I would like to raise some questions about what Vasilis Patsilaras
wrote:
1. How does he come to the conclusion that Yugoslavia achieved a
'remarkable level of cohesiveness among its various racial and religious
groups'despite 'all its shortcomings and lack of democracy'?
2. Has he found a method of 'measuring' the density of national
identities? Or maybe he has a detector which beeps when he comes across
a national identity? Why is the national identity of the Bosnians
written with a double exclamation mark (!!)? Which criteria does he use
when he is 'measuring' the density of national identities? How would he
choose to define the 'far more distinctive identity' of the Kurds?
3. On a scale of 1 to 10, where would he place the 'Turkish ruling
bladdy military regime' against the benevolent neighbor, advocator of
all things humanitarian, principled and peace-loving NATO ally Greece?
I have many more questions to ask. But I believe this is enough for the
moment.
Cigdem Nas
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