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Sarajevo CentreSarajevo CentreI am writing this from Sarajevo. I haven’t been in Sarajevo from some time, and every time I return, the changes always surprise me. This isn’t the same Sarajevo I first saw in the spring of 1980, when the main pedestrian street (today’s Ferhadija) and the entire Baščaršija were dug up as the city feverishly prepared for the 1984 Olympic games. It certainly isn’t the same Sarajevo whose war-ravaged streets I walked in early 1996, watching the smoke rise over Hrasno, Ilidža and Stup as withdrawing Serbian forces burned the neighbourhoods the Dayton Peace Accords required them to abandon. It isn’t the same Sarajevo I left behind in October 2000, a city then still overrun with international organisations and armies and diplomats and aid workers.

The number of foreigners has diminished sharply. No longer does one see foreign military vehicles everywhere, nor the ubiquitous jeeps driven by the international organisations parked haphazardly all over the sidewalks. Things appear orderly, cleaner than in Belgrade, and certainly far more relaxed.

Sarajevo is smaller than Belgrade and has a more human touch to it. Everybody seems to know everybody else. The people on the streets seem far more lively and animated, and they appear to be having more fun. They also appear far more relaxed and at ease with life, even though economic circumstances are difficult. I see far more people joking in public and laughing than in Serbia. Part of this, I am certain, is due to the famous Bosnian sense of humour that always seems to find the lighter side of an event, no matter how dire the circumstances.

Sarajevo never ceases to surprise me with its attitudes towards ethnicity. In spite of the war and the 3 ½ year siege, there seems to be a far more relaxed attitude towards people of different ethnic groups than one finds in Serbia. I never cease to be amazed at the number of Serbs (many from Serbia proper) with jobs and positions of responsibility in the various local and international organisations and NGOs that are active here. And the economic migration of Serbs from Republika Srpska to Sarajevo is becoming increasingly noticeable.

The music in Sarajevo is noticeably different from Serbia. Most clubs and restaurants play a lot more of the older Yugoslav music than in Serbia: Parnivaljak, Oliver Dragojević, Bijelo Dugme, Zdravko Ćolić, Plavi orkestar, Zabranjeno pušenje, Azra, Električni orgazam, Idoli, Josipa Lisac, etc. In a way it feels like a strange Yugo-nostalgic time warp that takes you back to the late 1980s before things got crazy. There is also a lot of modern music, both from Croatia and Serbia. It seems as if the sense of multi-ethnicity is somehow preserved through shared music.

This is not to imply that Sarajevo is without conflict. There is still a serious issue that has yet to be resolved that tears at the very fabric of Bosnian society, and spills over to all ethnic groups. If this problem is not resolved sometime soon, then there is a risk of renewed conflict in Bosnia. This is, of course, the important question of who makes the best ćevapčići: Željo, Hodžić or Ferhatović.

I fear that this is one conflict the international community will not be able to resolve anytime soon, even should the UN Security Council decide to intervene. So if you visit Sarajevo anytime soon, Željo, Hodžić and Ferhatović are waiting for you to take their side in the struggle for the reputation as the best ćevabdžinica in Sarajevo. I personally think the contest is silly, as I have long ago found the best ćevabdžinica in Sarajevo, and it isn’t one of the big three. Nobody knows about it except me, and I’m keeping it a secret.

Now, can anyone tell me where I can find some good ćevapi in Belgrade?


Not in Belgrade.

Go to Niš. Or even better - Leskovac!


Dear James

People can remember idyllic descriptions of Bosnian society before the war in ’90-ies: “brotherhood and unity” and other similar stupidities. Fragility of Bosnian peace today is more than obvious. It doesn’t take a political analyst to realise that without strong presence of international troops and administration, friendly people of Bosnia with good sense of humour would start slaughter each other all over again. Considering this fact, your remark on major Bosnian conflict about cevapi sounds pretty lame to anyone who knows anything about Balkan’s social reality.


Irvas: "People can remember

Irvas: "People can remember idyllic descriptions of Bosnian society before the war in ’90-ies: “brotherhood and unity” and other similar stupidities."

"Brotherhood and unity" was a slogan, rather empty, but at least the people weren't killing each other - they used to live in a peacefull coexistence back in those days. Slaughter started after Serbs sent their JNA and paramilitary troops to initiate wars.

Irvas, you're an extreme right exponent of Serbian fascists.


Quote:Slaughter started

Quote:
Slaughter started after Serbs sent their JNA and paramilitary troops to initiate wars.

So, there were no JNA troops in Bosnia prior to 1992?


Prior to 1992 there were JNA

Prior to 1992 there were JNA troops in Bosnia, after that SERBIAN so-called JNA troops, actually Serbian private army commanded by Milosevic.


sarajevo

prvi put sam posle rata bio u sarajevu 2000, posle sam odlazio otprilike jednom godisnje, a zadnji put prosle nedelje. sarajevo zaista deluje mnogo humanije od beograda, human touch, o kojem govori james. pre svega centar grada i okolna brdasca. takodje, centar sarajeva je, po meni, umnogome lepsi od BG-a - nocno osvetljenje je zaista predivno i sve je mnogo 'ususkanije'.
ipak, poredjenje Bg-a i SA je tesko praviti - BG se polako pretvara u evropsku metropolu, dok se SA obnavlja kao balkanski 'dragulj'. ukratko, da ne duzim, jamesov dozivljaj sarajeva se u najvecoj meri zaista poklapa sa mojim.
moram i da potvrdim, jer ce mozda biti 'nevernih toma': u SA zaista ima sve vise srba iz srbije i republike srpske, mnoge sam upoznao. ipak, james, sama cinjenica da su dosli da zive u SA ne znaci da su ratne traume proslost. takodje, neki od njih i dalje nemaju poverenja u jedinstvenu BiH i zagovaraju jaku republiku srpsku.
a u vezi sa cevapcicima - u BG nema takvih kao u SA, ali garantujem da, na primer, muckalica kakva se moze pojesti u BG u SA se ne moze naci :)


na zalost

Sarajevo je u boljem fazonu od Beograda...I Skoplje je u boljem fazonu...Beograd je izgleda najvise puko od svih gradova bivse Jugoslavije,ljudi su pukli...Jedino sto vadi Beograd je sto je ipak i pored svega metropola,i kao takav nije bar dosadan,pruza razne mogucnosti.Eto,to je kao neka uteha.


ne delim tvoje misljenje

iz cistog razloga sto je Sarajevo kao i Skoplje mahala,male sredine gde svako svakom zaviruje u zivot.Jedan deo te kulture,su na zalost,prenesene i ovde,ali ipak je ovo veliki grad pa se ne oseti u tolikoj meri.


