Toskali
"Oh please, I havnt met a single Greek who has ever stated that he/she is 'Macedonian' when they presented their ethnicity. Its always 'Greek'. Perhaps within Greece this may matter, but not outside it."
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Why. have you ever met an Espanian telling you he/she is Andalousian when he presents his/her ethnicity???
Have you ever met a German telling you he/she is Bavarian when he/she represents his/her ethnicity??
..or you have ever met an Italian telling you he/she is a Calabrian when he/she represents his/her ethnicity??
What are you telling us Toskali??? Do you know whats the difference between regionality and nationality?
"The mistake you guys make is that you deny what has occurred in the middle ages and in early modern times. In your quest to find some imaginary link to the ancients you ignore any other shift or delegitimize them. The fact is that Macedonia became a regional term during the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman period and lost its ethnonymic significance."
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lost?? I think you dont know a kind of history for that area boy. The Greek element was so strong in 1904 during the Macedonian Struggle... that finally... won.
The first ever resistance of Macedonians against Romans was made by Macedonian king Perseas! Hellenism was in his blood.
The first EVER revolution of Macedonians against the Ottomans was from
illyria.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=makedoniamacedonia&action=display&thread=2513"You guys are trying to restore the latter ignoring the long history of the former. There are many people besides Greeks who viewed themselves as Macedonians a while back, hell even a prominent Albanian Catholic priest evoked the 'Macedonian heritage' during the middle ages while acknowledging his Albanian origin, now you guys are trying to monopolize the term ignoring the historical shift."
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..and why not the opposite? Why dont you say that Fyromians trying to monopolize the name "Macedonia" even if they are Slavs..... and the ignore the history of the Macedonians in Greece... who afterall we do what the ancient Macedonians used to do; Spread Hellenism.
"You guys have even done the same thing with Epirus, once again ignoring the fact that 'Epirot' lost its ethnonymic meaning and became regional term that included people besides Greeks."
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Nobody denies that. That is why we say North Epirus and South Epirus.. ;D