Serbians fight for their homeland
Katherine Gottli
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: News
Marija P.*, who also attended the protests, believes that much more is at stake in this conflict than Serbians losing their cultural homeland. If Canada becomes one of the other 21 countries around the world who have officially recognized the independence of Kosovo (including the United States), it becomes very much a matter of practise versus theory.
"This protest was focused on the loss of the ancestral heartland of Serbians. However, this issue affects so many countries. It is a dangerous precedent - there are many countries battling separatist extremists," Marija said. "If Kosovo's independence becomes officially recognized around the world, you will quickly see the dismemberment of many nations, creating violence and instability all over. As well, how will students of political science and international law accept such double standards? This only creates confusion in comprehending what has been taught versus what is being executed."
Students or not, when 5,000 people take to the streets in protest, the government will have a difficult time turning a blind eye. Ratkovic, along with the others who attended the protests, are the hope for Serbians living abroad. They want to show their families and friends back home in Serbia that, despite the fact that they may not live there any longer, their hearts and minds are still attached to their cultural roots.
*Last names have been withheld by request.
For more information and NATO's role in the conflict, visit www.nato.int/kosovo/history.htm
"This protest was focused on the loss of the ancestral heartland of Serbians. However, this issue affects so many countries. It is a dangerous precedent - there are many countries battling separatist extremists," Marija said. "If Kosovo's independence becomes officially recognized around the world, you will quickly see the dismemberment of many nations, creating violence and instability all over. As well, how will students of political science and international law accept such double standards? This only creates confusion in comprehending what has been taught versus what is being executed."
Students or not, when 5,000 people take to the streets in protest, the government will have a difficult time turning a blind eye. Ratkovic, along with the others who attended the protests, are the hope for Serbians living abroad. They want to show their families and friends back home in Serbia that, despite the fact that they may not live there any longer, their hearts and minds are still attached to their cultural roots.
*Last names have been withheld by request.
For more information and NATO's role in the conflict, visit www.nato.int/kosovo/history.htm
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~mila~
posted 3/17/08 @ 9:07 AM EST
I think that it is disgusting that a nation that not more that 7 years ago were bombing the 'heart' of their homeland is now protesting to keep it. the serbs have never lived in peace for the reason that they have never chosen too. (Continued…)
Andreja
posted 3/17/08 @ 9:21 AM EST
The above post is true, not only did the Serbs form and then ruin the former Yugoslavia but wanted to completely abolish Kosovo a few years ago. For them to be protesting now to keep it is more confusing to a poli sci major than anything. (Continued…)
Bojan Ratkovic
posted 3/17/08 @ 10:31 AM EST
1. Serbia never bombed its Kosovo province. You're thinking of NATO. Check your facts.
2. Serbs will not appologize for participating in wars such as WWI and WWII fighting against imperialists and Nazis, and their Albanian and Croatian allies. (Continued…)
John Ronald
posted 3/23/08 @ 9:30 PM EST
Guess what, no one gives a fuck about international law, it means nothing.
International court system = nothing.
God and the U.N. the most useless organization in the world give me a break. (Continued…)
Bojan Ratkovic
posted 3/23/08 @ 10:47 PM EST
Serbs committed genocide? Let's see some proof of that. What rubish. Not even NATO claims that bs anymore, now they say "attrocities". Way to buy into war-monger propaganda. (Continued…)
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