jok

uglavnom ne mogu da se slozim sa stavovima ovde. u sarajevu sam prvi put u zivotu bio pre jedno 2 meseca i jako mi se dopalo. ali samo prva 2 dana jer sam se kao gastarbajter uzeleo balkanske klope (pitice su im neprevazidjene, cevapi nevidjeno njesra, leskovac rules). posle prvih pozitivnih utisaka sam shvatio - cek, pa ovo nije ono sto sam ocekivao, lepo je kao sto je Istanbul lep, al nije ono Sarajevo o kome sam toliko slusao od raznih Karajlica, Kusturica, Djuri i sl. Poenta je da je takav akcenat bacen na to da SA lici na bilo koju drugu muslimansku kasabu da od multikuluralizma kome sam se nadao i koji James spominje nema ni m ni k. Jes ono lepo i ususkano (centar ne moze ni primirisati terazijama, ne preterujmo), al takvu lepotu mos vidis gde oces na bliskom istoku - ali to ne ocekujem nit zelim od Sarajeva. Duha ima, al to jednostavno nije to....


Error

Greska. Mislim da poredite babe i zabe, jeste Bg je metropola, ostali gradovi to nisu. Izjaviti da je bg u "losijem" fazonu od fazona u Sarajevu je kompletna greska, jer u Bg-u cete naci fazon Sarajeva, dok u Sarajevu necete naci fazon Beograda. Mislim da je zbog toga izjava da je negde "bolji" fazon nego u Bg, nadasve netacna, jer Bg jeste nastao zbirom svih tih sredina, od Hrvatske, Bosne, Makedonije, Srbije, Cg i svih drugih koji su ovde dolazili i jos uvek dolaze. I naravno da ljudi nisu "pukli", ou contre, morate se malo vise kretati medju ljudima, budite komunikativniji, te upoznajte beogradjane (ako tako nesto postoji, posto smo svi pridoslice) malo bolje! :-)


Hey, we are not all

Hey, we are not all “pridoslice”, my grandpa and my grandma meet at the Kalemegdan dancing party, I mean, my only roots are in Belgrade and I do love that city very much! But, today I’m in Sarajevo and what I can see is not that Belgrade is “u losijem fazonu” then Sarajevo, but that Sarajevo is different, is merrier, but that’s matter of some kind of city mentality. That’s how it was for ages (as I said in my previous post). People are smiling and laughing and communicating with each other more then in Belgrade, that’s just the way people act and it gives different atmosphere to a whole city – that’s all. So, it’s not about the size or anything similar, just this obviously different atmosphere. What’s better – Sarajevo or Belgrade atmosphere, its individual. Some people like a lively atmosphere of Sarajevo, while some of my friends hate this cheerful Sarajevo atmosphere.
And yes, Belgrade is a big city and you can find some parts of “Sarajevski fazon”, but that’s not “Beogradski fazon”, not a general one, that’s just result of the fact that Belgrade is a big city and that you can find many different “fazons” there.


True

But it is interesting that back in 1919, the largest city in SHS Kingdom was Subotica with almost 100.000 inhabitants - Belgrade had about 60.000 people at a time. Now there are about 1.500.000 people living here - it is pretty obvious that majority of inhabitants came here from other places (the population has increased for 1.440.000 inhabitants in 87 years).
Considering the merrier people there, I cannot agree - I think that categorization is quite individual.
In a nutshell - two cities may not be compared, thus the best thing to do is to be in both cities (at the same time, lol) - and to enjoy in good atmosphere and good people wherever they are! :-)


Vodzo Modzo,

I was not in Belgrade back in 1919 so can’t tell you how it really looked like. All I have is a box of some old photos, but must admit that back then people (or it’s just something about my family) use to took photos mainly indoors, so I can’t see there much of a city. And I wanted to say, just as I did, that we are not all “pridoslice”, I wanted to raise a voice of “indigenous people of Belgrade” to show that we still do exist, but it’s just silly think and doesn’t really matters.
Well, if you disagree that they are merrier that's fine, it’s how you see certain way of acting, that’s individual.
And finally, I am actually (not at a same time, but nearly) living in both cities and I do enjoy in good atmosphere and good people wherever they are!

cheers


Good for you!

If only I had time to go to Sarajevo, or some other places... :-(( Term "pridoslice", means something else - but I'm not quite sure if I can put it in a few words, so I'll not congest this blog. In one sentence - I don't feel as "pridoslica", 'couse I don't have any other relatives than those in Belgrade, nor I have other home, but my family moved here in 1941. - running away from Ustase in Lika, Croatia. So, I'm second generation "beogradjanin" - my father was born here, I was born here, but my grandpa' was born in Lika. In that sense you could see me as "pridoslica", as well. :-)
P.S. Send some greetings to Sarajevo for me!!! ;)


At the height of the Empire,

At the height of the Empire, Belgrade had 20,000 people (a decent-size city in those days).

At the time of the Berlin Congress (1878), Belgrade had 50,000 people living in it.

In 1914, about 100,000 inhabitants. During the disastrous war the population was decimated and stood at about 20,000 in 1918/19.

In 1929, Belgrade had 240,000 citizens.

Just before the invasion (1941), there were some 400,000 Belgraders.

After the war, the population simply exploded:

1950-1972: 500,000 --> 1,000,000
1973-1985: --> 1,500,000
1986-1991: --> 1,870,000

Today, it has 1,711,000 (officially). This is just the city & the boroughs. The "GBA" (Greater Belgrade Area) easily has more than 2 million folks.

Subotica's population, on the other hand, has actually decreased over the last 25 years by about 7,000 - which should raise a big red flag. The low birth rate coupled with the highest suicide rate in Serbia were bound to take their toll on the city.


"Beograd je izgleda najvise

"Beograd je izgleda najvise puko od svih gradova bivse Jugoslavije,ljudi su pukli.."

Vrlo dirljivo. Jos kad bi bilo kretena da poveruju u to sto kaze Bata. Menjaj se sa Sarajlijama ako su Beogradjani pukli, a pukli su zato sto su izgubili 4 rata pa ne mogu vise da slave veselo sve one ratne Nove godine tokom devedesetih, kad Srbija nije vodila ratove, dok su na nekoliko stotina kilometara od veselih Beogradjana ljudi ginuli i umirali.

Bas mi je zao Beograda.


You are so right!

for one thing.Sarajevo is not the same,but only becouse the people who used to live there are gone.


