[NYC-L] Re: [Re: [Albanian-UK] Re: [ALBSA-Info] 1/3 of Macedonia's Airforce de stroyed]

[Iris Pilika]

Well, many of us from Albania proper see things in a different perspective.  
Take our experiences at the Greek-Albanian border.  The Greek police can 
have you wait for hours, can decide for no reason (just because you are 
Albanian) that the visa you have is false and refuse to let you through.  If 
you persist, they can tear apart your passport.  Or they can scream at you 
that if you want to touch Greek land, you should go back to Tirana and 
overthrow the government, because he (the Greek) does not like it (this 
being true for the previous government).  If you get a chance to go into 
their office (an official immigration office) you will see a sign in the 
wall saying that Northern Epirus is Greek.  There, you learnt something you 
did not know before, half of your country is not Albanian, but Greek, and it 
holds a name it might have had at the time of Pirro.  If they ask you about 
your religion, which will be the first question, and you happen to be 
Orthodox, then you will learn something else about your identity you did not 
know before, that you too are Greek or put in a more seemingly civilized 
word, Epirote.  And this is probably half of what Albanians really go 
through.

But just so we Albanians "don't look bad", not only will we and our 
government never complain, but we will still welcome these Greeks, look at 
them as role models, and let them do whatever they want in our country.  If 
they want to fill our churches with Greek inscriptions, we won't complain, 
we'll just learn Greek, even though that wouldn't take us anywhere.  We will 
do every effort in our part not to look bad, because we value tolerance, and 
that's why we are better, no, I'm sorry, more "civilized", than those 
Albanians in Kosova or Macedonia, who don't stop talking about some kind of 
human rights.  Did someone say we have a deep inferiority complex?  No, we 
are just tolerant and civilized.  It's wonder how we have not become part of 
the EU yet, because the French and the Germans still hold grudges from World 
War II.  We better give them some lessons from what the Greeks have taught 
us about democracy and tolerance, especially in this era of globalization.


>From: Dardan Blaku <dardan at alb-net.com>
>To: "nyc-l at alb-net.com" <nyc-l at alb-net.com>
>CC: Fisnik Ismaili <Fisnik.Ismaili at edengene.com>,   
>"albanian-uk at alb-net.com" <albanian-uk at alb-net.com>,   
>"prishtina-l at alb-net.com" <prishtina-l at alb-net.com>,   
>"tetova-l at alb-net.com" <tetova-l at alb-net.com>,   "albsa-info at alb-net.com" 
><albsa-info at alb-net.com>,   "puka at usa.net" <puka at usa.net>
>Subject: Re: [NYC-L] Re: [Re: [Albanian-UK] Re: [ALBSA-Info] 1/3 of 
>Macedonia's Airforce de stroyed]
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:53:27 -0500 (EST)
>
>-------- Albanian UK --------
>
>Did any of you wait in the Kosova/Macedonia border for over 6/7 hour while
>the jackass macedonian official played around with you and your
>passport just because you were albanian?
>
>
>
>On 19 Mar 2001, G.S wrote:
>
> >           === NYC-L: New York City Discussion Forum ===
> >
> > To tell you the truth I do not like this war since it is having a very
> > negative effect on our public relations, and I do not hate the 
>Macedonians
> > even though a lot of them are jackasses (the police that is). The only 
>thing
> > that I find interesting is that the Serbs were so powerful compared to 
>the
> > Macedonians, so I find their weakness a bit amusing (which is in sharp
> > contrast to the image they try to portray). All in all I hope the war 
>ends
> > today, the message has gotten through and the pressure is on for 
>extended
> > Albanian rights in Macedonia. Every extra day the war goes on will only 
>make
> > us look more like the Serbs(the media that is).
> >
> > >That's one hell of a conclusion from 3 lines of text the poor guy has
> > >written.
> >
> > >Dare I say that it is you who seem to be lacking a sense of humour or 
> >does
> > that make me a shameful Albanian, too?
> >
> > >Easy with the accusations...
> >
> > > If it's people like these who start a war, it's a
> > > shame because they put a bad name for all Albanians!
> > > The joke was not funny and neither is it funny that
> > > the shedding of blood of either Albanians, Macedonians
> > > or Serbs provokes laughter in some people. The author
> > > of the e-mail, I am sorry to say, has either a sense
> > > of humor or a career in politics! Stay away from
> > > comedy or the political arena! Good luck!
> > > --- "G.S" <puka at usa.net <mailto:puka at usa.net>> wrote:
> > > > ----------- ALBSA-Info Mailing List
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> > > > - ALBSA Web Site:
> > > > <http://www.albstudent.org> -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Macedonian Airforce" eshte e perbere prej 3
> > > > helikopterave, sot rra njeri
> > > > helikopter sepse piloti nuk ka hanger mengjez para
> > > > se me dal...
> > > >
> > > > Earlier Saturday night, an army helicopter crashed
> > > > near the scene of the
> > > > clashes, killing the army pilot and injuring 12
> > > > policemen, Macedonian and NATO
> > > > sources said.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > --- "G.S" <puka at usa.net <mailto:puka at usa.net>> wrote:
> > > > ----------- ALBSA-Info Mailing List
> > > > ---------
> > > > - ALBSA Web Site:
> > > > <http://www.albstudent.org> -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Macedonian Airforce" eshte e perbere prej 3
> > > > helikopterave, sot rra njeri
> > > > helikopter sepse piloti nuk ka hanger mengjez para
> > > > se me dal...
> > > >
> > > > Earlier Saturday night, an army helicopter crashed
> > > > near the scene of the
> > > > clashes, killing the army pilot and injuring 12
> > > > policemen, Macedonian and NATO
> > > > sources said.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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