Please do not send _any_ further email on Macedonia naming questions to 
this mailing list (including mail about the appropriateness of sending 
mail...).  It is well known that the subject is highly controversial and 
there is much to be argued but this technically focused list is NOT the 
place to have that argument.

Thank you
David Karger

Filip Stojanovski wrote:
> 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 <http://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] <mailto:[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]
>     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
>
>     --
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