Sarajevo, Yes

I was in Sarajevo in June and agree that it seems more relaxed and people in better mood than in Belgrade. And yes, cevapi there were really great.
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James,

I like your description of Sarajevo. I’m living and working partly in Belgrade and partly in Sarajevo, and could not agree more with you - Sarajevo is more joyful city then Belgrade or Zagreb, but as far as I know it has been like that for ages (apart from the period of war, of course). A sad part is that after a while I started to realise that this is real “victims’ society”, and that you can feel a clear difference when coming from the “other side”. It makes me fell more depressed, being constantly faced with the pain that is present all the time, but you cant see it immediately, you need some time spent there to be able to see that. I mean, I had all those information before, I knew what has happened (that was part of my job and still is), it was always extremely sad, but now my emotions got some new “quality”, “deepness”, can’t really explained how and why did it happened.
And yes, this is the place in former Yugoslavia where the spirit of multi-ethnicity is best preserved. Don’t know why, but it’s just how it is. I have witnessed that during last couple of years living in Sarajevo (with my clear Belgrade accent).
Someone mentioned names of squares and streets etc. Yes, that’s said part of the story. That’s what I call solidarity among nationalistic parties. Three nationalistic parties where strongly supporting each other by giving from time to time some small “gifts” to other sides to be able to start a good nationalistic debate and keep each other on power since they can’t survive without each other. (I wont’ go further to talk about last elections in BiH etc.)

I can’t help you with cevapi in Belgrade, but I agree with you that top three cevabdzinicas in Sarajevo are not actually the best and I do have my no.1 cevabdzinica as well!


Other Side

First experiences in a place not seen for a long time are belonging to the honeymoon phase. After I read your post I had a feeling that it was this phase speaking from you.

I was born in Sarajevo and lived there for over 18 years. I finished university there and in two days from that day I was packed waiting for a bus to Serbia, telling myself that I don’t want too see it ever again.

If you are there for a short while, they will tell you that war should be forgotten and that we all should look for the future. But underneath it they treat you like a lesser human, like a Serb in you is responsible for all of their wrongs. They will ignore you, talk loudly behind your back, and look at you with hatred. Mosques are blossoming all over and their grip is gaining strength by fueling hate.

Yes, there are Serbs in Sarajevo but every single one I met had his tail behind his legs, trying too hard to be politically correct and not too look directly in their eyes, so maybe someone would pet them.

For a year now I am living in the Serbia, but still I can’t seem to get rid of distrust towards people, always looking weather there is any sign of aggression towards me. And the last thing I am interested in are freakin cevapcici.


the road to mostar

sto bolan bre, ne svrati u moj mostar :))


My place for ćevapčići

I like to eat ćevapčići at kafana "Orač" (Makenzijeva 81, Čubura, close to Kalenić market). It's a decent place with a real grill and ćevapčići are very good, with or without kajmak as you like.


Dear James,

You couldn't possibly compare a kasaba (look in Vujaklija) with a metropolis. Sorry, but that's just ridiculous.


metropolis belgrade?!

belgrade stopped being one and became just another balkan kasaba many years ago, while sarajevo has never pretended to be a metropolis.


Well,

I'm actually living in Zürich and I travelled a lot, and I can definitely say that Belgrade IS a metropolis (or at least you have a feeling that you are in one), while the rest of Serbia is another planet.


not a question whether

not a question whether Belgrade is metropolis or not, but Sarajevo can be compared to Nis, Kragujevac, Novi Sad, Vranje, Leskovac (the last two because of cevapi) not with Belgrade. size matters....


I just don't share that feeling

with you, but I do remember it, this is where I'm from. Being big is just not enough. Obviously we do not perceive Belgrade the same way, although we have similar experience of living and traveling abroad.


It's OK

not to have the same opinion, but somehow I really hate when people spit on Belgrade, like it's dirty etc, and then look at Barcelona for example, very dirty, smells terrible (although it's a great town), but in that case it's charming, right, and for Bgd they would say-look at these uncivilized Serbs..
On the other hand, Belgrade doesn't have Hradcani, Gaudi, Tate Modern, Haussmann boulevards etc, but it has it's specific flair..Hard to explain...I remeber Goran Markovic's interview where he said the older he gets, the more he goes to the courtyards and gates of the houses where he spent time once as a kid, probably trying to find that 'old' Belgrade..And then, so many good, cool people left, but despite everything one can still find there some very urban, very educated people, who could find their place anywhere in the world. And for Sarajevo, it's also a sad story. Old Sarajevo people are not there anymore, and now some other 'brdjani' came, similar stands for Belgrade..


After all,

we do share the same feelings about Belgrade. I am talking about the flair and Goran Markovic's story about courtyards. The only thing I don't understand is what makes you think I was spitting on Belgrade, uncivilized Serbs... I never said such a thing. However I do remember the way people from my street behaved and cared about our courtyard some 20-30 years ago and the way things are now. It has nothing to do with them being Serbs or non-Serbs back then and now. It would take a deeper analysis to explain the degeneration, but I just can't help to see it. It's somehow omnipresent and yes it breaks my heart, but I do see it and feel it every time I spend some time in Belgrade.


unclear

why would you compare cities anyway? i'd never live in sarajevo and not because i don't like the cevapi over there, and i like living in belgrade, and not only because it is a "metropolis" (which is false by the way). however, both seem much better than ljubljana for example and let people decide where they want to live. major downside of sarajevo is that despite all the rebuilding that is going on over there and people's positive attitude to life, you could still feel human suffering all over you. belgrade has its weaknesses as well but they are much better masked and and it seems to me a much more comfortable place to live (and not only because i can buy ham wherever i want). belgrade is not nicer thatn than sarajevo nor is sarajevo merrier than belgrade. it is just a matter of perspective.


if you want Sarajevski

if you want Sarajevski cevapcici in Belgrade, go to Evergreen (near Vukov spomenik) - dude bought the recipee from Zeljo and he even has fresh somun from Sarajevo coming every morning ;) Awesome!

However, I`m also much bigger fan of Leskovac cousine :)

The rest of the text I won`t comment for the simple reason that Belgrade and rest of Ex-YU cities are not comparable (not trying to say that other cities are not good enough - just that they are too small to be comparable).

And one more thing - I wonder what kind of comments would we get here if someone was describing burned serbian cities or villages... whole this b92 blog seems to be filled with so called open-minded people (where open-mindness in serbia equals being anti-serbian)... point is - you did not need that comment in your text...


Politically Correct

thinking is a much needed medicine. Yet, the focal issue in case of SA and the country of which it is the capital is the strength / weakness of the mission of the international community and the underlying purpose thereof. What are your thoughts on these issues?


This June, after 15 years, I

This June, after 15 years, I spent some time in Sarajevo. Although I have friends and close relatives there, I hadn't had a chance to go there before.

