Author: Moyra J. Bligh
Email: moyra@interlog.com
Date: 1998/05/19
Forums: alt.fan.mira-furlan
Message-ID: <356c60c9.182486968@news.interlog.com>
On Mon, 18 May 1998 23:17:49 -0700, Matthew Murray
<mmurray@cc.wwu.edu> wrote:
>On Mon, 18 May 1998, Plain and Simple Cronan regurgitated:
>
>>
>> So? That's one tiny little country where everybody kills
everyone
>> else and there isn't even any money involved.
>>
>> Yugoslavia sucks.
Yes Cronan it does.
Yugoslavia as it existed between 1918 and 1941, and 1945 and 1991
is no more - and that sucks.
It ceased to exist because a minority of small-minded, hate spewing
persons (very much like yourself) decided that it was better to tear
something apart than to attempt to build something better - and that
sucks.
It ceased to exist because a minority of narrow-minded bigots (very
much like yourself) deluded themselves into believing that they were
superior to anyone who was not of their exact ethnic origin, despite
the fact that these diverse ethnicities had over succeeding generations
intermarried and interbred and ignoring the reality that they spoke
languages that were more similar than divergent - and that sucks.
What happened during the breakup of Yugoslavia is a frightening example
of what can happen when a few intolerant and shallow individuals (very
much like yourself) deliberately sow the seeds of discord, and attempt
to provoke controversy for the sake of provoking controversy. It's
a terrifying illustration of what can happen to or in, any country
in the world built on a multi-ethnic foundation, when an ignorant
but vocal few start believing and promoting their own ill-considered
and irrational rhetoric. It's a depressing sample of what can and
will occur when misguided persons begin to rant in ignorance that
their country/race/creed/religion is superior to all or any other
country/race/creed/religion in the world.
As long as there are persons (very much like yourself) more interested
in tearing things down, than having something meaningful to replace
those things with, as long as there are people (very much like yourself)
more interested in being destructive than in things constructive,
as long as there are base and mean-spirited beings (very much like
yourself) who have an irrational and juvenile desire to feel superior,
all societies are in danger of coming apart in the horrific way that
Yugoslavia did - and that sucks.
> Okay, I think that is >really< an inappropriate statement,
and I
>don't see what it has to do with anything. Nevertheless, no matter
what
>the political climate of the world is like (the United States has
had its
>share of wars too, you know), it is still possible for a good actor
or two
>to come out of other countries.
Cronan consistantly makes inappropriate statements - it's his way
of deluding himself into believing that he is something that he is
not. With Cronan it doesn't have to have anything do with anything
- he just likes spewing his rhetoric.
--
Moyra J. Bligh
moyra@interlog.com
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