Political Rant brought to you by a close encounter with yet more people who called me evil

[rainsinger]

Sometimes I think there is no more accursed nation than the Serbians, because I am tired of being one of the scapegoats for political blinkerism, angst and rage

Comments

[offensive_mango]

That all sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

It's nowhere on the same scale, but this sounds awfully familiar to how I felt as an American when I first came to the UK:

"And I'm tired of being seen as evil not because of my individual actions, but of how the media has painted all my countrymen."

Having said that, I don't particularly like Americans either ;)

[rainsinger]

It's nowhere on the same scale, but this sounds awfully familiar to how I felt as an American when I first came to the UK:

Yes indeed, you're also high up on the bad guy list, and it is horrible when people don't bother to find out who you are and what you think but just go immediately into OhmyGod all Americans are EEEEEVIL mode.

Having said that, I don't particularly like Americans either ;)

Heh. And Serbs can drive me mental with some of their traits.

[webofevil]

> an equivalent fuss is not made in dragging Bosnian and Croat war criminals to justice

On Wednesday the Lords were debating Croatia and its accession to the EU. Several speakers mentioned that one of the main obstacles to this was the large number of named war criminals from those years still on the loose, specifically Ante Gotovina. Bizarrely, the very next day Gotovina was suddenly arrested in the Canary Islands. I know the Serbs have so far been the most visible "Most Wanted", but I think as the EU question gets bigger you'll see more Croatians going to the wall too. And even, in time, Bosnians.

Have you seen No Man's Land?

[webofevil]

> Have you seen No Man's Land?

If you haven't, and you looked at that imdb page, please for God's sake ignore the comment comparing it to Benigni's satanic car-crash "Life Is Beautiful". It's so bloody different the two films are in different dimensions.

[rainsinger]

I know the Serbs have so far been the most visible "Most Wanted", but I think as the EU question gets bigger you'll see more Croatians going to the wall too. And even, in time, Bosnians.

:) That sounds like a good step. Perhaps I might even start being able to read the papers without undergoing a dramatic increase of blood pressure.

Have you seen No Man's Land?

Yes I have, and think it's a brilliant film.

Have you seen Fuse? It's a black comedy to do with post-war stuff in Bosnia, but well worth seeing if only for the children's choir singing "House of the Rising Sun" to welcome Bill Clinton.

[webofevil]

> Have you seen Fuse?

Ooh, no. I'll seek it out.

[actually_not]

I have huge respect for you, for who you are and how you have dealt with what life has thrown at you. I think you're amazing. My knowledge of your history is (unfortunately) limited to what our media has shown us but I have no doubt that (as with so many other conflicts) there is much much more to the story and that you are right to be angered.

thank you

[rainsinger]

*sends you some sparkly vibes*

well the more people that go away thinking that there is more to something than its picture in the media the closer I get to delusions of grandeur happiness. :)

[an unrelated question - where is your icon from and what is it saying?]

[tubewalker]

Rainsinger... you fuck1ng rule.

[rainsinger]

Thank you Sir, so do you.

Brilliant

[mindslant]

I must admit I'm not up on recent events (things get hazier around 1960 for me trying to piece everything together), I've got alot of history to catch up on.
My favorite part was this:
"I liked being Yugoslav because it was not a nationalist label. It meant simply - the land of Souther Slavs.?"

It shows a from of optimism and hope, a real world peace humanitarian feel. I agree also, the problem lies in the lack of a solution, a great distraction on moving forward.

Re: Brilliant

[rainsinger]

I think it's hard to be up on events of all the foreign countries - after all there's so much history and it's so convoluted!

I agree also, the problem lies in the lack of a solution, a great distraction on moving forward.

indeed. :)
obviously the solution would be to make me Queen Of Everything but failing that I will settle for increase in tolerance and questioning.