And yes, I noticed that it was a pretty vivid city and that people were more relaxed and having more fun. But somehow, I got the impression that their jollyness was not completely sincere. And sometimes, it really got onto my nerves.

As for the "cevapi", Novi Pazar's are uncomparable to any others. Especially the ones from "Kod Saka".


svidelo se nekom to ili ne

beograd, moj nas beograd je jedina metroplola sa podrucja ex yu, mozda nisam objektivan jel ne postoji osecaj patriotizma vec izrazenu lokal patriotizma, sta god da to znacilo, ali ne kazem to ja vec mnogi drugi, jer svi dolaze u bg... a meni poredjenje cevapima nije i neki standard za merenje, ovi neocevapi samo skrnave ionako narusen dosta miris grada...


Bio sam u Sarajevu

pre dve godine.Nisam video odrpane i nadrkane ljude, nisam video bahatu omladinu,nisam video nabildovane celavce(mozda par njih)...Nije u Sarajevu ne znam kako jaka atmosfera,ali je energija na ulicama bolja,opustenije je...Skoplje takodje,iako su Makedonci mozda i siromasniji od nas,ljudi tamo opustenije zive,vise se smeju,miroljubivi su...Da se razumemo,volim ja Beograd,ali retko gde moze da se sretne takva agresivnost i primitivizam kao u BG.


Freak: "ovi neocevapi samo

Freak: "ovi neocevapi samo skrnave ionako narusen dosta miris grada..."

Narusen mirisi Beograda, ali ne zbog cevapa, luka i pljeskavica nego zbog hekatomba leseva, zakopanih pa iskopanih, pa zamrznutih u hladnjacama, pa transportovanih, pa opet zakopanih, pa onda ekshuminiranih ... i sve to u divnoj prestonici i evropskoj metropoli Beogradu. Narusen je dosta miris ovog grada, moj Freak, tacno, slazem se potpuno.


Simplify More Pls!

Mr. Lyon,

Don't eat cevapi in Belgrade. Go to Mrkva. Don't go to Chinese restaurant in Sarajevo. Go to Makao (Belgrade). Don't go to Indian restaurant in Belgrade. Go to Taj Mahal (Sarajevo). Don't go shopping in Sarajevo. Shop in Belgrade. Enjoy good folk music? Try both cities... If you want to enjoy national food try Dacho (BG) or Imidz-T (Semizovac, near SA). Or even better, try Ibarska, when you have time.

Let's compare Washington and NY... Paris and London. People in Paris are warmer? City of Love. But, for a good beer, don't go to Paris... And Englishmen tend to become warmer when near beer. Try eating cheese in London... Or famous British wine hahahaha...

Each city has its qualities. And faults.
I'm from Belgrade. My girl is from Sarajevo.

We have our favourite places in both cities. She loves SA, but enjoys walking down Knez Mihajlova to Kalemegdan. I love BG, but I love walking by Wilson-ovo Setaliste, or even better Trail of Ambassadors...

Believe it or not... I love Bosnia. And Serbia. And I love going to Croatian seaside... By the way - If you want to go to the seaside - Go to Makarska rivijera...

What was done in Dayton, could have been done before. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1989. If only there was some financial/political interest to do so. Think about that Mr. Lyon, before you write another one of your simplified "I read some books about Balkans", "I have my stereotypes about Balkans" stories.

Anyway, if you are from BG, and reading this... try going for the weekend to Bascarsija - really good cevapi! I do it almost every weekend. :)

If you are from SA, come to BG and enjoy night life, or simply walk by Sava or Danube on a sunny day... There is this nice Korean restaurant in Blok 70.

Differences are never simple, but they can be beautifull.


Zeljo rules ;o)

Zeljo rules ;o)


Cevapi su ukusni

Ali ni kod jednog od navedenih kulinara uz cevape ne mozete da pijete pivo. Ako zatrazite, pogledace vas upitno/popreko/iznenadjeno (svako neka izabere sta mu odgovara) i reci da nema, ali ima sok ili mleko (?!). OK, to je zbog onih koji inace ne piju (kao na primer Edin iz Velikog brata), ali zbog cega smo diskriminisani mi koji pijemo. Ne samo u cevabzinicama, u Sarajevu se cesto desi da tamo gde ste seli da jedete ne sluze alkohol. To nije odlika kosmopolitske sredine.
Na sred te pesacke ulice stoji tabla sa natpisom da su srpski zlocinci granatom pobili ljude u redu za hleb. Jel to turisticka atrakcija, ili spomenik zrtvama ili politicki pamflet? Svako ko je Srbin (isti kao i ovi koji se pominju na tabli, jel) moze na tom mestu da odmah primi na znanje gde se nalazi i kakvim ga okolina vidi.
Parkovi u Sarajevu su prepuni nadgrobnih spomenika. To odaje mucan utisak, necu dalje da komentarisem.
Ulicama tog kosmopolitskog grada setaju zabradjene zene, po pravilu nekoliko koraka iza svojih muskaraca koji izgledaju strogo i cudno (zovu ih valjda vehabije, ne znam da li ide veliko slovo). Nisam ih video da se sale.
Meni se desilo da u jednom restoranu nisu hteli da me usluze kolacima (za veceru nisam imao vremena i to sam objasnio konobaru koji je ponavljao "vecerati se mora"). Nisam nasao drugo objasnjenje sem tog da mu se nije svidela moja ekavica.
I ne bih vise o Sarajevu, pogotovo ne u kontekstu poredjenja sa Beogradom.


Relja Ristic: "Parkovi u

Relja Ristic: "Parkovi u Sarajevu su prepuni nadgrobnih spomenika. To odaje mucan utisak, necu dalje da komentarisem."

Zasto se niste upitali otkud nadgrobni spomenici u sarajevskom parku? Zato sto mozda vrlo dobro znate odgovor, i zato sto vrlo dobro znate ko su bile ubice tih Sarajlija.

"Na sred te pesacke ulice stoji tabla sa natpisom da su srpski zlocinci granatom pobili ljude u redu za hleb. Jel to turisticka atrakcija, ili spomenik zrtvama ili politicki pamflet? Svako ko je Srbin (isti kao i ovi koji se pominju na tabli, jel) moze na tom mestu da odmah primi na znanje gde se nalazi i kakvim ga okolina vidi."

I sta vam tu smeta, Relja? Vi i vasi sunarodnici ste zasluzni za tu tablu sa natpisom, i na toj tabli stoji istorijska istina koju vi uporno negirate. Pravo zrtava je da na dzelate gledaju sa prezirom.

"I ne bih vise o Sarajevu, pogotovo ne u kontekstu poredjenja sa Beogradom"

Kao pripadnik nacije koja je unistila Sarajevo, na to nemate ni pravo. Pricajte o beogradskim cevapima, ali ne na blogu.


