Comments on: Burn, Baltics, Burn http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/512/burn-baltics-burn/ Serpentine Percipience Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Aleks http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/512/burn-baltics-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Aleks Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:11:21 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/?p=512#comment-1055 <p>I’m not sure to whom your comment was addressed. But if you’re talking about historical facts, here are a few: Latvia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940; many people were deported in 1940, 1941, and 1949. As a result of the Soviet policy of Russification — which commenced immediately after Latvia was annexed into the SU — the Latvian language likely would have died. </p> <p>“...you aren’t a latvian and don’t speak the language to be judging another nation like this…..” </p> <p>Not sure what being a Latvian, speaking a Latvian has to do with being able to comment on Latvia and what’s going on here.</p> I’m not sure to whom your comment was addressed. But if you’re talking about historical facts, here are a few: Latvia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940; many people were deported in 1940, 1941, and 1949. As a result of the Soviet policy of Russification — which commenced immediately after Latvia was annexed into the SU — the Latvian language likely would have died.

“…you aren’t a latvian and don’t speak the language to be judging another nation like this…..”

Not sure what being a Latvian, speaking a Latvian has to do with being able to comment on Latvia and what’s going on here.

]]> By: hm... http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/512/burn-baltics-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 hm... Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:57:23 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/?p=512#comment-1054 <p>Appearently you have no sense of objectivity when it comes down to historical facts…all your blah blah about jews ans slaws is completly incorrect…and how would you know what is best for these three states after being pushed and commanaded around with no civilized freedom? Seems to me that you go too far in your extreemes….and what i cant stand is people who think they know everything and speak before they think…. it is a shame….you did not deal with communism, you did not deal with russians,you were not born under russian communism and what’s worse, you aren’t a latvian and don’t speak the language to be judging another nation like this…..</p> Appearently you have no sense of objectivity when it comes down to historical facts…all your blah blah about jews ans slaws is completly incorrect…and how would you know what is best for these three states after being pushed and commanaded around with no civilized freedom? Seems to me that you go too far in your extreemes….and what i cant stand is people who think they know everything and speak before they think…. it is a shame….you did not deal with communism, you did not deal with russians,you were not born under russian communism and what’s worse, you aren’t a latvian and don’t speak the language to be judging another nation like this…..

]]> By: amber http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/512/burn-baltics-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 amber Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:20:57 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/?p=512#comment-1046 <p>Aleks, I don’t find this article amusing. But I also have no sense of humor around the Russian-unconfessed-unrepented Soviet-Russian occupation of Latvia. I think the half-century occupation, brutalization, cultural-genocide, Russification of ethnic Latvians by the occupant-majority Soviet-Russians gives “minority discrimination” the gold-standard definition. I would have expressed this directly to Mark Ames, the violent cry-baby <span class="caps">BURN</span> author, but there was no place for comments at his blog. I glanced briefly at his other rants, and he appears angry about the “victimization” of Russians or Jews or both by just about everyone including Putin and other Russians, not just the Balts. I would suggest that the real discrimination against Russians might just be a more insidious discrimination from fellow Russians like Mark A., who appears to believe that it’s just impossible for his fellow Russians to learn another language, especially if it’s Baltic. I don’t find Mark A’s diatribe amusing in the least.</p> Aleks, I don’t find this article amusing. But I also have no sense of humor around the Russian-unconfessed-unrepented Soviet-Russian occupation of Latvia. I think the half-century occupation, brutalization, cultural-genocide, Russification of ethnic Latvians by the occupant-majority Soviet-Russians gives “minority discrimination” the gold-standard definition. I would have expressed this directly to Mark Ames, the violent cry-baby BURN author, but there was no place for comments at his blog. I glanced briefly at his other rants, and he appears angry about the “victimization” of Russians or Jews or both by just about everyone including Putin and other Russians, not just the Balts. I would suggest that the real discrimination against Russians might just be a more insidious discrimination from fellow Russians like Mark A., who appears to believe that it’s just impossible for his fellow Russians to learn another language, especially if it’s Baltic. I don’t find Mark A’s diatribe amusing in the least.

]]> By: Aleks http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/512/burn-baltics-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Aleks Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:39:32 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/?p=512#comment-1044 <p>I read it tongue-in-cheek. It was amusing, really.</p> I read it tongue-in-cheek. It was amusing, really.

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