When politics messes with beauty

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

The Miss Universe pageant that's gonna start in São Paulo on September 12 became a reason for strained relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Just when things between these two started to look somewhat quiet, a picture of Miss Serbia and Miss Kosovo caused an uproar.

It all began when during the rehearsals for the contest and between the time spent in the hairdresser's saloon, the gym sessions and the charity events, the two beauties found some time to make friends and even have a picture together. Then Miss Kosovo placed the pic on her Facebook wall. OH THE HORRORS!!!

The backlash came almost instantaneously. Both girls were accused of national treason. The Kosovars reminded the 25 year old Aferdita Dreshaj about the bloodshed in Kosovo caused by the Serbs. But she refuses to get defensive and is stubbornly keeping the photo on her FB.

In turn, the Serbs accused the 21 year old Anja Saranovic that by posing for a pic next to Miss Kosovo, she's officially recognizing the independence of the former Serbian province. This forced Anja to make a statement where she emphasized that she still considers Kosovo "an inseparable part of her fatherland", and she even called Kosovo "the Serbian Jerusalem".

Whether she believes what she said, we may never learn. But we've seen yet another example of politics messing up with people's lives and politicizing non-political events, and pulling out the worst side of people. It reminds me of the story about the Montagues and the Capulets, where the grudges between the two warring families caused the death of the two kids who fell in love, Romeo and Juliet. Will peace ever be achieved in the minds and hearts of people, if even they have to wait a bit more after achieving it on paper? One can only hope. Time heals wounds, but how much time will be needed?

Comments

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

It's not a non-sequitor, both World Wars were fought for clear and present reasons. There was no such thing with the Civil War which may stand as an epic triumph of the will of the American fuckwit.

[404.livejournal.com]

WWI was based on posturing and secret treaties. Yes, clear and present reasons...

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

WWI was based on the existence of an alliance system that meant Germany had to attack France to go to war with Russia when it wanted to go to war with Russia, the alliances themselves existing because the German Empire was too damn big and too damn strong. Germany's requirement to invade in the West guaranteed a big war, and that's a lot more clear than butchering hundreds of thousands of people over what might be the case distant decades in the future, which is what Lee, Pemberton, Kirby Smith, and Braxton Bragg did.

[404.livejournal.com]

Austria wanting to teach Serbia a lesson, and Russia feeling obliged to protect their Slavic brethren, given that they stood beside in the last Balkan War.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Actually that would be in both Balkan Wars which none of the Great Powers wanted and where the first was primarily a success due to the Italo-Ottoman War a year earlier that meant the Balkan states had overwhelming numbers and the Ottomans weren't able to shift manpower to their north very fast. The Third Balkan War became the First World War because Germany's military timetables meant they absolutely had to knock out France in six weeks and then defeat Russia in two years.

Unfortunately that meant invading Belgium and getting the UK involved against Germany, putting Germany in a no-win situation. More unfortunately the generals were allowed to do what they would.