Can I just say the following via Croworld:
My thanks to everyone who has contacted me over the BBC Vukovar scandal. I
have never been able to say defending Croatia is a thankless task and that
certainly is not the case now. The gratitude does energise me. So different
from local politics! Truly, the Croats are well worth defending.
I shall be writing an article on the whole experience, and its implications.
One darker thing to consider is that the BBC portrayal of Croatia in the
first and second report will have gone down well with certain interests in
Croatia. It is no coincidence, I fear, that there is no official response to
things such as this or other matters. I understand even worse has been
screened on the BBC of late. A separate article will lay my cards out on
what I mean.
Please have a look at how the Lithuanians deal with rubbish:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_1
669000/1669020.stm
Good for them! Now, why can’t Zagreb do the same on much worse matters?
Really just incompetence?
My advice to everyone is to email media outlets when something upsetting
appears. The more we sting, the more cautious people will be in writing on
the Croats. Others also wrote to the BBC on Vukovar; they were stung, hence
the hurried production of a sympathetic report.
In such a way we can change things. It is possible.
Brian
Brian Gallagher
op-ed
100% agree. That is the reason of CROWN existence. To change things on
better. And you certainly did your part so far. If there is a smart man or
woman that leads, follow them. On that note please check “how the Lithuanians
deal with…” (Click Here: <A
HREF=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_1
669000/1669020.stm”>BBC News | MEDIA REPORTS | Baltic upset over US…</A>) and
if we DO respond on every literate and illiterate provocation, soon we can be
more proactive. One doesn’t exclude the other, but it certainly helps to be
more free of constantly defending yourself. Thanks again Brian. It’s an honor
knowing you. I will also use this opportunity and ask number of people who
are constantly emailing to each other and at the same time carbon copying
everybody else to STOP that. I am for freedom of expression, but not for
abuse of the given opportunities. This is the 3rd year of CROWN and it’s
existence is valuable to us who DO understand it’s value. I am happy to
follow the leads of smart people and am willing to put them in front of me
any given moment. They are never a threat, but opposite. Mediocrity is threat
to us. Thanks Brian and Davor and Marko and Hilda and all of you who
contribute for our well being. We are stronger every day and it is gonna be
better and easier. On that optimistic note, I promise to put CROWN on the WEB
very soon.
Nenad
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