tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post452794293649872966..comments2024-03-14T10:08:55.488+00:00Comments on The Lambeth Walk: Media Bias About KosovoThe 1st Earl of Cromerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165851377583132629noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-48322720004799973942009-04-05T22:11:00.000+01:002009-04-05T22:11:00.000+01:00Derius:Agreed, and well put. It seems remembering ...Derius:<BR/><BR/>Agreed, and well put. It seems remembering history and cherishing your own identity is a crime in these troubled times.<BR/><BR/>It seems there really are none so blind as those who will not see.The 1st Earl of Cromerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165851377583132629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-8737331783637438552009-04-05T22:09:00.000+01:002009-04-05T22:09:00.000+01:00Ari:Well, from the documentary it seems the 'good ...Ari:<BR/><BR/>Well, from the documentary it seems the 'good will' of the Albanian public expired a long time ago.<BR/><BR/>What of ambitions to join with Albania? What happens to all these fine words then? How are minorities treated in Albania proper, when Albanians in several other Balkan states are still trying to cleave away territory for themselves?<BR/><BR/>Who estimates the numbers you quote? I'd be very interested to know.The 1st Earl of Cromerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165851377583132629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-51128604416893741542009-04-05T22:05:00.000+01:002009-04-05T22:05:00.000+01:00Anon 29 March 19:18:I'm far from an expert on the ...Anon 29 March 19:18:<BR/><BR/>I'm far from an expert on the Yugoslav wars, but I know the Serbs did some terrible things.<BR/><BR/>However, I also know that the Bosnian Muslims, the Croats and the other groups slugging it out did some equally terrible things.<BR/><BR/>Why? An attempt to protect their respectie peoples and ensure the land they currently occupied become part of their respective state.<BR/><BR/>Why should the Serbs be continually punished for this and the others not punished at all?<BR/><BR/>As for your talk of 'rights' - technically some African countries have constitutions which on paper make them more free than Britain - but I think I know where I'd rather live. Words are very cheap.<BR/><BR/>Also, if we use Albania as a measure, what future do the Serbs of Kosovo have to look forward to? A narco-state, growing Muslim influence, the Mafia and a little bit of ethnic cleansing, organ-stealing and church-burning thrown in for fun, all in their own territory?<BR/><BR/>Your suggestion is simply an insult.The 1st Earl of Cromerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165851377583132629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-20739683874881916852009-04-05T21:58:00.000+01:002009-04-05T21:58:00.000+01:00Proud Geordie:I very much agree with what you're s...Proud Geordie:<BR/><BR/>I very much agree with what you're saying - it's easy to take the sort of anger which comes at having one's homeland violated out of context - and of course our media chose to do exactly that because it suited their purpose.The 1st Earl of Cromerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165851377583132629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-88964136761114112402009-03-30T19:12:00.000+01:002009-03-30T19:12:00.000+01:00The Serbians, unlike the majority of the Political...The Serbians, unlike the majority of the Political elite in Europe today, are keenly aware of their history. This causes them to rightly fear recent developments, because they know from the past where it will inevitiably lead:<BR/><BR/>http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/kosovo-battle.html<BR/><BR/>History has taught non-muslims the fate that awaits them if they live within Dar-al-Islam (see Turkey, Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia and most of the other countries of the OIC). There are many precedents; there is simply no excuse for ignorance anymore, and certainly no excuse to listen to apologists, both Muslim and non-muslim, who presume to lecture us on the "tolerance" of Islam, whilst hoping that we will ignore, as our Political elite do, the contents of the Qur'an, Hadith, Sira, Tafsir and 1300 years of Islamic History.Deriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-25356859804888078062009-03-29T23:21:00.000+01:002009-03-29T23:21:00.000+01:00I don't know where you got the idea that Kosovo Se...I don't know where you got the idea that Kosovo Serbs are being asked to abandon their identity. Kosovo has some of the best safeguards for minorities in Europe. The Ahtisaari plan provides them double majority veto rights in the parliament on issues concerning minorities and in the case of Serbs it also provides for decentralization amounting to 25% of the territory although they have only about 6% of the population. Turks also get their own municipality. Serbian language is official across Kosovo. Land around several (in the teens, exact number escapes me) Orthodox religious objects are also made extraterritorial to Serbia. <BR/><BR/>But the good will of the general Albanian public can only go so far. Now Serbs are expected to take advantage of these rights and for example, join the police so they can help protect themselves. Places have also been set aside in the new Kosovo army recruits and officer corps for Serbs. Milosevic did not provide us Albanians with any of these opportunities. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, you seem to swipe under the rug the attempted genocide and massive ethnic cleansing that happened here. 120,000 homes were burned, an estimated 20,000 women raped, 14,000 people killed, 2,000 of which still missing and likely to be in mass graves in Serbia with all Serbian regimes failing to provide information on their whereabouts; 800,000 people were made refugees and 200,000 more lived for months in the mountains. Some of that has no doubt led to isolated acts of revenge against Serbian civilians.Arihttp://arianit.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-56012719371304340882009-03-29T19:18:00.000+01:002009-03-29T19:18:00.000+01:00It is true that is hard for Serbs to accept the re...It is true that is hard for Serbs to accept the reality. But let's not forget that everything has its own consequences. These same Serbs were the ones who supported the Serbian regime in 90's during the wars in former Yugoslavia, a regime which committed ethnic cleansing as concluded by the UN. Now that hasn't played in their best interest.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It is also true that Kosovo legally, offers the most advantageous minority rights in the whole Europe. Serbs are not taking advantage of these standards as set by the Ahtisaari plan. They should look forward to their future, and not look towards Belgrade if they want to live in prosperous Kosovo.<BR/><BR/>Peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-77785538589149567312009-03-29T18:09:00.000+01:002009-03-29T18:09:00.000+01:00Kosovo IS Serbia.The Serbs may have responded with...Kosovo IS Serbia.<BR/><BR/>The Serbs may have responded with massive force but they were defending their homeland. There was the same vocal response, though not military, to Isreal defending itself with 'disproportionate response'.<BR/><BR/>I would condone defending Britain against incursion or insurrection using any and all means at our disposal. Does that make me a patriot or a war criminal and bully?<BR/><BR/>I think the former.Proudgeordienoreply@blogger.com