Post by tiprat on Dec 23, 2008 7:13:15 GMT -5
fuck the slovenes, filthy thives
These days Croats frown most when speaking about their western neighbours, the Slovenians, forgetting - for a while at least - about their traditional foes, the Serbs, a survey released Monday indicated.
In a poll conducted of 900 Croats by the Vecernji List daily, 73 per cent said they consider Slovenians "the most dangerous" vis a vis Croatia, while only 15.8 per cent thought it was the Serbs, who fought the authorities in a four-year Belgrade-backed insurgency in the 1990s.
The war with the Serbs has certainly not been forgotten, but Croats turned a weary eye from the east, to their western neighbour after Slovenia last Friday blocked Croatia's accession talks over a border dispute.
Slovenia joined the European Union in 2004 and Croatia aims to do so in 2010 or 2011. Now, however, it is up to Ljubljana to un-stall the talks of Zagreb and Brussels.
Croatian media described the move as "bullying," "backstabbing" and a "low blow," amid informal calls for the boycott of Slovenian goods. Croatia's national football squad on Saturday abandoned their traditional camp in the spa resort of Catez, saying they were feeling "unsafe."
Slovenia responded by wreaking chaos on the Ljubljana-Zagreb highway by custom checks of Croatian vehicles on the border. Also, its national junior karate team pulled out of a tournament in Zagreb, saying they also were feeling unsafe.
The new-found foes have been exploring new battlegrounds - Croats launched a Facebook group claiming it would have more members than there are Slovenians, who number 2 million. A Slovenian group however insists: "Red light for Croatia" and is vigorously increasing its membership.
The escalation, fomented by politicians on both sides, has permeated all avenues of life in both countries.
"In Croatia today the sentiment is that Slovenians would kill Bambi if it wondered into town," Slovenian journalist Ervin Hladnik said, admitting that it was similar on the other side, as well.
"From our perspective, it seems that doors should always be slammed and locked shut in a Croat's face," he said.
The explosion of bad blood is not unlike that which hit relations between Serbia and Croatia in 1991.
Though it is clear that there will be no war this time, there however have been no moves to resolve the stalemate, which can inflict damage to both sides - to Zagreb in its EU membership bid and to Ljubljana in its trade in Croatia.
These days Croats frown most when speaking about their western neighbours, the Slovenians, forgetting - for a while at least - about their traditional foes, the Serbs, a survey released Monday indicated.
In a poll conducted of 900 Croats by the Vecernji List daily, 73 per cent said they consider Slovenians "the most dangerous" vis a vis Croatia, while only 15.8 per cent thought it was the Serbs, who fought the authorities in a four-year Belgrade-backed insurgency in the 1990s.
The war with the Serbs has certainly not been forgotten, but Croats turned a weary eye from the east, to their western neighbour after Slovenia last Friday blocked Croatia's accession talks over a border dispute.
Slovenia joined the European Union in 2004 and Croatia aims to do so in 2010 or 2011. Now, however, it is up to Ljubljana to un-stall the talks of Zagreb and Brussels.
Croatian media described the move as "bullying," "backstabbing" and a "low blow," amid informal calls for the boycott of Slovenian goods. Croatia's national football squad on Saturday abandoned their traditional camp in the spa resort of Catez, saying they were feeling "unsafe."
Slovenia responded by wreaking chaos on the Ljubljana-Zagreb highway by custom checks of Croatian vehicles on the border. Also, its national junior karate team pulled out of a tournament in Zagreb, saying they also were feeling unsafe.
The new-found foes have been exploring new battlegrounds - Croats launched a Facebook group claiming it would have more members than there are Slovenians, who number 2 million. A Slovenian group however insists: "Red light for Croatia" and is vigorously increasing its membership.
The escalation, fomented by politicians on both sides, has permeated all avenues of life in both countries.
"In Croatia today the sentiment is that Slovenians would kill Bambi if it wondered into town," Slovenian journalist Ervin Hladnik said, admitting that it was similar on the other side, as well.
"From our perspective, it seems that doors should always be slammed and locked shut in a Croat's face," he said.
The explosion of bad blood is not unlike that which hit relations between Serbia and Croatia in 1991.
Though it is clear that there will be no war this time, there however have been no moves to resolve the stalemate, which can inflict damage to both sides - to Zagreb in its EU membership bid and to Ljubljana in its trade in Croatia.