"Zato sto mozda vrlo dobro

"Zato sto mozda vrlo dobro znate odgovor, i zato sto vrlo dobro znate ko su bile ubice tih Sarajlija."

Ja ne znam ko su ubice, dajte molim vas ovde imena i prezimena tih ubica, i to samo ako imate dokaze, dakle za svaku zrtvu, direktno ime i prezime ubice i njegovu nacinalnost/veru. U protivnom cu pomisliti da kolektivizujete krivicu.

"Vi i vasi sunarodnici ste zasluzni za tu tablu sa natpisom, i na toj tabli stoji istorijska istina koju vi uporno negirate. Pravo zrtava je da na dzelate gledaju sa prezirom."

S kojim pravom pretpostavljate bilo ciju naciju???
Gospodin kome se obracate je zasluzan za tu tablu isto koliko ste i vi gospodine Zokster zasluzni za Jasenovac.
Ako imate dokaze za vasu tvrdnju molim iznesite ih, ako ne onda je ovo jasan slucaj direktnog optuzivanja blogera da je zlocinac, bez dokaza sto je otvoreni govor mrznje i ja bih zamolio gospodina Lajona da reaguje.

"Pravo zrtava je da na dzelate gledaju sa prezirom."
S kojim pravom vi stavljate sebe u poziciju da odradjujete ko je zrtva a ko dzelat. S kojim pravom vi tvrdite da je nesto istorijska istina. Da iole umete racionalno da razmisljate bilo bi vam jasno da je konstrukcija "istorijska istina" oksimoron, a pogotovu sto se tice istorije koja je jedva 10-15 godina istorija.
U vasim recima odzvanja govor mrznje i da je ovaj blog iole objektivan vasi postovi bi bili uklonjeni na isti nacin na koji se postovi koji sadrze isti govor kao vas ali se odnose na drugu stranu uklanjaju.


Covek u belom: "Ja ne znam

Covek u belom: "Ja ne znam ko su ubice, dajte molim vas ovde imena i prezimena tih ubica, i to samo ako imate dokaze, dakle za svaku zrtvu, direktno ime i prezime ubice i njegovu nacinalnost/veru.."

Imate Mirsada Tokacu i Sarajevski dokumentacioni centar, obratite se njima za potrebne informacije.

"S kojim pravom pretpostavljate bilo ciju naciju???"

Zato sto je ovo 2006. godina i istorijske cinjenice su svima dobro poznate, osim onima koji ne zele da ih cuju.

"Gospodin kome se obracate je zasluzan za tu tablu isto koliko ste i vi gospodine Zokster zasluzni za Jasenovac."

Gospodin kome se obracam i ja licno, na moju veliku zalost i sramotu, pripadamo istoj strani, onoj koja je izvrsila agresiju. A Jasenovac nema sa ovom temom bas nikakve veze - kad bude otvoren blog o II svetskom ratu, budite ljubazni pa se onda javite sa Jasenovcom.

"Ako imate dokaze za vasu tvrdnju molim iznesite ih, ako ne "

Dokazi su velikim delom sadrzani u tuzbi BIH protiv Srbije za genocid.

"S kojim pravom vi tvrdite da je nesto istorijska istina"

S pravom neposrednog svedoka: zivim u odredjenom istorijskom trenutku o kojem imam mnogo vise informacija nego o vremenu Luja XV, na primer, i samim tim osecam se mnogo pozvanijim da govorim o prilikama na Balkanu 90-tih nego o Francuskoj iz doba Luja XV.

"Da iole umete racionalno da razmisljate bilo bi vam jasno da je konstrukcija "istorijska istina" oksimoron"

Narocito kad izgubite 4 rata zaredom, a smesi vam se i odlazak 'vekovne kolevke srpstva'.

"U vasim recima odzvanja govor mrznje"

Ne bih rekao. Pre govor prezira i gnusanja za vas i vama slicne.


"Imate Mirsada Tokacu i

"Imate Mirsada Tokacu i Sarajevski dokumentacioni centar, obratite se njima za potrebne informacije."

Prosta zamena teze. Kada nekog optuzite za zlocin na vama je do dokazete da je dati kriv, a ne na optuzenom da dokaze da je nevin. To su norme savremenog prava. Obrnuto je tekovina totalitarnih rezima.
To sto ocekujete od onog koga napadate bez ikakvog kredibiliteta da trazi dokaze za vase tvrdnje samo potvrdjuje da vi konkretno nista osim parola i pausalnih ocena ni nemate.

"Gospodin kome se obracam i ja licno, na moju veliku zalost i sramotu, pripadamo istoj strani"
Kako vi to znate? A zalost i sramota moze i biti samo vasa i nicija vise.

"Zato sto je ovo 2006. godina i istorijske cinjenice su svima dobro poznate, osim onima koji ne zele da ih cuju."

Ma hajte umete vi i bolje od toga. Ajd da probam da protumacim ovu vasu izjavu. "Ono sto ja i meni slicni smatraju da je tacno to su istorijske cinjenice i aksiomi i to je opste poznato (verovatno zato sto je sad 2006. godine to bi valjda trebalo da bude logicka potvrda vasih tvrdnji) i to svi znaju ali neki ne zele da cuju."

Nemogucnost da se cuje druga strana ili misljenje i verovanje u samo jednu (univerzalnu i svima znanu) istinu samo govori o vasim intelektualnim kapacitetima.

"S pravom neposrednog svedoka: zivim u odredjenom istorijskom periodu o kojem imam mnogo vise informacija nego o vremenu"

Istoricari i eksperti koji proucavaju Luja XV (sto bas XV da mi je samo znati) znaju mnogo vise "istinu" o tom vremenu nego sto vi znate o svom vremenu. Isto tako nivo manipulacije i prekrajanja istoriji neizmerno je manji ako postoji istorijski otklon od 3 veka nego 15 godina. Vama to ocigledno nije jasno i mislite ako imate dostupan internet da znate odogovore na pitanja "zivota, univerzuma i svega ostalog".
Mislim da je svaka dalja diskusija sa vama potpuno bespredmetna jer iskljucivi ljudi koji poznaju samo jednu "istinu" apsolutno nisu vredni bilo kakvog dijaloga.

Stoga vas ostavljam sa najboljim namerama da uzivate (ili se stidite zavisno od preferencija) u svojim saznanjima a mozete mi i neku sliku nadenuti cisto da vasa bude poslednja a i da podignete nivo diskusije...


