Comments on The Pensive Quill: Challenging the Balkans

Larry, good luck with your exams. Enjoy Spain. It ...

2009-12-14T19:17:56.661Z

Larry, good luck with your exams. Enjoy Spain. It is a good read - easy to get through whereas Mazower's was a slog, informative as it was.

Title and author noted, will take that to Spain af...

2009-12-14T09:51:37.012Z

Title and author noted, will take that to Spain after January exams. Will let you know my thoughts in Feb..have a feeling it may be traumatic reading.

Larry, the book was called The Tenth Circle of Hel...

2009-12-13T18:38:38.786Z

Larry, the book was called The Tenth Circle of Hell by Rezak Hukanovic.

Maybe during the summer I'll get a delve into ...

2009-12-13T13:28:25.018Z

Maybe during the summer I'll get a delve into something on the subject, as for now I'm swatting on Irish History+Politics for Jan' exams.
My xmas highlight will be the Mrs arrival home from Manila after a month helping the clan there after the floods. Booked a room at Dublin airport hotel + will enjoy room service while she throws out the zzzzz's after the 27hr trip. happy xmas to me lol.

Larry, you too enjoy the festive season. Nice to p...

2009-12-13T08:30:49.418Z

Larry, you too enjoy the festive season. Nice to put the feet up if you can.

The Balkans are challenging. I have quite a bit of material on the region now that I hope to get through. I forgot that I read a short book on the prison camps there a few years ago. It completely slipped my mind. As has the name of the book. I am also finishing Martin Bell's 'In Harms Way.' A vicious enough conflict

Difficult to get the head around the region being ...

2009-12-12T10:16:29.618Z

Difficult to get the head around the region being ignorant of it and untrusting of 'our' media. Possibly the same as others inability to grasp the complexities of 'norn iron' over the years.
Religios and political sociopaths everywhere causing mayhem. Sure it took us 30 years to realise Paisley Adams+Mcguinnes were chuckling the entire time whilst stacking the conveyor belt! Dread to scrape the surface of the balcans too deeply.
Democrasy+freedom are now western code for tyrany+plunder..Tony blair maintains regardless of WMD's it was correct to remove Sadam. Sadam had more dignity with a rope around his neck than Bliar has even today..and the mess that became Iraq..not an issue.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
enjoy the festive season Mackers.