Dear Mr. Lytras, The nationalistic conditioning you have been subjected to and your willing "ignorance," has nothing to do with the human right of Macedonians to their own identity, including naming a country Republic of Macedonia, or the struggle for human and civic rights of minorities in Greece (www.florina.org). If you do not want to know about these issues, I invite you to change your mind - at least employ your scientific curiosity and come for a visit. Greek and all other tourists are very welcome in Republic of Macedonia. :-)
The term "FYROM" is considered very derogatory and insulting, by the citizens of Republic of Macedonia, because it was imposed in the UN as result of political blackmail in early 1990s, which included harsh economic embargo by Greece and a threat of joint invasion (from South and North) in collusion with Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, the then-president of Serbia. The geographical area of Macedonia is shared by many people, citizens of several Balkan countries. It is better to promote knowledge, tolerance, and cultural diversity, NOT hatred. Timelines are a great tool to promote positive sharing of common heritage of humanity. If the "Greekness" is so important to you, I invite you to respond by making a timeline of the Greek blogosphere. It would be interesting to get to know more about it, or some other area of scientific or social interest, like the struggle for human rights of Greek minorities. Regards, Filip On 1/2/07, Miltiadis Lytras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since lately there is a lot of noise and i dont really like it about Macedonia, i have just to say that Macedonia is Greek:))) Accept my apologies Filip but FYROM i the only name I know:) -----Original Message----- From: Filip Stojanovski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Tue 1/2/2007 7:59 PM To: General List Cc: Subject: Timeline of Macedonian blogosphere Hello all - happy New year and Winter holidays! :-) I love the Timeline and have been passive member of the list, so far. I'm happy to inform you that I developed a simple timeline documenting the development of Macedonia-related blogs: http://filip.stir.org/timeline/macedonia/blogs/english.html It's available both in Macedonian and English. Regards, Filip -- Filip Stojanovski tel +389 2 3109 325 (workdaytime) fax +389 2 3225 206 mobile +389 70 306 608 instant messaging icq 17717385 skype filip_stojanovski google [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
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