Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 11:02:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Civilization


Sure, I'll clarify.  When I was in Bosnia last month I found that Serbian
forces had tended to target cultural sites as a high priority for
shellfire.  That is, they aimed for mosques, Turkish-built landmarks,
cemetaries (esp. loathesom this last bit - Bosnian culture had always had
an energetic concern for death relics.  Srbs *mined* cemetaries, new and
old - creating an evil vicious circle, if you think about it).  Croat
forces tended to go for everything in sight, all buildings being equally
targetable (although the Muslim clinic in East Mostar was easily the most
bombarded site there).  Both enemy states have fascistic cultural
policies, but with different stances: Croatia is introspective,
fabricating and enforcing the use of a "Croatian" language, recuperating
the Ustashe (!), celebrating a militarist, inclusive culture.  In
contrast, the Srbs seem more extensive, trying to wipe out as many traces
of a foreign (Bosnian) culture as possible. 
	Personally, I side only with the multiculturalist Bosnians - which
is to say, nearly all of them. 
	Has ignorance been dimmed? clarity heightened?



Bryan Alexander
Department of English
University of Michigan
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On Sat, 19 Aug 1995 UZS106-AT-ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de wrote:

> Bryan A. Alexander said:
> >Thanks for the text about Croatian press management.
> >	I would hasten to add that this anecdote seems to confirm what I
> >saw fairly closely.  Srb forces concentrated on wrecking cultural sites
> >in Bosnia and Croatia; Croat forces were more focused on general destruction.
> Could you please be more clear??????
> 
> Could be a funny example of american barbarism/ignorance:))))))
> 
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