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MACEDONIA VS GREECE
Dear Mr. Obama, Although I am not American, I do follow the US elections from the beginning, even waking up at 3am to watch the debates on CNN. I was really impressed by your sincerity and willingness to change things, it is very rare to see that spark of honesty and determines in the eyes of a politician. To be honest at the beginning I was pro-Clinton, however watching your speeches on numerous occasions changed my mind. I might not be American, but I do recognize myself into the core values and believes of the American nation. Many Europeans say that Americans do not have a history, but I certainly don’t agree. Although the American nation is much younger than its European fellow compatriots it has have a very dynamic and successful history. Americans have created the diverse American nation. Origins do not count in your country, what does count is the devotement to the USA; most of the European countries do not have that feeling. Now I will ask you something. How would you feel if I said that Americans do not exist?! Yes they are simply British people and they speak a dialect of British, no?!? And now Imagine Native Americans came to you and said, you cannot use the name Americans it is exclusively ours, you are violating our identity, and called you Former British Colony of America! How would you feel about that Mr.Obama?!? The fact is that no one is able to know the exact past, but what we know is how we feel and what feel. Although the USA is a relatively young country it has a wonderful and amazing history. Your ancestors have been fighting for America and for freedom and equality, today a diversity of people feel Americans even if they originate from China, Italy, or Holland, all the people who share the American dream and way of life can call themselves Americans. I would ask why can’t I call myself a Macedonian if I feel that way? Supposing that we were really Slavs who migrated to that territory (even if it is untrue) why don’t we have the right to call ourselves Macedonians? Arabs came and inhabited the territory of Egypt and they do call themselves Egyptians and feel Egyptians, why can’t we?!? The past belongs to the past, we can’t change, what we can do is to ameliorate our future for the sake of humanity, not an individual nation. Minorities have been oppressed for centuries, and even today we do face racism. We can regard Macedonians as a Minority, we are only two millions. We underwent socialism, wars, oppression, genocides, but we do not want any revenge, never asked for it. The only thing we want is to pave our road to a better future, where we the different ethnicities of Macedonians will live together peacefully. We want to be able to proudly call ourselves Macedonians, because it is what we are. Our ancestors have fought for freedom and equality for all. Today in heritage we have our language, traditions, and core values, those are the ingredients that make us Macedonians. Dear Mr. Obama, I really hope I made my point, I do know that the political game is dirty and tough. However you seem to be a different player, a player who respects the identity of each individual and each country in the world. I might be wrong, but I certainly hope not. Not only for us, but for the world as a whole, the whole world needs an honest politician who will unite, not divide, who is honest, and who improves the lives of common folks. Thank you, Wishing you all the best
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| Dimokratia | I am Macedonian (Greek)! (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) | 236 | Nov 24 2011, 6:04 PM EST by komunoid | ||
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Thread started: Sep 3 2008, 4:53 PM EDT
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I LOVE Macedonia
"4,000 years of Macedonia's Greek History" I am Greek, Macedonian by birth! I born and grow in Macedonia! There where since my birth 1986 we sing the Macedonian anthem in school "Famous Macedonia". There where the statue of Alexander the Great show me the way to respect my historical heritage. There where we all LOVE MACEDONIA. We speak and write in Macedonian language, the Greek. There where the coat of arms include into the Greek flag the only one and original Macedonian symbol. There where we call Macedonia since 4,000 years ago... There where the first Greek Emperor born and spread the Greek culture to all the known world! We are Macedonians, Greeks, Europeans. Might are you Bavarian, German, European? Might are you English, British, European? Might are you Flemmish, Belgian, European? Might are you Californian, USA, American? Might are you Catalan, Spanish, European? Might are you Melbournian, Australian, Pacific? Might are you Beijinian, Chinese, Asian? Might are you Punjambi, Indian, Asian? Might are you ... ? I am Macedonian Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis said: "I myself am a Macedonian, just as 2.5 million Greeks are Macedonians." |
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| petar | macedonia vs greece (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) | 1532 | Jun 24 2011, 9:09 PM EDT by Dimokratia | ||
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Barack Obama said that Macedonia mustn't use the name "Macedonia" as name of the country. What a hell does he think!? Has he ever read something about Macedonian history? We are not Greeks, we are Macedonians!!!!!! Obviously his wish to win the elections is very big, so he can say anything he wants. Who cares, there are more Greek than Macedonian voters in US, that's why he had to say it. It's not important the fact that somebody is stealing our identity as a nation. Just votes, votes, votes, votes...
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| bojansaveski | The truth about Macedonia (page: 1 2) | 33 | May 14 2011, 1:19 PM EDT by GeorgiGarkov | ||
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Thread started: Sep 16 2008, 12:54 PM EDT
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Macedonia was never Greek!!! In 1913 Macedonia was divided with the Bucharest Peace Agreement, on three parts. Greece took 51.3% of Macedonia (the Aegean part of Macedonia), Serbia 39.7% (the Vardarian part of Macedonia), Bulgaria 8% (the Pirinian part of Macedonia) and Albania 1% of the Macedonian territory. In the period after the First World War and especially in the Greek Civil War (1946-1949) and after that, the Macedonians from the Aegean part of Macedonia (known as Northern Greece) were exiled or killed. We don't want anything at all from Greece, simply an apology from Greece and a recognition of who we are and what we are. We are Macedonians and always will be. God bless Macedonia and God bless USA.
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