Comments on: Should Serbia join NATO? http://www.belgradefvc.com/blog/should-serbia-join-nato The community for foreigners in Belgrade, Serbia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: JasnaZDN http://www.belgradefvc.com/blog/should-serbia-join-nato/comment-page-1#comment-923 JasnaZDN Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:57:05 +0000 http://www.belgradefvc.com/?p=650#comment-923 Yeah they are very active (NATO) because they bombed us! Or everybody forgot that? NEVER IN NATO OR EU! Yeah they are very active (NATO) because they bombed us! Or everybody forgot that?

NEVER IN NATO OR EU!

]]> By: Ex-Serbian http://www.belgradefvc.com/blog/should-serbia-join-nato/comment-page-1#comment-869 Ex-Serbian Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:00:13 +0000 http://www.belgradefvc.com/?p=650#comment-869 I would not count neither NATO nor Russia. I would not count neither NATO nor Russia.

]]> By: victor http://www.belgradefvc.com/blog/should-serbia-join-nato/comment-page-1#comment-858 victor Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:36:21 +0000 http://www.belgradefvc.com/?p=650#comment-858 Situation is the next im amazed my dear JD that u r really up to be aware of the quantity of things happening in small Serbia, definitly thats why i like and i enjoy hearing u, u make me be less ignorant, about all this as usual i dont have any opinion. Im out of BG for the next weeks, hope to be able so see u and i promess now that im in a spanish spoken country ill read all news papers so i can be able to have a nice chat, with some wines or water as u wish Victor Situation is the next im amazed my dear JD that u r really up to be aware of the quantity of things happening in small Serbia, definitly thats why i like and i enjoy hearing u, u make me be less ignorant, about all this as usual i dont have any opinion.
Im out of BG for the next weeks, hope to be able so see u and i promess now that im in a spanish spoken country ill read all news papers so i can be able to have a nice chat, with some wines or water as u wish
Victor

]]> By: Milan http://www.belgradefvc.com/blog/should-serbia-join-nato/comment-page-1#comment-850 Milan Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:10:25 +0000 http://www.belgradefvc.com/?p=650#comment-850 If Serbian forces would go to Iraq and Afghanistan, they would be on side who fight against NATO! It is logical that we oppose occupier and our common enemy... If Serbian forces would go to Iraq and Afghanistan, they would be on side who fight against NATO!
It is logical that we oppose occupier and our common enemy…

]]> By: Milan http://www.belgradefvc.com/blog/should-serbia-join-nato/comment-page-1#comment-849 Milan Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:59:40 +0000 http://www.belgradefvc.com/?p=650#comment-849 What you refer to as "the so called intellectuals" (since they are "merely" artists and such) are no less competent when it comes to the issue than politician are. Politics, as any academic text defines it, is an art, not science - not even social science. It is science only so much as it contracts the PR industry to influence public opinion when necessary (see Edward Burney (1760-1848) ). The job of politicians is not to sacrifice the interest of the elite circles at the cost of promoting morality in a given society or bettering the situation of the working classes. When these two are in conflict, morality is sacrificed for the sake of maintaining the privileged status of the business class. As any Serb will tell you, joining NATO would be, above all, immoral. Therefore, the utilitarian principles such as "Serbia would benefit if this or that" doesn’t hold water. It is no secret that politicians by “Serbia” mean “business classes” On the other hand, artists and writers, as they always have been, are always concerned with the well-being and morality of all the people. Once you have ensured physical survival and that you are not starving to death, morality and identity become an essential ingredient for a happy life. What you refer to as “the so called intellectuals” (since they are “merely” artists and such) are no less competent when it comes to the issue than politician are. Politics, as any academic text defines it, is an art, not science – not even social science. It is science only so much as it contracts the PR industry to influence public opinion when necessary (see Edward Burney (1760-1848) ). The job of politicians is not to sacrifice the interest of the elite circles at the cost of promoting morality in a given society or bettering the situation of the working classes. When these two are in conflict, morality is sacrificed for the sake of maintaining the privileged status of the business class. As any Serb will tell you, joining NATO would be, above all, immoral. Therefore, the utilitarian principles such as “Serbia would benefit if this or that” doesn’t hold water. It is no secret that politicians by “Serbia” mean “business classes” On the other hand, artists and writers, as they always have been, are always concerned with the well-being and morality of all the people. Once you have ensured physical survival and that you are not starving to death, morality and identity become an essential ingredient for a happy life.

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