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Sunday February 17, 2008
Category: InternationalKosovo is independent from Serbia
As of today, when Pristina declared independence, on America's watch.
I know, I know, the Serbs. I spent much of the 1990s cursing them for what they did to Sarajevo, and I don't take any of it back. Still, pardon me for not popping Champagne corks over the creation of a new Islamic state in Europe.
More here. And here. This is a day that we will all come to regret, I fear.
Filed Under: independence, Kosovo, Serbia
posted by Rod Dreher @ 8:59pm Permalink 
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So let me get this straight: Your disdain, distrust, and fear of a country declaring independence is based entirely on the religious affiliation of the people involved, not on the declaration itself, which after all is how our own country started.
Yet if anyone displayed that kind of blanket condemntation of you for your own religious beliefs, you'd be screaming oppresion and intolerance. If anyone even expressed the same kind of distrust, fear, and suspicion entirely based on your religion, you'd be doing the same. This is certai.
You people "of faith" never cease to amaze me. Truly.
If Jesus returned and saw what has been done in his name he'd never stop throwing up.
Posted by: Timelag | February 23, 2008 11:43 AM
I have a complaint. After reading your "rules of conduct" I'd like to point out that someone is violating them.
I'm not going to be impolite, or aggressive, or engage in any of the other forbidden modes of behavior in your rules, so I hope you won't delete this post just out of gratuitous censorship.
In your list of things that aren't allowed here, I find that posts won't be allowed by anyone who:
"uses Beliefnet community functions primarily to harass or censure any person, group, or entity;"
This seems fairly clear, and yet there is a passage here in direct violation of this. That passage is this one:
"Still, pardon me for not popping Champagne corks over the creation of a new Islamic state in Europe.
More here. And here. This is a day that we will all come to regret, I fear. "
The poster clearly means to both censure and condemn an entire group, in a fact rather large one, simply for their religious beliefs. Harrasment is also likely, seeing as how I imagine this site is filled with similar comments about Muslims. If somoene repeatedly condemns an entire group, I would think this qualifies as harrasement, wouldn't you?
Since the offending poster is yourself, I can see that this might be a bit of a dilemma here.
Your move.
Sincerely.
Posted by: Timelag | February 23, 2008 11:58 AM
The only reason this Islamic state exists *at all* is that it survived centuries of Eurochristian ethnic cleansing. Since the Christians drove the Ottomans out, Albanians in Kosovo have been attacked by Serbs, Croats, and Tito. Due to their Islamic faith. I'm surprised, honestly, that Hitler never tried to exterminate *them* the way he did another unpopular group throughout Europe: the gypsies.
Posted by: General_Rennenkampf | February 23, 2008 3:14 PM
Actually, you may be surprised to know that Hitler had Kosovan Muslim troops fighting for him. He was also particularly fond of them and issued specific instructions to the German Army and SS in an attempt to prevent conflicts between the christian Germans and the Muslim Kosovans.
Posted by: Gribblor | February 25, 2008 9:08 AM
I pray for the day when I will see the same thing happening to all countries that recognized independent Kosovo and Metohia.
I beg to see every miser happening especially to the USA.
Posted by: Ivan Erdeljan | March 1, 2008 10:35 PM
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