Comments on: Kosovo and Separatism http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2008/02/27/kosovo-and-separatism/ A Blog of Ideas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nils Geylen http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2008/02/27/kosovo-and-separatism/comment-page-1/#comment-2812 Nils Geylen Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:05:20 +0000 http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2008/02/27/kosovo-and-separatism/#comment-2812 I find this equally interesting, and have to admit I know very little too. At first, of course I was in favour of this. "Bad Serbs violating a people's rights to their freedom". Then again, the point mentioned above is valid: what legitimizes a province that now has a certain ethnic majority to separate? And what of the rights of the Serbs who've now become a minority in the sovereign state of Kososvo? I fear the only thing we're seeing here is global politics and power play. A few days ago someone mentioned the American military base "Camp Bondsteel". Isn't that one of the largest in the region? What of Serbia's historic leaning towards Russia? Isn't there something in there too? It's fun if you can recognize a separatist state when it irks your opponents, no? Oh, I don't know. As my neighbour so nicely related recently, this quote: "There are only two types of politics: the one where things are said but never done, and the one where things are done but denied." Good article. I don't blame you for not having answers. Hope you'll forgive me for filling this reply with question marks as well. I find this equally interesting, and have to admit I know very little too. At first, of course I was in favour of this. “Bad Serbs violating a people’s rights to their freedom”. Then again, the point mentioned above is valid: what legitimizes a province that now has a certain ethnic majority to separate? And what of the rights of the Serbs who’ve now become a minority in the sovereign state of Kososvo?

I fear the only thing we’re seeing here is global politics and power play. A few days ago someone mentioned the American military base “Camp Bondsteel”. Isn’t that one of the largest in the region? What of Serbia’s historic leaning towards Russia? Isn’t there something in there too? It’s fun if you can recognize a separatist state when it irks your opponents, no?

Oh, I don’t know. As my neighbour so nicely related recently, this quote: “There are only two types of politics: the one where things are said but never done, and the one where things are done but denied.”

Good article. I don’t blame you for not having answers. Hope you’ll forgive me for filling this reply with question marks as well.

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