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Then again, this forum isn't just about fun. If this forum was just about the game alone, it would probably not be as busy as it was.

Don't close this thread just yet. People on this forum have demonstrated the ability to argue civilly about such topics, because we don't happen to be the sort of Balkan nationalist Alexander-never-existed sort of people. Let's prove pcaravel wrong.

No offence meant to you by Watchman, pcaravel. He is a respected and veteran forumer and would undoubtedly know the correct rules of conduct. Take things easy. Opinions expressed here in the Org, as long as they are not personal attacks or insults, are after all opinions. It's a free world.

Just because someone mentions 'damn' doesn't mean he's trying to insult the Balkans. And you have to agree, these nationalist sorts are damn annoying, especially when they publish their bigoted views online. You haven't read, as we have, the rabidly anti-Alexander views put forth by some obnoxious Balkan (was he Greek or 'Macedonian' or Bulgarian or others, I can't remember) on some wiki site which was shared with the Org by some poster. IIRC, some of our own people had even tried to debate with him based on academia and incontrovertible fact.

If you had seen the sheer amount of wrong-headed, blind, immature and utterly irrational hatred and bigotry advanced on that debate as intellectual fact and argument, and the complete refusal to accept anything anyone said who didn't agree with him ('I am definitely correct so you are wrong, however you want to argue'), you'd understand why we say we need Balkan nationalists like Brazil needs coffee imports.

Or perhaps let's use a different word to prevent confusion: Balkan BIGOTS. Nationalism is a strong cohesive force that holds a country together and is not bad in itself. It's only when people take it to such extremes it becomes xenophobia/historiophobia/revisionism/irrationalism/terrorism that it goes too far.

There really are too many of them.