tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post1442248284742464438..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: Skull TowerCubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-80907429102234462502009-05-10T19:08:00.000-04:002009-05-10T19:08:00.000-04:00That lack of hope is your right, Simon, but for wh...That lack of hope is your right, Simon, but for what it's worth, I do not share it.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-2677474735273471162009-05-10T12:04:00.000-04:002009-05-10T12:04:00.000-04:00Gray Falcon wrote:
"So long as a people value fre...Gray Falcon wrote:<br /><br />"So long as a people value freedom, they can either prevail or perish, but can never be conquered."<br /><br />This is, in a way, an abstraction. Johannine Gospel states : gnorisethai ten alntheian, kai ten alntheian eleutherothisethai,<br /><br />whis is, inaccurately, translated in English:<br /><br />You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.<br /><br />In a paradoxical way Ottoman oppression has done much for preserving the Serbs' identity. That was the case with Greeks, Bulgarians, and Romanians too, for there never existed any doubt that Islam and Christianity cannot be reconciled. Serbs found their identity through the Church.<br /><br />Right now that is not the case. Serbs, by and large, are latching onto the snippets of their history, entirely out of context, with an utterly uncritical eye as to the issues that the West is facing. Serbs simply want to be regarded as Westerners, one of the boys, at any price. I hold little hope for the survival of Serbs as a nation and a significant cultural element of Christendom.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699535878614298295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-39159513392392301272009-05-09T22:56:00.000-04:002009-05-09T22:56:00.000-04:00somewhere in the late 70's when my parents took me...somewhere in the late 70's when my parents took me to see their home village in serbia they also took me to see a small house next to the primary school they attended in that same village. that house was where Stevan Sindjelic had lived during his childhood. they had told me about his heroics and all but at 10 years old i dind't understand much. Today after all we serbians, home mostly but also abroad, had to endure the understanding of his acts couldn't be more clear to me. I'am proud of my roots, my ancesters and thank you Stevan. You defended serbs your way then. Thank you gray falcon for doing it your way now. If only serb leaders today could do the same. that Village is selo Grabovac near the town of Svilajnac where they erected a monument in his honour. I wonder if Tadic saw it when he went there once for relection. if he did it looks like he didn't understand much.kapetan Milehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10647425576134013350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-35940572470936036102009-05-09T18:34:00.000-04:002009-05-09T18:34:00.000-04:00Oh, no doubt Skenderbeg was a Christian when he fo...Oh, no doubt Skenderbeg was a Christian when he fought the Turks - a Catholic, if I'm not mistaken.<br /><br />As for history, I daresay your Canadian Serb acquaintances probably had a better grasp of things than people in today's Serbia, taught to celebrate defeats, forget victories and disparage everything that's made the Serbs endure through the ages.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-83303626780805040502009-05-09T11:10:00.000-04:002009-05-09T11:10:00.000-04:00I also remember reading somewhere that Skenderbeg ...I also remember reading somewhere that Skenderbeg was a Slav and that he converted (back?) to Christianity before his death. <br /><br />On another note do you think Serbs are forgetting their history? Every Serb I've met and discussed politics of the Balkans with seems to know their history. When I went to the rally in my city (Ottawa) to pressure the Canadian gov't not to recognize the Kosovo "state", I saw lots of young Canadians of Serb descent out in the awful snowy weather that day. It made me think that maybe their parents and grandparents make sure they understand who they are and where they're from.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472387616572830515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-19446882090454306552009-05-09T02:05:00.000-04:002009-05-09T02:05:00.000-04:00Yes, it's interesting how that works out.
As for...Yes, it's interesting how that works out. <br /><br />As for Skenderbeg, I seem to recall two of his family members are buried at Hilandar. No doubt that makes it a "Kosovian" monastery...CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-62510089363315787012009-05-09T00:36:00.000-04:002009-05-09T00:36:00.000-04:00Isn't it true that Skenderbeg (Skenderbej, or Geor...Isn't it true that Skenderbeg (Skenderbej, or Georgios Kastriotis, or Georgi Kastrioti) was born to a Greek father and Serbian mother? By the way, I am sure you have noticed the trend of Western documentaries to portray Turks as good and tolerant, and peoples who fought for their freedom such as Greeks and Serbs as brutal, barbaric, backwards, and chauvinistic. For example, in documentaries about Cyprus, or when discussing Balkan wars from previous centuries, including the ones you mentioned.Suvorovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478802923961398964noreply@blogger.com