ΕΚΤΑΚΤΟ ΔΕΛΤΙΟ (ανανεωμένο 18-7-06)

Κατακαλόκαιρο τα καλόπαιδα τα Αμερικανάκια του YAHOO (με το θέμα στη βιτρίνα της πτώτης τους σελίδας στις 16 Ιουλίου) προσπαθούν να ...
Για ρίξτε μια ματιά στο adventures.yahoo.com/macedonia (που ήταν στη βιτρίνα...)και -ιδίως- στα σχόλια.

Το δικό μου σχόλιο (συγχωρείστε οι της Αγγλικής Φιλολογίας τα ...απροπόνητα Αγγλικά μου) και στις πέντε ξεχωριστές σελίδες του "τουριστικού οδηγού":

"Too much fanatism, both sides. So much that does not let both sides realize what the "great american friends" are preparing to do in the region. I, personally, do not care if my northerly neighbors want to call themselves as they wish. I would care, though, if the name they choose becomes -in the future- a political vehicle for instability in the region which will suit mainly the big companies in exploiting the local resources at low cost... The soil is ripe... Anyone can see this, just reading most of the comments to this post. Greeks must understand the "agony" of the selfcalled Macedonians to claim a national origin, since two at least generations have grown, lived and died as Macedonians. They do not want to include themselves in any Slavian or Albanian or whatever race, and they feel threatened by Bulgarians, Greeks and Albanians since they become a legal independent state. It is extremely ridiculous for them to claim that they are the "sons of Alexander the Great", just as ridiculous for the greek population in Northern Greece to claim the same. The human races in Europe have been mixed so much during the thousands of years that have passed from that era, so it is impossible -and a joke, too- to claim such biological inherity! So? Why the fuss? Macedonia is a GEOGRAFICAL area where an ancient civilization flourished some 2500 years ago. That civilization had strong hellenistic characteristics and reached its peak with Kings Philip II and Alexander the Great. The GEOGRAPHICAL area of Ancient Macedonia is nowadays divided (southern Macedonia in Greece - North Macedonia in F.Y.R.O.M. - West Macedonia in Bulgaria). Excavating in any part of the three, reveals antiquities that show the hellenic character of ancient Macedonia which of course does not give the right to Modern Greece to claim the whole territory as Greek! (in similar case it should claim the ...whole world since hellenic antiquities are found everywhere!) And, of course, people living in a part of the geografical ANCIENT Macedonia cannot claim the exclusivity of the historical and biological Macedonian inheritage, self adressing themselves accordingly. So, my humble opinion is for both sides to accept the reality which is very simple and for the good of both. The new State on Greek Northern borders lies on the soil of (Ancient) NORTH Macedonia. It is understandable, lawfull, logical and rightfull to be called so. NORTH MACEDONIA. With symbols and signs of any civilization that flourished in the area in past years, including, of course, the Macedonians. It is necessary for the people in North Macedonia to understand that the use of the term "Republic of Macedonia" includes the danger of political games in the area, some are very clear from comments to this post... Thessaloniki (sister of Alexander the Great, wife of King Kassandros who assasinated Philip) -why some North macedonians insist in the slavian Solun while claiming the macedonian identity?- can become the center of a big friendship between the two nations and together they can suceed better in showing the world how Alexander the Great stepped much further from narrow definitions of words as, country, nation and even civilization.
Posted by kwngko on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 9:37 AM ET"