From: pshane@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Ana M. Shane)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.croatia,soc.culture.yugoslavia,soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna
Subject: Peace is not impossible! (was: WWII again)
Date: 26 Dec 92 05:51:56 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.croatia
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

abrodnik@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca writes:

>In article <Dec.25.00.17.03.1992.12067@andromeda.rutgers.edu> pshane@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Ana M. Shane) writes:
>>
>>Isn't it the other way around? Who started seceding from Yugoslavia?
>>It seems to me that the politicians and rulers of Slovenia then
>>Croatia, and then Bosnia were the ones who separated from Yu.

>There is one more parallel -- why should married couple stay together
>if they don't want?

True, but they shouldn't be let to kill their own children!!! Which
is exactly what is going on now.

>>Alternatively, why have borders at all? In a just country
>>there could be enough room for anyone, and the local warmongers
>>from all the sides would lose their current jobs and be fired.
>>That would be much less expensive (in money and more important
>>in lives), much more practical, much more economically sound,
>>and much healthier.

>This paragraph, though correct in conclusions but based on, hm, "hard
>to achieve" justness, is very much similar to one which tries to keep
>married couple together although they don't want this.

>Regards,

>Andrej

>PS: IMO Ana has a very valid points, which work in "heaven", but not
>in real Balkans. Unfortunately.

The problem is that everybody is so stunned by this war, like a mouse
in front of a cobra, that they cannot believe that peace is possible.
I didn't say it would be just 1-2-3 easy to drop the hatred and fears,
but I am sure, that it could be achieved, I am sure, that the more
people see the true origins of this war, and the more people start
to believe that it is NOT the other nation who wishes them death, but
just a small number of leaders (although very powerfull and dangerous),
this "heaven" could start to "work" on the ground.

The international community (UN, USA, Islamic Countries) could actually
help a lot to stop the war and difuse the hatred. Instead of falling
for the nationalist rhethoric, instead of blaming nations and countries,
they could clearly blame all the perpetrators, demand that all the
petty leaders be responsible for their acts, intervene, yes, even
militarily in order NOT TO FIGHT but to FREEZE the fight, and keep
it frozen until the solutions are found such that would guarantee
the lasting peace. As much as they would have to stop the so called
"serbian" military forces, they would also have to guarantee safety
to innocent Serbian people, as well as to everyone else. In the meantime,
they would have to also strenghthen peace movements, non-hateful
"moderate" elements on all of the sides, promote, understanding,
common interests and human rights. There are million things to be done
for peace, and they are not at all impossible.

To you, Andrej, and to all the victims (on this net and in the
countries of Yugoslavia),

Happy New Year and the Winter Holidays
with hopes for

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Ana M. Shane                               pshane@andromeda.rutgers.edu
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