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From: [e-mail] (Leo J. Irakliotis)
Subject: Re: If Andy and Miguel knew to read ...
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In article <carlos.728087887@morgan>, [e-mail] (Miguel Borges) writes:
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|> Give up the personal attacks, Leo.  They make your argument look much
|> weaker than it is.  Only a desperate fanatic would lower himself to such
|> a level.

It's not a personal attack I initiated. You implied that I attempted to
misinform the group by posting the FYRM before the independence although
it was more than painfully obvious that that was the constitutions they
got after independence. Should you had read it carefully you would not
have made such speculations.

|> Just answer the direct questions.

There was no direct question. In the consitution passages I made available to
this group through R. West, there were clear markups about EC requirements
(which of course are very recent) and dates indicating that this is the
post-independence consitution.

|> What should be done about Macedonia?  Should we kill them all?
|> Should it be forced to change its name?  What ?  What do you suggest?

It's not my policy and definetely not Greece's policy to kill someone that
doesn't negotiate.

There's a set of requirements FYRM was ask to meet.

-change constitution
-change name

Even if the they change their constitution, and remove any greek emblems
from their flag and banknotes, in order to meet EC's requirements, these
are things that can change back.

But, if they change their name to a one that DOES NOT IMPLY THE EXISTENCE
OF A MACEDONIAN ETHNICITY north of Greece, that's something they have to
live with for ever.

This is the reason why Greece insists so much about the name.

Because when you have FYRM printing banknotes with the White Tower of
Thessaloniki on, then there's definitely something wrong and Greece has
to protect itself.

Now, allow me to remind to you that if Greece was Israel, there will be no
FYRM anymore. The fact that Greece did not take military action against FYRM, thus
offering it as a gift to Serbians, is because Greece stands by the EC principles
and policies.

Most of the member of this group admit that Greece outguns FYRM and so it is.
But Greece prefers a more civilized way of solving problems. And not only that.
But to assure that this civilized way will be succesful it took the initiative
to guarantee the current borders of FYRM dragging Albania, Serbia and Bulgaria
to comply with.


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