Word: serbians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Serbian ethnic cleansers can draw on long evolutionary memory for tribal hatred: by now it must seem that hate, like other tribal features, is carried in the genes. Suburban tribes have to hone enmities on the spot, so they require immediate inducements. The killers must be perceived as weak and ridiculous on their own before they seek group protection and justice. The group's main reason for being becomes revenge...
...just between old and young. It is between the haves and the self-perceived have-nots of teen America. Recent teen films, whether romance or horror, are really about class warfare. In each movie, the cafeteria is like a tiny former Yugoslavia, with each clique its own faction: the Serbian jocks, Bosnian bikers, Kosovar rebels, etc. And the horror movies are a microcosm of ethnic cleansing...
Milosevic thinks a big Serbian nation containing only Serbs will make the people stronger, but it will only make them weaker. The way for a nation's people to keep strong and vibrant is to live and interact with different human beings. BOB ELKJER San Rafael, Calif...
...K.L.A. called for the complete separation of the province of Kosovo from Serbia on the grounds that most people living there were of Albanian ethnicity and had lost whatever autonomy they once had. This came directly into conflict with the Serb-nationalist idea that Kosovo is "the cradle of Serbian civilization." It is not clear how much support the K.L.A. had (or has) among Kosovo Albanians generally, but it is certain that its attitude played right into the hands of the more lunatic Serb nationalists, who want to get rid of the Kosovars. STEVE J. BROOK Melbourne, Australia...
...Serbian brand of malignant nationalism should not be tolerated. Clinton is right to identify it as a danger and move against it. I only wish he and NATO had acted more swiftly. JANE CHRIST Basel, Switzerland JOHN MCCAIN'S KOSOVO POLICY