Robert, I love Croatia and many of my mother's cousins are missing since the last upheaval. However, my Croatian relatives that went to Germany are now afraid to go there as Serbians moved into their homes and took over their possessions. However, I can't go around hating people or mistrusting people. I have to feel that God will take care of the bad apples. Many of my relatives that remained in Croatia married Germans, Serbians, and other nationalities. We need to follow Pope John Paul II's example. I lived in Turkey for two years while the Turks and the Greeks were fighting and we had to cover our windows and couldn't have a Christmas tree in view of others in our apartment and had to stop at road blocks. My children were picked on by the Turkish kids when the US cut off aid to Turkey. I know a little about not always being in free America. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jerin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Balkans > Margaret, > > Well it is not the US, so maybe if we had to live with that and be > controlled by larger forces then we may understand. It is important for > all of us to speak up for Croatia. > > Robert > Jerome Buza <[email protected]> wrote: > They may not have liked it (I had never heard this before), but it seems > to > be in the history books. I don't know why it is so bad as we are all > children of God andf that is what is important. It is almost like "sticks > and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me". > Margaret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: " Karen Heiser" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 1:39 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Balkans > > >> Dear List - the sound you hear is my Grandmother, rolling over in her >> grave. >> If she was able to partake in THIS discussion, all 4 ft. 11 ins. of her >> would be in your face! I agree with Robert, being called a Balkan was not >> a >> good thing to most Croatians. >> Karen Heiser >> Weed, Siskiyou, CA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jerome Buza" >> To: >> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:46 PM >> Subject: [CROATIA-L] Balkans >> >> >>> Encyclopedia >>> > >>> > Balkan Peninsula >>> > >>> > Balkan Peninsula, southeasternmost peninsula of Europe, c.200,000 sq >>> > mi >>> > (518,000 sq km), bounded by the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, >>> > Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Adriatic Sea. Although there is no >>> > sharp physiographic separation between the peninsula and Central >>> > Europe, >>> > the line of the Sava and Danube rivers is commonly considered as the >>> > region's northern limit. The Balkan Peninsula therefore includes most >>> > of >>> > Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina, >>> > Albania, Macedonia, continental Greece (including the Peloponnesus), >>> > Bulgaria, European Turkey, and SE Romania. These countries, successors >> to >>> > the Ottoman Empire, are called the Balkan States. Historically and >>> > politically the region extends north of this line to include all of >>> > Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Romania. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > No virus found in this incoming message. >>> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>> > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 >> >> > > > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about > a wonderful tour of Croatia! > > http://www.kollander-travel.com/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 >