May 30, 2004
Slovenia's "Erased"
Here's an interesting post and thread on Slovenia's "Erased" people. It's over at Michael's excellent "Glory of Carniola" blog.
-- Okay, this is sort of a cheap way to turn my several long comments on that blog into a post on this blog. But it's late and the baby has a cough and is sleeping restlessly, and I'm afraid too much typing will wake him up. So.
Posted by douglas at May 30, 2004 09:08 PMThe issue certainly touches a nerve among Slovenes. When I first wrote something about the erased, I got a number of incensed e-mails from people who wished to remain anonymous, but also wished to tell me that I didn't know what the hell I was saying.
It's, without a doubt, a labyrinthine subject that no one seems to be completely clear about. If, for example, it's a clear-cut case of people erasing themselves out of ignorance or for other nefarious reasons, why did Slovenia's highest court demand their reinstitution? As you well know, there are a number of questions swarming around the whole stinking issue, which has been allowed to fester for far too long.
By the by, the author of Slovenia's Freedom House report wrote to me to tell me that he HAD mentioned the erased. I had overlooked this, to my embarrassment...
Posted by: Michael M. at June 2, 2004 01:17 AM