tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post115978494751609714..comments2023-06-05T12:15:30.783+01:00Comments on East Ethnia: All for democracy, as long as I get electedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1160831582407326032006-10-14T14:13:00.000+01:002006-10-14T14:13:00.000+01:00What silly reasoning.What silly reasoning.Eric Gordyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743744653177736119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1160400361965203662006-10-09T14:26:00.000+01:002006-10-09T14:26:00.000+01:00What I don't get is how Haris is always described ...What I don't get is how Haris is always described as a 'hardliner' for insisting that all people should have equal rights as citizens regardless of ethnicity. The post-Dayton world is pretty screwed if that is regarded as a hardline position.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think we are moving forward, though, with a strategy of one group electing moderates to piss off another. Maybe this is a way of channelling <I>inat</I> for a positive electoral purpose?Ali da Hodzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802938227332490469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1160166923039785412006-10-06T21:35:00.000+01:002006-10-06T21:35:00.000+01:00I believe Komšić is not the only atheist Croat, bu...I believe Komšić is not the only atheist Croat, but it's not important anyway, if the Catholics want to elect an atheist, so be it. The voters decide in the end.<BR/><BR/>In Slovenia for example, the only conditions for president are Slovenian citizenship and 18 years of age (and not being proclaimed insane of course). The people could then decide whether they want a president who is (e.g.) black Muslim Swahili-only speaker who just got the citizenship a year ago and is jailed for life in Canada.<BR/><BR/>As for his potential Croatian citizenship, it would be easier to discuss if you provided some detailed sources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1160054355600698412006-10-05T14:19:00.000+01:002006-10-05T14:19:00.000+01:00Ante, last time I checked, the Bosnian constitutio...Ante, last time I checked, the Bosnian constitution did not specify that the Croat member of the presidency had to be a Croatian citizen, nor did it say that the Serb member had to be a Serbian citizen. As for the language, if Croatian is the language spoken in Croatia, then it's only fair that Komsic doesn't speak it -- after all, he's from Bosnia and would, according to this logic, speak Bosnian. If Croatian, by contrast, is the language spoken by Croats wherever they may live, let's say in Sarajevo, then surely he does speak it.T K Vogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443120115121415471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1159915348929802272006-10-03T23:42:00.000+01:002006-10-03T23:42:00.000+01:00I agree with Katja.Komsic's lead was too great for...I agree with Katja.<BR/><BR/>Komsic's lead was too great for it to be attributed just to Bosniaks voting for Komsic.<BR/>There had to be a good number of Croats as well voting for him.<BR/><BR/>I don't think ethnically segregated elections is a good idea though.Shainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254890410995215990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1159888193117967862006-10-03T16:09:00.000+01:002006-10-03T16:09:00.000+01:00Well the way I see it, is at least a certain numbe...Well the way I see it, is at least a certain number of Croats had to have voted for the other guy to have Jovic not win.<BR/>Maybe the real story is HDZ isn't as powerful as it was. <BR/>The only way around it would be to have ethnicaly segregated primary elections or something.<BR/>We have the party segregated primaries in the U.S. maybe it could be done that way. <BR/>Still how would foreign election observers know who was what<BR/> ethnicity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1159848355363923132006-10-03T05:05:00.000+01:002006-10-03T05:05:00.000+01:00Cross-pollination is good.Cross-pollination is good.WARchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623321541776026570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1159829946490035912006-10-02T23:59:00.000+01:002006-10-02T23:59:00.000+01:00Here is the article where they make mention of Jov...Here is the article where they make mention of Jovic's slight lead:<BR/>http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/79799,CST-NWS-bos02.article<BR/><BR/>I've just read other sources that made it seem as if Komsic's lead is very solid.<BR/><BR/>Which has left me, very confused.<BR/><BR/>Although I must admit, I would be very happy if a candidate from the SDP was elected to at least one of the chairs for the Presidency.Shainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254890410995215990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1159829461736314912006-10-02T23:51:00.000+01:002006-10-02T23:51:00.000+01:00The latest article has Jovic slightly ahead for th...The latest article has Jovic slightly ahead for the Croat seat for the Presidency.<BR/><BR/>Of course, not all of the votes have been tallied yet; and it looks like it is still up in the air as to who will exactly be the Croat member of the Presidency.Shainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254890410995215990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192194.post-1159801340867287952006-10-02T16:02:00.000+01:002006-10-02T16:02:00.000+01:00Yeah way to enhance the image of the HDZ!Yeah way to enhance the image of the HDZ!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com