Mrzi me da vam lepim cak i

Mrzi me da vam lepim cak i slicicu, a kamoli nesto naknadno bez potrebe odgovaram. Samo jedno malo objasnjenje oko potezanja 2006. godine kao argumenta: time sam hteo reci samo to da je sve manje onih kojima vi i vama slicni mozete poturati rog za svecu kao ranije, pre desetak godina - istina sve vise izlazi na videlo i to je sad vec nezaustavljiv proces. Vrlo jednostavno i logicno.


vi to mislite

na vase komentare, kojima, od kada ste se registrovali, pokusavate da udjete u neki fajt sa onima koji drugacije misle?


Mislite da koliko je neko

Mislite da koliko je neko clan bloga daje neki kredibilitet, pa neko ko je clan od skora ima manji kredibilitet, tj. on je neki "pionir" ili sta vec, a vi koji ste dugo na blogu, vi ste neki "prvoborci" ili sta vec?
Ne znam sta u vasoj interpretaciji znaci rec "fajt". Ja datu englesku rec dozivljavam vise kao fizicku interakciju. A ovaj blog vise kao razmenu misljenja. Ta vasa predstava da je dijalog na blogu "fajt" meni ne deluje kao nesto cime bi trebalo da se hvalim.

A dijalog se lakse vodi sa neistomisljenicima nego sa istomisljenicima. Sa istomisljenicima se rade drugarski pozdravi, tapasanje po ramenu i povremeno zajednicko jadanje. Jel vi to bezite od razmene misljenja sa neistomisljenicima? Zasto vam to smeta?


covek u belom

svaki registrovani clan ovog virtuelnog mesta, bez obzira kada se prijavio da ucestvuje, dokle god komentarise bez zelje da nekog vredja i to radi u okvirima pravila pristojnosti je ravnopravno prihvacen.Ako malo prosarate po temama, videcete da je u vecini slucajeva, oko njih okupljeno drustvo neistomisljenika, koji iznose svoje stavove jedni drugima i repliciraju civilizovano.Svi oni koji ovaj blog dozivljavaju kao pogodnu priliku da ispolje neke neprilicne varijante u kominikaciji su brisani ili banovani-koliko je moguce da se od strane odgovornih kontrolise ovolika kolicina postova, tako da nemojte sumnjati u dobrodoslicu, i ako imate eventualno suprotan stav, dokle god ga izrazavate u granicama prihvatljivog.
Meni licno je draze da razgovaram sa nekim ko ne misli kao ja, ako ima argumente, kojima ce mi pokazati da nisam u pravu.


Moram da priznam da se u

Moram da priznam da se u potpunosti slazem sa ovim, dakle i nije tesko sloziti se u nekim stvarima (samo da ih ne bude previse :).


Ako čovek u belom nije doktor ...

... onda je sigurno ...


Hm, tolerancija, zamislite

Hm, tolerancija, zamislite da ja stavim neku slicnu slicicu za ZUC, za koliko sekundi bih bio banovan???
A bas sam se pitao posle koliko vremena od postovanja 1. komentara ce moj nick doci u pitanje :).


Relja,

od kada je odlika kosmopolitskih sredina, da se sluzi alkohol u cevabzdinicama ili
da je uobicajeno u nekim drugim objektima gde se sluzi hrana-cak je potpuno obrnuto,
kao i da se u takvim sredinama svako seta kako god mu je volja da je obucen, sa sve 2,3...koraka iza ili ispred muza, zene,...
a da to niko ni ne primeti.
A to za tablu i nadgrobne spomenike, zar vi mislite da ne treba da stoje i da se zrtve zaborave, kad vec tako neadekvatno-u najmanju ruku, ironisete, poredivsi iste sa turistickom atrakcijom i politickim pamfletom.....Ne, Relja, to su spomen obelezja nevinim ljudima koji su izgubili zivote, surovo i mucki i u svim civilizacijama se na taj nacin iskazuje, sucut, postovanje i zelja da se ne zaboravi,
ako za to do danas niste culi, pa tako bezobrazno pravite nesuvisle komentare.


"kao i da se u takvim

"kao i da se u takvim sredinama svako seta kako god mu je volja da je obucen, sa sve 2,3...koraka iza ili ispred muza, zene,...
a da to niko ni ne primeti."

Da prica ekavicu, a da to niko ne primeti, da naruci alkohol, a da to niko ne primeti, da kaze da je iz Beograda, a da to niko ne primeti, spisak je poduzi...

A kad neko primeti onda su u pitanju "zrtve" koje imaju pravo da se tako osecaju prema "dzelatima", je li tako?

"Ne, Relja, to su spomen obelezja nevinim ljudima koji su izgubili zivote, surovo i mucki i u svim civilizacijama se na taj nacin iskazuje, sucut, postovanje i zelja da se ne zaboravi"

Ne vidim kakva je svrha onda postojanja dala natpisa "od strane zlocinacki i genocidnih Srba". Verovatno to da se nikad ne zaboravi kako su Srbi zlocinacki i genocidni sto inace nije nikakav govor mrznje samo konstatovanje "nepobitnih istorijskih" cinjenica sto bi rekao gospodin Zokster.


STRAH Belog Coveka

Vi se, g. Covek, bojite?

Quote:
Da prica ekavicu, a da to niko ne primeti, da naruci alkohol, a da to niko ne primeti, da kaze da je iz Beograda, a da to niko ne primeti, spisak je poduzi.

Ili mi treba da se bojimo?

"antisemit (rasista, nacionalista) je covek koji se boji"...rekao sartre... znate nastavak?

....koji se boji sebe, svoje podsvesti, svojih nagona, slobode, drustva, sveta...

ne znam u kom ste vi sarajevu bili, ali sigurno nismo bili u istom


A vi ste gospodja Sonja K.

A vi ste gospodja Sonja K. klinicki psiholog?

Interesantno navodjenje Sartra, nego jel moze taj citat i na francuskom, a ne u marksistickom prevodu i slobodnoj interpretaciji?

Beli Covek=Covek u belom, hm zaista mora da jeste znak jednakosti, hvala sto mi otvarate oci, no da ja lepo otvorim counter, u 5 min., 2 napada na moj nick. Pitam se kad cete da krenete i na pravopis.
A kako bese beli covek, rasizam, sta li je to?

Evo da vam pomognem nom.-covek, vok.-covece (ili serbian latin "čoveče").


zasto bih bila?

i obican prolaznik moze zakljuciti da umesto diskusije, Vi zelite svadju.

kakvi marksisticki prevodi? - Vi se stvarno bojite svega i svakoga
...izvolite, prevodite, kako god zelite, nemojte biti jos i lenji

a to Vase da volite da diskutujete sa neistomisljenicima mozete macku na rep...


Hm, za svadju je potrebno

Hm, za svadju je potrebno dvoje...al vi ipak drugog necete dobiti :).

