tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post1419879142980969916..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: Usurpation DayCubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-88565715250662743432013-12-01T12:56:19.790-05:002013-12-01T12:56:19.790-05:00Count me in among that segment, DL.
There is no ...Count me in among that segment, DL. <br /><br />There is no question that Yugoslavia II was better than what replaced it - while it functioned. But as I've <a href="http://grayfalcon.blogspot.com/2013/05/truth-not-absolution.html" rel="nofollow">argued before,</a> the chief problem of Yugoslavia II was that ethnic conflict and double standards were a <i>feature</i>, not a bug, of its design. CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-43433953780673223502013-12-01T09:07:33.088-05:002013-12-01T09:07:33.088-05:00The author, as usual, writes well and lucidly. How...The author, as usual, writes well and lucidly. However, the truth, more often than not, is opaque and lucidly stated arguments don't necessarily withstand the scrutiny. The fact is that all Yugoslav people, the Serbs included, are fickle and apt to switch the sides (da okrenu churak naopako!).<br /><br />Yugoslavia, both as Kingdom and as a Socialist Federation represented more of an idea and an ideal than it did as a confirmation of historical and geopolitical facts.<br /><br />There is still a significant segment of the population that misses it and regards it as better than what replaced it.Dad Longworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233271699935627273noreply@blogger.com