Is Kosovo Serbia? We ask a historian

[Heretik]

Ahhhhhhh... Ushtari...

[Guapo]

For a scholar who is neither versed in Slav studies nor a balkanologist, and who, judging by his scholarly credentials, until 4-5 years ago never had anything whatsoever to do with the history of the Balkans, it strikes one as unconvincing, even in sheer physical terms, that he could have managed to digest and synthesize, within 2-3 years, such a huge quantity of archives and archival holdings in so many languages, consulted such a massive literature in 11 European languages.

It is stunning that Malcolm, in spite of his alleged insight into such extensive archival materials and literature, has not advanced a step further than the many times repeated great-Albanian theses launched by national ideologists from Tirana and Pristina.

[Ushtari]

For a scholar who is neither versed in Slav studies nor a balkanologist, and who, judging by his scholarly credentials, until 4-5 years ago never had anything whatsoever to do with the history of the Balkans, it strikes one as unconvincing, even in sheer physical terms, that he could have managed to digest and synthesize, within 2-3 years, such a huge quantity of archives and archival holdings in so many languages, consulted such a massive literature in 11 European languages.

It is stunning that Malcolm, in spite of his alleged insight into such extensive archival materials and literature, has not advanced a step further than the many times repeated great-Albanian theses launched by national ideologists from Tirana and Pristina.

Have you even read his book? why dont you try to disprove his statements??

[Guapo]

Have you even read his book? why dont you try to disprove his statements??

What for when he is disproved as being a real historian and baklavanologist. Why don't you disprove what I posted about him?

[Ushtari]

What for when he is disproved as being a real historian and baklavanologist. Why don't you disprove what I posted about him?

You do know that its not only Malcolm who have come up with these conclusions?




Source:
http://books.google.se/books?id=XFtb...banian&f=false

[Guapo]

Pwned as usual now fan ta dig din fula fan blatte.

[Wyn]

And i bet you dont have one single source to contradict any of Malcolm's statements...


Not so strange considering the following
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...&postcount=485

I don't believe there's any aspect of my post that gives the impression that I was offering a refutation (I wasn't). Sources are extremely important - if you didn't already know that then you've been doing history wrong all your life - and non-British members might not be aware of The Guardian's leftist/anti-Nationalist history or its past support for NATO military intervention. Thus, my post served a distinct purpose - as was made clear:

It's worth remembering that The Guardian is a strongly leftist newspaper and one that supported NATO 'intervention' back in '99.

So you see, I can't address any specific claims found in his book - but that The Guardian is the publication that is being used as a source in this thread is worth remembering.

[Ushtari]

Pwned as usual now fan ta dig din fula fan blatte.

Indeed, it cant be funny to be pwned by me all the time, so why do you continue withe the same lies?

Im really starting to believe your cultural father, Dobrica Cosic

"A lie, trait of our patriotism" “We lie to deceive ourselves, to console others, we lie for mercy, we lie to fight fear, to encourage ourselves, to hide our and somebody else's misery. We lie for love and honesty. We lie because of freedom. Lying is a trait of our patriotism and the proof of our innate intelligence. We lie creatively, imaginatively and inventively."

-Dobrica Cosic

[Ushtari]

I don't believe there's any aspect of my post that gives the impression that I was offering a refutation (I wasn't). Sources are extremely important - if you didn't already know that then you've been doing history wrong all your life - and non-British members might not be aware of The Guardian's leftist/anti-Nationalist history or its past support for NATO military intervention. Thus, my post served a distinct purpose - as was made clear:



So you see, I can't address any specific claims found in his book - but that The Guardian is the publication that is being used as a source in this thread is worth remembering.

I understand your point, but it wasn't the words of "the guardian" but from Noel Malcolm, who is a scholar familiar with the subject.

[Guapo]

Indeed, it cant be funny to be pwned by me all the time, so why do you continue withe the same lies?

Im really starting to believe your cultural father, Dobrica Cosic

"A lie, trait of our patriotism" “We lie to deceive ourselves, to console others, we lie for mercy, we lie to fight fear, to encourage ourselves, to hide our and somebody else's misery. We lie for love and honesty. We lie because of freedom. Lying is a trait of our patriotism and the proof of our innate intelligence. We lie creatively, imaginatively and inventively."

-Dobrica Cosic

Again, using a quote from his fictional communist novel from the 60's about nationalism in general, to prove what? Pwned again din fula fan blatte.