"i obican prolaznik moze da zakljuci"="zna narod", ovo drugo je maksima lokalnih marksista iz druge polovine proslog veka. Nije argument za ozbiljnu raspravu.

Svadja je i neargumentovana rasprava. Ja u vasim reagovanjima na moje komentare jos uvek nisam pronasao nista argumentovano iako sam se trudio.
Svadja podrazumeva i vredjanje druge strane i predrasude.
Sa vase strane ima i jednog i drugog, doduse eufemiziranog ali to ne umanjuje pravi smisao. Mogu da vam i citiram ako bas zelite.

Takodje za odrzavanje nivoa rasprave potrebno je dvoje, mislim da ste vi sami sebe diskreditovali kao osobu vrednu da se sa njom vodi argumentovana rasprava. Kad budete ponudili nesto o cemu se moze razgovarati uvek cete moci da me nadjete.
S postovanjem,
Covek u belom


da li

mozete da zamislite tu celu situaciju, sa sve tim strasnim situacijama iz proslosti, ali sa obrnutim ulogama i sebe i svoje najblize na strani zrtava?
Da li biste i tada imali isto ovo misljenje?
Ako ne moze drugacije da shvati neke njemu neprijatne stvari, covek ponekad treba da sebe zamisli na toj drugoj strani, pa da ima drugaciju vizuru u sagledavanju okolnosti, ako mu vec postojeci argumenti i nacin licnog razmisljanja nisu dovoljni da razume.


Mogu samo da pokusam i

Mogu samo da pokusam i strasno je i to ne poricem i zbog toga mi je ljudski zao, stid takodje mogu da razumem i osecam, ali odgovornos i krivicu ne.
A to da se treba staviti u tudju kozu da se bolje razume sa time se takodje apsolutno slazem (ovo je 2. put da se slozimo, hm). Ali ono sa cime se ne slazem je iskljucivost, deljenje ljudi prema nekim stavovima u kategorije, svrstavanje na jednu ili drugu stranu, definisanje 2 (ili vise) strana, nametanje i odgovornosti i krivice i nemogucnost razumevanja i druge strane.
Da li se iko od ljudi na ovim blogovima koji su u vecini (necu nikakvu drugu kvalifikaciju da dam) zapitao da li i na ovoj strani ima zrtava (sad opasno rizikujem da se pojavi jos 10 psihologa koji ce tumaciti moj profil :) i koji tako pisu i reaguju zato sto su bili zrtve i sto su povredjeni, a ne zato sto su sto su degenerisani fasisti i masovne ubice. Odgovor je NE, a nije mi jasno zasto, jer to onda moze samo da znaci da oni ne vide da zrtve i sa druge strane postoje i mogu postojati, a to je onda zalosno. Zalosno je sto svako pominjanje zlocina nad sopstenim narodom biva proglaseno za relativizaciju zlocina, ima mnogo zalosnih stvari, spisak je poduzi... I nije svaka neiskljucivost relativizacija.


Eh sad.... Wow.....

DragonS
Dear Mr. James...
Odgovoricyu na lijepom srpskom jeziku samo da se ne bih uvlachio g. u ..... kao neki ..... bez obzira na kurtoaziju, jer je text na engleskom.
Juche se vratih iz Sarajeva! Obaveze od par dana me vezashe za odlazak tamo!
No, da ne tupim puno, rodjen sam u Sa, zivio na Grbavici, pa poslije na Vojnickom polju (Nedjarici) sve do rata! U Srbiju predjoh odmah po izbijanju prethodno spomenutog....
Kad Mr. James pishe o njemu (Sarajevo) i vec nakon nekoliko recenica spomene da su Srbi zapalili neshto vec mi se "sloshi" (izraz koji chesto koristim u konverzaciji sa prijateljima)!
Nije valjda da su muslimani u svakoj situaciji razmishljali kako da pucaju i chime, a da ne povrijede ljude i djecu i ne srushe neku zgradu!
Nema teorije da se tamo zivi normalno kao prije....
Pozivam sve da dodju u Sa za vrijeme ramazanskog posta pa da vide tu "friendly" atmosferu! Ma dajte molim vas.... Pa gledao sam ja mnogo Bajrama i kupovao, u pekari kod chesme, na Charshiji, somune za komshije i nas (tad su somuni najbolji)..... Jeo balkava i halvi...
Ali bejah i ove godine za vrieme posta kao i proshle godine i niko mi nemoze tvrditi da je Sa promijenjeno na bolje!
Ljudi u Bg jesu nadr..... ali i u Sa ih ima za izvoz! A ti i jesu doshli kao import u BH after the war....
Kakvih sve papana ima tamo to je da im i pozavide shaneri sa Bistrika, Bjelava, Hrasnice i okolnih mjesta...
A shto se tiche reakcija kad se chuje "ekavica" one su dosta chudne... Reaguju svakako ali ponajvishe u loshem maniru! Nije josh vrijeme za kafu sa mlekom jer csesh dobiti istu preko one stvari ....
Sve u svemu...pozivam nostalgichnu omladinu i one straije takodje nepovjerljive da dodju i vide, i uvjere se...
Shto se tiche cyevapa, kod "Kurte" su bili najvecyi i najukusniji, dok su svi ostali imali bolju reklamu i vishe jarana... Bajpro tamo pa djido na blog pa zika koji su ljibo! Ako ti treba pomocy oko prijevoda... javi...
Ja tamo ni pod razno ne bih zivio! Ipak dajem prednost nadr.... Beogradu, dosadnom Novom Sadu, josh dosadnijoj Subotici.... Nishu...
Vozdra
P.S. Mr. James. please ask someone to translate this text if U want! Sorry....


Thanks for the fast reaction

Regards!


General Stanislav Galić,

"Ja ne znam ko su ubice, dajte molim vas ovde imena i prezimena tih ubica"

General Stanislav Galić, former commander of the VRS Sarajevo-Romanija Corps was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the ICTY on 5th December 2003 for crimes committed against Sarajevo civilians including “120 mm mortar shell fired at Markale market on 5 February 1994, which killed over 60 persons and wounded over 140 others.


Red za hleb je Vase Miskina,

Red za hleb je Vase Miskina, a ne Markale, za to sam pitao, i to za imena neposrednih izvrsilaca, a ne za komandnu odgovornost generala Republike Srpske.

