Recent content by Companiero

When talking about theory of myths, a really good introductory work is Miletinsky's "Poetics of Myth" (or similar translation). I'm far from expert, but I like this one very much since it presents an excellent overview of all schools about mythology theory around (chapter 1), neatly condensed...

Not really much historical significance here, but anyway. The house where Mother Theresa was born is now concrete all over. In downtown Skopje, just in the center, near the main square, only small unnoticable markings outline the grounds of her former home. Also in a several kilometer radius...

Is there any point in negating just about every word written up there? No, he'll write it again. Theres no point in debating anything with religious and natinionalist fanatics, because what they believe doesnt come from reason but from emotions. This person, Greek Stud, just six months ago in a...

There's some heavy nonesense and country-bashing here in this thread, what for people who are unfamiliar with the problem might give a distorted image (i'm referring to Greek Stud's post, especially where he's commenting about present (Slavic) Macedonians). For this already many times debated...

A bit of googling has produced some pics, to make the subject more suculent to read. Bulgarian army Bulgarian Artillery Bulgarian propaganda card Serbian commander with soldiers Macedonian war-struck family Serbian soldiers in Macedonia Turkish Peasant...

fingolfin, ??? Perhaps Great Britain could be named Germanic Island of Britain. It would be ethnically more accurate, and the nationality be determined as Germanic British (considering that the over 1500 years ago Celtic-inhabited lands of the Isles today belong to Ireland mainly), thus making...

Foreigners living in Greece are considered immigrants, they are something else. I responsibly claim, the Greek government doesnt recognize any autothonic ethnic groups in Greece, beside Greeks. Yes, they can. They are gathered from statistical data from the Greek authorities (colonizations)...

Nice posts everyone. Since this thread diverged a bit into discussing the ethnic Macedonian element in Greece, (which is on the other hand, essential for the Balkan Wars) and just over a week ago I stumbled upon a book which provided me with some factography concerning the demographic changes...

Rambuchan and Plotinus, if you dont mind intruders in your debate, i have a few words to add. I think both of you pose a very reasonable arguments have solid positions. While i agree wholeheartedly with Plotinus from a utilitarianist point of view, that the right to (even violently) intervene...

Yes, those are quotes from the Balkan Wars period, which diplomats from Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece expressed in order to illustrate their attitude towards Macedonia. Pretty poetic. :) So? That doesn’t make the Illyrians and Celts Greek, does it. It was quite common for Macedonian...

Absolutely. Though I have to say, I sense you’re referencing at my presentation of the issue. The reason that it may come across as the martyr/murder approach is that Macedonian history doesn’t really have much for someone to hold against her, mainly because we didt have a state for...

Varwnos, I very much appreciate your responses. I too agree that one needs to keep a cold head and look towards a common solution to the problems. Future prospects of a peninsula without borders, as we on the Balkans are very much hoping, are more real than ever in the face of the new Europe...

Balkan Wars - Supplement Political circumstances on the Balkans in the early XX The Ottoman Empire in the dawn of the XX was rahter weak, both economically and politically. The recent Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 that costed them huge portions from the Balkan peninsula was a huge blow...

varwnos, the name Macedonia doesnt only relate to the Ancient Macedonia; since Vi century this territory was populated with majority of Slavs who became part of the identity of what Macedonia represents. A perfect equivalent of what you're saying is someone to force Russia to put a "slavic"...

Aion, I think thats a good remark for a start. But drawing such paralels I'm afraid doesnt correspond to the actual case with Macedonia. No one in Macedonia wants to be considered Bulgarian ethnicity, and the Macedonian state in 1944 was created by Macedonians considering themselves a...