I think that, if this forum is the place of putting articles like, J. Bissett -"BALKAN REALITIES", than it is also the place of putting answers like Laura Simone's one. I really cannot understand how that article can be called 'academic'. And Laura Simone's answers where the least to be done, as a reply to that post.
On 7/22/06, Andreea Udrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I didn't quite understand why this yahoo group shouldn't be the place to host such messages as Laura Simone's one. I found it more informative and definetely more 'real' than most announcements posted here. No matter how virtual this yahoo groups is, it is still a 'public space' and there is something called freedom of speech (a human right by the way!) which is a right everybody should have no matter his/her citizenship or nationality. Thanks Laura for letting us/me know about politics that don't reach the Romanian or English newspapers! Andreea Udrea Romania --- Blendi Kraja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why are you so frustrated that somebody wrote > something? Is the killing of Albanians by Serbs > something that makes you to stay silent and not to > disturb your academic quiet interests? > > In other words why do you care to react in a way > that compromises you and shows that the Serbian > killing machine has had many "academic" helpers? > > But, don't worry, or better said, begin to worry > too much: Albanians will find their way to peace and > harmony and self-determination, and there will be no > Serb or "academic" to be able to harm them. > > With my best wishes and my warmest regards > > Blendi Kraja > > Adinda Van Hemelrijck > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My comment do not intend to say anything about my > personal understanding and > empathy for the frustrations and stands of many > people who really care about > what happened and still happens in the Balkans. No > doubt that it is > understandable that many conflicting emotions are > involved. However I wanted > to make clear that I do not wish to be involved > without my permission in > these conflicting political discussions through the > (ab)use of my mail > address from the very respectful and high level BAN > network. > > My best regards, > Adinda Van Hemelrijck > BELGIUM. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claudia Martins" > To: "Adinda Van Hemelrijck" ; "Laura > Simone" ; "ANTIC.org-SNN" ; > > Cc: "'SIM'" ; ; > ; > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:55 PM > Subject: Re: [balkans] J. Bissett -BALAKAN REALITIES > > > >I can understand how Laura Simone feels frustrated > but > > she flew off the handle posting that message. > Balkans > > forum is one of the most respectful groups at > Yahoo > > and those comments were neither opportune nor > added > > anything positive. > > > > Claudia G. S. Martins > > BRAZIL > > > > > > --- Adinda Van Hemelrijck > > wrote: > > > >> I find it (as to say in a friendly and > euphemistic > >> way) very inappropriate to have such low level > and > >> purely political discussions on an academic forum > as > >> Balkan Academic News. PLease find other fora for > >> this! > >> Thank you. > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Laura Simone > >> To: ANTIC.org-SNN ; [email protected] > >> Cc: 'SIM' ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:47 AM > >> Subject: Re: [balkans] J. Bissett -BALAKAN > >> REALITIES > >> > >> > >> "Dear" Former Canadian ambassador! > >> First of all shame on you for that you doubt to > >> the regularity, transparency and fairness of the > >> international prestigious institutions as Hague > >> Tribunal, or others. Agim Ceku has fight to his > >> country and has not gone as an invader to another > >> country to make terror and monstrous crimes as > >> Millosevic did. He no way can be compared with > the > >> Serbian monster Milosevic. So Ceku fighted to > >> protect his peoples' rights and liberty. He > didn't > >> go to Serbia to kill people, he fighted on his > OWN > >> HOMELAND, to KOSOVO, country which has nothing to > do > >> with Serbia or any other Slavic country, and > nothing > >> commune with these country. I have impression > that > >> you don't know the meaning of the word > >> "incomprehensible" (when you say: - "for an > >> independent Kosovo is incomprehensible"). > According > >> to you it is comprehensible to let Kosovo under > the > >> power and invasion of Serbia, even thought has no > >> right, no sense to have Kosovo under its power. > >> Kosovo and Kosovo people (Albanians from Kosovo) > >> have NOTHING COMMUNE WITH SERBIA. You say it has > no > >> meaning to let Kosovo independent, meanwhile > >> Montenegro which belongs to Yugoslavia wanted and > >> reached the independence from Serbia, even though > >> they have the same origin, and both of them > (Serbia > >> and Montenegro) belonged to the same state. We > are > >> not asking to unite Kosovo with Albania which is > >> 100% significance as it has been a part of > Albania > >> for centuries (but the old wolf Europe of 1913 > cut > >> up Albania and gave something Serbia (Kosovo), > >> something to Greece and something Macedonia. Do > you > >> thing this gives the right to Serbia to have > Kosovo > >> as his part???????????????. So I was saying that > we > >> are not asking to have Kosovo part of Albania > (which > >> can be very meaningful and right), but we are > asking > >> that Kosovo to has its independence. Could you > >> explain why do you call right that "Kosovo to be > >> part of Serbia"?????????? > >> You speak for terrorism, but people like you feed > >> the terrorism by this kind of declarations. > Because > >> for as time that Kosovo will not be independent > and > >> will be under Serbia invasion there never will be > >> peace and calmness. > >> Asking Kosovo to respect the minorities is > another > >> thing (and a right thing) but asking them to be > >> under Serbian invasion is another thing, a bad > thing > >> (it can be called perversity), and can be called > >> "not respecting the peoples right". Because it is > >> their right to be independent from Serbia. > >> SO KOSOVO HAS ITS RIGHT TO BE INDIPENDENT. And > has > >> nothing commune with terrorism the independence > of > >> Kosovo. Kosovo and Albanian people always have > been > >> peaceful and calm people. And if they will be > >> independent have no reason to fight, or to break > the > >> stability and peace in the region, or to be > >> terrorist (as you say). > >> I am repeating it in order that you can > >> "understand" anything and not say foolish things > >> like mentioning the word "terrorism" vainly and > to > >> blame a people for something that he doesn't > have: > >> so for as long as they are under Serbian invasion > >> they have totally right to fight for his > >> independence. > >> Shame on them who chose you to be an ambassador, > >> because the people who are chosen as ambassadors > >> need to be peaceful diplomatic and mediator for > good > >> things, not a person who vomit venom for a > peaceful, > >> calm and innocent people by saying "terrorist". > You > >> can not be nor ambassador neither a simple person > >> with cool logic. > >> Another time "people like you feed the terrorism, > >> and inflate the fire", and maybe just for hobby. > >> > >> > >> "ANTIC.org-SNN" wrote: > >> > >> Letters to the editor > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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