Ուշացած հեռախոս | Ushacac herakhos

[ahousekeeper]

An Armenian friend of mine living in the U.S. sent me a message asking about a veteran of Karabakh war who was denied an Armenian passport because he hadn't had a birth certificate in his possession. The story had been published in a local Armenian periodical and had made quite a buzz in the East Coast Armenian community. The person asked me to

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[roocaya]

Links are broken, bro

[ahousekeeper]

Only the second one. Fixed that, thanks.

[roocaya]

I know that this is not the issue you are raising, but I am just "amazed" and puzzled - how is it possible to serve in military yet have no identification papers?
Plus, how many other "Igors" are out there and have no one to cover their stories - so what that this one incident has been solved ("hoorays! to Gasparyan)
Mnum e miayn atamnery ghrchatsnes es tesak himarutyan vra. of e...

[ahousekeeper]

> how is it possible to serve in military yet have no identification papers?

To be honest, I'm not really sure, that the story presented by the journalist is complete. There may be some details, that are omitted.

> how many other "Igors" are out there and have no one to cover their stories

How many?

> Mnum e miayn atamnery ghrchatsnes es tesak himarutyan vra.

Հիշեցնեմ, որ օդանավակայանում մի քանի տարի լռված մարդու մասին Terminal ֆիլմը Հայաստանի մասին չէր :) Bureaucracy is a universal "value".

[roocaya]

>To be honest, I'm not really sure, that the story presented by the journalist is complete. There may be some details, that are omitted.
Quite possible. However the fact is - one man was able to fix it, but only when the sotry became public

>How many?
Have no idea, but for some reason I think there are at least a few of them

>Հիշեցնեմ, որ օդանավակայանում մի քանի տարի լռված մարդու մասին Terminal ֆիլմը Հայաստանի մասին չէր :) Bureaucracy is a universal "value".
So what? I am in Canada AND in Ottawa - want to hear about bureaucracy, ask me:) The fact that bureaucracy is "universal" does not make ie bearable or tolerable. It is ugly in its core, which is ignoring the value of a human life.

[ahousekeeper]

> However the fact is - one man was able to fix it, but only when the sotry became public

Since we don't know the whole story we can't tell for sure, right? And how could the minister solve that problem, if he didn't know about it???

> but for some reason I think there are at least a few of them

Ok, so basically the answer to your question is: "There may be at least a few of them". Could be. So what? :)

> The fact that bureaucracy is "universal" does not make ie bearable or tolerable. It is ugly in its core, which is ignoring the value of a human life.

And what? :)