Nego da probam da rekonstruisem kako neki ovde razmisljaju: general Stanislav Galic je Srbini i kriv je za komandnu odgovornost za Vase Miskina (pri cemu ne znam sta tacno pise u presudi to nam niste rekli osim za Markale), takodje VRS je finansirana iz Srbije, znaci Srbi kao narod su zlocinacki i genocidni i direktno odgovorni za zrtve u Vase Miskina i stoga gospodin Relja kao pripadnik datog naroda/nacije (bez da se zna njegova nacionalna pripadnost, zamislite da je neko ko se zove mpr. Halil postovao dati komentar kakva bi reakcija bila) je takodje zlocinac i on i njemu slicni (sto ne znam kako se tacno definise, no gospodin Zokster verovatno zna) su ubili te ljude (ili da citiram "vi i vasi sunarodnici ste zasluzni za tu tablu").


Mr. Galic is directly

Mr. Galic is directly responsible for ordering the above mentioned attack, shooting on Sarajevo civilians etc. Command responsibility means something else.
Galic Judgment:
http://www.un.org/icty/galic/trialc/judgement/index.htm


Ms Bogdan, Galic Judgement

Ms Bogdan,

Galic Judgement je presuda lokalnih marksista iz druge polovine proslog veka. Nije argument za ozbiljnu raspravu.

Takodje za odrzavanje nivoa rasprave potrebno je dvoje, mislim da ste vi sami sebe diskreditovali kao osobu vrednu da se sa njom vodi argumentovana rasprava. Kad budete ponudili nesto o cemu se moze razgovarati uvek cete moci da me nadjete.
S postovanjem,

Covek u belom


Nadam se da vi niste ista

Nadam se da vi niste ista osoba kao i Sonja K. kako je to gospodin Zokster nespretno pokusao da pokaze, kopirajuci moj odgovor gospodji Sonji K. i ovde uz navodjenje potpisa,a bez stavljanja navodnika sto meni nekako deluje kao falsifikat. Ne znam sta o tome ima da kaze moderator, verovatno nista.

Sto se tice odgovora, nisam pravnik i ne znam tacnu definiciju komandne odgovornosti ali posle citanje presude mogu da pretpostavim da je ovde u pitanju neposredna. Nazivanje odgovornosi komandnom je usled mog nepoznavanja, a ne pokusaja relativizovanje krivice doticnog. Ono sto mene vise zanima je ko su neposredni izvrsioci i zasto oni nisu procesuirani i da iako je direktni naredbodavac procesuiran ocigledan osecaj da su svi sa druge strane zlocinci i dalje postoji, stavise i direktno optuzivanje, pa razmisljam samo da li bi posle procesuiranja svih neposredno odgovornih
to misljenje i dalje ovde u odredjenoj meri bilo zastupljeno i sta je ucinjeno po tom pitanju.

Da se vratim na tablu, ne bih nista imao protiv da pise da su mucki ubijeni od strane generala VRS i sl. neposredno odgovornih (iako smatram da zrtvama i zlocincima nije mesto na istoj spomen ploci), ali imam itekako protiv da pise da su mucki ubijeni od strane srpskih zlocinaca i genocidnih Srba.


alo bre

Beli Covece, oladi malo i idi pricaj tamo sa nekim radikalima i sve lepo relativizujte pa se onda nista nije ni desilo....


The opinions that matter... Belgrade wins hands down

For an objective outside opinion. FDI magazine with the Financial Times...

Southern Europe region of the future: Belgrade

Belgrade impressed the judges with its recent high levels of FDI (€788 million in 2004), good human resources, IT and telecoms, transport, housing, schools, hospitals, heritage and incentives. Judges also noted national GDP growth of 8.6% in 2004.

The city’s reputation in the international business sector is growing. fDi editor Courtney Fingar said of Belgrade’s quality of life: “It has got that rich history but still has a modern buzz to it.”

Belgrade’s transport system is improving and the city is building an international cargo terminal to make its airport into an international cargo hub for south-east Europe.

Runner up Manisa scored points for economic performance (particularly the potential for future growth), recent FDI deals, low office rents and wage costs, FDI promotion, FDI attractions and development projects.

http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1602/European_Cities___Regions_of_the_Future_2006_07__Part_2.html


Mora ovde na srpskom izgleda...

Beli, stvarno se ne sekiram za vas. Vi i vama slicni ste u vecini i vas glas ce uvek biti najglasniji.

Sekiram se za srbe, zbog vas.

Srbi su navodno vecinski hriscani.
A vecito su u vecini oni koji ce baciti prvi kamen.
Vec petnaest godina nas gledam kako vecinski s-r-mo o tudjim zlocinima. Mozda bi bilo u nacionalnom interesu da pocnemo da brojimo svoje zlocine, da bi drugi stigli da nabroje svoje.

Kazem mozda, jer ovaj vas recept samo raspiruje mrznju. Probajmo nesto drugo... Mozda kad mi kazemo istinu o sebi, i neki drugi podju tim primerom. Mozda bi bilo ljudski da mi prvi kazemo istinu o sebi - najveci smo narod, pa da preuzmemo i ulogu najodgovornijeg.

U blizini te table stoji da su divizije srpskog, crnogorskog, itd naroda oslobodile Sarajevo u toku drugog svetskog rata. U blizini je spomenik Valteru kod kojeg uvek ima cveca. Ima srba i dobrih... Ima i zlocinaca. Ponosimo se na dobre, osudimo zlocince. Ne vidim sta tu ima sporno.

Svako dete je culo za ovog ratka. Koje dete je culo za majora Gavrilovica? Mi nismo normalni sto nam je fokus istorije na otpadima i djubradima nase nacije. Fokusirajmo se malo na prave heroje...

Objektivno, drzava Srbija je mnogo ucinila za oslobadjanje slovenaca, hrvata i bosanaca od Austrougarske. I sada kad je doslo vreme da se oni emancipuju i malo se igraju kao da imaju svoje drzave, nismo bili dovoljno zreli da ih pustimo da se igraju. Na nas racun... Nego smo vodili rat za teritoriju. Znam da je ovo poslednje sto pisem sporno. I danas u Sent-Andreji moze da se kupi razglednica sa pred-Trianonskom Madjarskom. Neki madjari nikad nisu prezalili izgubljenu zemlju. Ali su postali narod koji ne ratuje za zemlju. Nego filuje Suboticu i okolinu lovom koliko mogu.

Pa Beli Covece, predlazem da pokusamo nesto drugo... Da prezalimo teritoriju, pruzimo priliku nasem smislu za zabavu i trgovinu da se razmase. Zaradimo pare i filujmo srbe u BiH i Kosovu i ono malo sto ih je ostalo u Hrvatskoj. Neka se obrazuju i zive dobro... Verujem da ce takva Srbija dominirati Balkanom i voditi ga. I da ce onda biti novih tabli koje ce govoriti o pravim srpskim herojima... jebiga.


So James,

Why don't you move to Sarajevo if it's so much better than Belgrade?