美尼亚人在科学界及商业界崭露头角 在政治界及法律界也是颇有声势 This leads Turkey and its allies to speak of an "Armenian lobby", which they say exerts disproportionate influence. 这让土耳其及他的盟友们称为亚美尼亚游说团 尽力於不成比例的影响力 But among the diaspora, the mass killings in 1915 are the seminal event of modern Armenian history, something that binds together what is one of the world's most dispersed peoples. 但是在亚美尼亚後裔中 这场1915年的杀戮是亚美尼亚现代史的开端 一场将分居世界各地的同胞连系起来的事件 Indeed, many diaspora Armenians passionately believe that the killings define latter-day Armenian identity. 事实上 许多亚美尼亚後裔在情感上相信这场杀戮决定了日後亚美尼亚人的认同感 And it is the diaspora, rather than Armenia itself, that drives the effort to have those killings recognised internationally as genocide. 也因此在海外亚美尼亚人 比亚美尼亚本土 更努力去让国际认清这场杀戮是种族灭绝 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 这是稍早在BBC的一篇报导 但是找不到任何讯息是为什麽是法国社会党提议并支持这个法案 即使一战期间法国ORIENT LEGION有许多亚美尼亚人与土耳其作战 那为什麽是社会党提案而不是其他党派 法国社会党与亚美尼亚人的关系为何 还是说这只是法国政治界部分党派为阻挠土耳其进入欧盟所使出的政治算计? --

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