[Prishtina-E] Re: [Prishtina-l] Re: [ALBANIAN] Serb Terror hits US

[Christopher Fisher]

Tung, të gjithëve!

jeton ademaj wrote:
> 
> hi everyone,
> 
> sorry to see more short-sighted B.S. oozing around on these forums, but it
> makes it necessary to note that Albanian causes are not served by
> reactionary ignorance.

How is my reminding people of the need for vigilance against Serbian 
Anti-Albanian propaganda (esp. in America and elsewhere outside the 
Balkans) and the urgeing of the Albanian community and supporters to 
take *peaceful* steps to combat it constitute "reactionary ignorance"?


> 
> Albert and Chris, u have my added indulgence bcuz u r (i hope) Albanians...

Jo, nuk jam unë Shqiptar sipas gjakut, por jam plotësisht Shqiptar në 
zemren time e shipirtin tim, dhe unë konsiderohem për Shqiptarë rreth ku 
unë banoj si një "vëlla i ndëruar", dhe jam shumë krenar për atë.

> but do u really think u sound ********any******** different than say, Mira
> Markovic on 60 Minutes (during the bombing) saying "dere iss no Et-nik
> klenzing, itt iss like u say itt iss January and itt iss May..." . in other
> words, i don't think u can afford to ignore how dis-creditable your
> arguments are.

I think I sounded very different, in all honesty.  I never claimed that 
Albanians have done no unjustified acts against Serbs in Kosova. Ndoshta 
jam budall për dashurinë, por jo për menyrat të botës. :)  Neither do I 
condone any unjustified or unlawful attacks by Albanians against Serbs.  
What I am concerned with is the Serb nationalist, doing the same thing 
most bullies like to do, which is abuse people, then on top of it try to 
make the ones they're abusing look like the "real" bad guys.  I love the 
Albanian community with all my heart and soul-I look upon it as my 
"second family".  And frankly, my "family" has gotten enough "black 
eyes" from ignorant and stupid people in the world-if I can stop it from 
happening again, I will do so.  I do not claim my suggestions are 
perfect, or even right, but they are probably better than standing 
around bitching and doing nothing while Serbs and Greek nationalists 
continue to whine and bad-mouth the Albanian people.

> 
> ...you can shout about how the Serbs have usurped our land and history for
> centuries, but why would u assume that you'd be credible? i mean, ****if i
> were an uninterested third party reading your diatribe i'd assume i must
> quarantine all further Albanian claims of sufferring**** bcuz your horror
> and indignation are plainly mixing with transparent attempts at propaganda.
> cheap, lowly and UN-credible propaganda...

I'm not interested at this point in pointing out that Albanians have 
been there longer than Serbs, or that they too fought on the "european" 
side at Kosovo Polje (though there's plenty of objective evidence to 
back both assertions up), I'm interested in making sure that people know 
that Albanians aren't interested in forcing the Islamic (or any other 
faith) religion on the rest of Europe, giving safe haven to scum like 
Osama Bin Laden, or setting up a Wahabi or Taliban style theocracy, 
among other lies I've heard Serbs tell or make inference of.

> Albanians have earned their credibility thru real suffering and real blood,
> why diminish that by denying that a tiny percentage of Albanians  are
> endangering Kosova's future thru attacks on Albanians and Serbs and
> Minorities...

I'm not.

 there is still much goodwill toward Kosovar Albanians, but it
> *is* starting to erode, and the weak unbelievable denials of people like
> Albert and Chris are fuel for this process.

Again, Jeton, how am I doing this?  I am denying nothing, other than 
blatant falshoods like that of UÇK or the Protection Corps being a 
specifically *muslim* terrorist organization, or a terrorist 
organization at all.  That there are "loose canons" in those groups I 
think no reasonable person can deny.  What we can catagorically deny is 
the Serbs are this pure, holy race of folks who saved Europe's butt 
singlehandly from the Turks, that they are the bastion of western 
civilization, and that they are for some unknown reason always getting 
"picked on" and treated shabily by those who should love them the most.  
*That's* the meaning of the "poor little Serby-Werbies" comment on my 
part.  This is the litany they cried out after Croatia, after Bosnia, 
and louder than ever after Kosova. 

> 
> btw, i find that joining a panel discussion is not hard if u can properly
> credential yourself (even as a plain-old "community activist") and have (or
> aquire!) a reputation for *credible* argument....

Were I to have the spare time, I would do so.  As it is, I have been to 
events and panels where I was the only member of the audience that in 
any way represented the Albanian community where I live.  Everyone else 
was "too busy". :(

> tung!

Edhe juve t'ju një gjatë jeta!

Chris