tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post2982537660564960343..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: European nonsenseGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-9009186931999596082007-11-23T14:04:00.000+02:002007-11-23T14:04:00.000+02:00If Kosovo gets independence, I'll be throwing my w...If Kosovo gets independence, I'll be throwing my weight behind the the Goranis to seek independence from Kosovo. <BR/><BR/>An Islamic Slavic people that worships a Christian saint -- and they make good candy, according to a certain online encyclopedia. <BR/><BR/>Barring the emergence of a local Gorani splinter group, could this be a regional powerhouse?<BR/><BR/>I think so.<BR/><BR/>As I calculate it, they're short a beer and an airline from nationhood. And they'll have to lobby hard to prove that Gorani is a separate language, but if the Montenegrins did it anything is possible.Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-22445414393799002452007-11-23T13:50:00.000+02:002007-11-23T13:50:00.000+02:00Hacim Thaci has an interesting Wikipedia entry, I'...Hacim Thaci has an interesting Wikipedia entry, I'll say that for him.eganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907795141239035180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-26800910093701860132007-11-23T12:51:00.000+02:002007-11-23T12:51:00.000+02:00The Kosovo issue was there after "Yogoslavia" deno...The Kosovo issue was there after "Yogoslavia" denounced the status of Kosovo. The autonomous one. That was the beginning of the end of it, even before the end of the SU.Jens-Olafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304784095687896639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-70709324807879851342007-11-23T10:33:00.000+02:002007-11-23T10:33:00.000+02:00Thanks for a post about this issue. It is certaint...Thanks for a post about this issue. It is certaintly one that I should know something about but unfortunatly don't.Colmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192365940736735322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-57151259470809469302007-11-23T10:25:00.000+02:002007-11-23T10:25:00.000+02:00I remember how the Yugoslav situation was debated ...I remember how the Yugoslav situation was debated in the West in the early 90's: independence for Kroatia and Slovenia was seen to be the actual problem - and the continuation of the federation as the solution. As if the conflict would have thus disappeared. As we now see, getting independent was the solution, now Slovenia and Kroatia are increasingly strongly integrated with Europe and even Serbia might be slowly getting there. <BR/><BR/>If they had continued as a union they probably would still be bitterly fighting and far too unstable to join anything. But if you have the outlook of great metropolitan powers it is easy to see these messy nationalities as the root of the problem, when often the real cause is one nation's continuing strive for empire and domination...stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-8367656042369966582007-11-23T10:02:00.000+02:002007-11-23T10:02:00.000+02:00If Montenegro gets a state, why not Kosovo?At the ...<I>If Montenegro gets a state, why not Kosovo?</I><BR/><BR/>At the very basic level, because Montenegro hasn't been assholey about it. A referendum deciding on peaceful separation is far better than ethnic cleansing.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Kosovo should just do what Puerto Rico did and become a European Autonomous Dominion?<BR/><BR/>Also, I just asked this question over at Ed Lucas's blog: if the Greeks are pissed at FYROM and the folks there decide it's not worth the bother, is there anything else that Macedonia could be called?antyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-14705476644480297952007-11-23T02:06:00.000+02:002007-11-23T02:06:00.000+02:00it's all too old fashioned an idea to simply deny ...it's all too old fashioned an idea to simply deny a people in this day and age self determination.<BR/><BR/>if anything, it rings of the same paternalism that saw prussian or czech germans forced out to make tidy ethnically based states, throwing liberty and personal freedom into the bidet.<BR/><BR/>democracy and choice is the way forward not only for europe, but for everyone (even russians, when they're ready).klxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756387772020517484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-16921955988387639602007-11-22T22:05:00.000+02:002007-11-22T22:05:00.000+02:00There is another alternative you know. Because the...<I>There is another alternative you know. Because the Kosovo Albanians speak Albanian, and there exists a state for Albanians right next to Kosovo called Albania maybe it would make sense to make Kosovo in some way part of Albania. I know, it's a far-fetched idea.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't see any reason why Albania would want to touch that hot potato. Albania has enough problems of its own as it is.<BR/><BR/>In general, though, the nature of the EU should, ironically, be quite supportive of various separatist movements all over Europe, be it in the UK, in Belgium, or in Spain.<BR/><BR/>I doubt the EU will want to touch Kosovo too soon either, though.space_mazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761076198531074140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-21781583571595076722007-11-22T21:32:00.000+02:002007-11-22T21:32:00.000+02:00Happy Thanksgiving Day!Happy Thanksgiving Day!LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.com