Dear Colleague,
It would be easier to share your criticism of certain aspects of the war (
cluster and indiscriminate bombing etc) were it not for the fact that force
had to be used against a state which is engaging in mass rape asa weapon of
war, the forced eviction of untermenschen from their homes and genocide.

	My deepest regret is that the Danish soldiers did not risk their
lives, even dying, to defend the men at Sbrenica. If they had died then
Europe, and perhaps those within the former Yugoslavia who detest the
existing regime would have risen in rage to evict this murderer Milosovic.
Evil which is not resisted at the right time is more difficult to resist
later. Many of us are critical of the present form of force but not its
necessity.

	Lastly I am horrified both asa sociologist but also as human being
at your appallingly ethnocentric account of Yugoslavia. You completely erase
the role of any other citizens of the former Yugoslavia except Serbs.
Professionally and ethically this is disgraceful. 
	I have never been much of an enthusiast for actually existing
socialism but your account made me think quite kindlily of Tito. Though no
angel at least he acknowledged ethnic diversity within Yugoslavia. Genocide,
mass rape 'ethnic cleansing' etc  were no part of his scheme. But I see in
your account of history even Tito is left out,  its all about 'germans' and
'serbs', in your racist reconstruction there are no political ideologies so
no nazis no communists no anyone else. 

	I cannot see how you can address such a travesty of sociological
reasoning to other sociologists. No I cannot support  you and I hope no
sociologist will.  Yours truly, 

	 Hilary Rose
	 
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> Subject: 	Protest of the Serbian Sociological Society
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>             Protest of the Serbian Sociological Society
>                  Against the Bombing of Yugoslavia
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> NATO has been bombing Yugoslavia for almost two months now. 
> The consequences are difficult to estimate. The physical destruction of a 
> whole nation is being performed. By destruction such as has not yet been 
> recorded in the annals of modern Europe, this nation's material and
> cultural 
> assets are being destroyed.
> 
> The bombing has resulted in close to 10,000 civilian victims so far 
> (dead and wounded). Whole city quarters have been obliterated, and many 
> villages no longer exist. Hundreds of thousands of people remain without 
> shelter. More than 50 bridges have been destroyed, over 400 schools have 
> been demolished or badly damaged, as have many important roads. Not 
> even hospitals, monuments or cemeteries are being spared. Dozens of 
> factories have been wrecked, which has left more than 500,000 people 
> unemployed and 2 million people without income. Oil refineries  and 
> chemical plants are also targeted, which brings the threat of ecological 
> catastrophe not only to Yugoslavia but to the rest of Central and Eastern 
> Europe as well. 
> 
> All along, NATO has been using prohibited weapons: cluster bombs 
> and ammunition with depleted uranium. NATO is using the plight of 
> Albanian refugees, itself partly initiated by the bombing and additionally
> 
> fuelled by terrorists, supported by the secret services of the USA and 
> Germany, as an excuse for this genocidal campaign against the Serbian 
> people. Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright and some other Western
> politicians sound like hypocrites when they say that they have nothing
> against 
> the Serbs and that they are only punishing the Yugoslav government, 
> especially for not accepting the Rambouillet agreement,  which looked more
> 
> like the green light for a NATO occupation. 
> 
> It was very similar for us in 1941. Hitler's Germany bombed  
> Serbian towns and spread death, while Hitler and Göring claimed that they 
> had nothing against the Serbian people and that they were only punishing
> the 
> Belgrade government for breaking the Alliance Treaty with Germany and 
> Italy. That Treaty included the right of passage through Yugoslavia for
> the 
> troops of the latter countries on their way to Greece and the Near East.
> 
> The consequence of that German "love" toward the Serbian people 
> was 1,100,000 dead Serbs in WWII. Furthermore, an Austro-German 
> ultimatum to Serbia in1914 resulted in 1,242,000 dead Serbs in the First 
> World War, which was 35% of the Serbian population at that time. 
> 
> 	
> Your country participates in the third genocide directed toward the 
> Serbian people in this century. Tomorrow will be too late for any
> apologies. 
> Your voice against the bombing of a sovereign country is not only a voice 
> for peace but also a voice against genocide and barbarism. 
> 
> 
> President of the Serbian Sociological Society
> Slobodan Vukovic, PhD
> 
> 
> 
> 
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