Nick the Greek
28 May 2011 #211
Like the Poles, the Greeks have Pride of Place, comfortable in the knowledge that it was their ancestors who set the standards in so many academic fields and disciplines, the pursuit of all universal knowledge was the driving force which compelled ancient Greeks to want to learn from others, from nature and from the arts and the sciences which they themselves were uniquely developing. Modern Greeks are Proud of that...so Proud, they have become overprotective of their ancestral heritage in the face of crude and crass Revisionism and Pseudo-History found emanating from some Turkic and Slavic sources.
The Idea that the Slavic Tribes were Indigenous to the Haemus [Balkan] peninsula still lingers in the minds of some SouthSlavs but it absolutely resonates in the minds of ex-Yugoslavs. The Vardar Slavs were Indoctrinated by Slavist philologists, seeded with the Idea that their so called "Macedonian" language, whilst recognizing that it is both Satem and Slavic, is Indigenous to the Haemus peninsula.
Florin Curta and Mario Alinei are often cited as a serious academics on this subject because both of them postulate the Slavic Tribes being Native and Autochthonous to the Haemus peninsula. In reality the Slavic Tribes were Exogenous to the Haemus [Balkan] peninsula...this is an academic reference point.
Those who advocate a revised version of the long established mainstream historical record are burderned with having to provide more than just Theories Ideas and Conjectures to back up their claims. Producing a Theory which differs from the mainstream does not automatically halt or detract or put on the pending shelf, the existing version, it is this existing mainstream version which actually carries in scholarly and academic circles, above and beyond that of unproven Theories Ideas or Conjectures, merely producing an opposing view which puts into question the validity of the mainstream historical record does not automatically shelving it, halt it or put it on the pending shelf in anticipation when those Theories Ideas and Conjectures are given time and space to be proven.
In reality...No serious academic(s) have ever backed the Theories of Florin Curta or Mario Alinei, so there is no need to shelve the existing current view, the long established mainstream normal view that Slavs with their Satem Sloven language(s) are Indeed and in fact Exogenous to the Haemus [Balkan] peninsula, this is where we are at in the academic world, where it is considered a reference point, a marker point in history from where other peoples histories multiplex into the mainstream, where everything matches, is consistant and compatible with the mainstream version of our common European history, no conflicts and no clashes!
The one thing Revisionist Pseudo-Historians can not consolidate with the International academic community is their Indoctrinated obstinacy and insistance that the SerboBulgarian language they developed is actually native and Autochthonous to the Haemus peninsula!
The Idea that the Slavic Tribes were Indigenous to the Haemus [Balkan] peninsula still lingers in the minds of some SouthSlavs but it absolutely resonates in the minds of ex-Yugoslavs. The Vardar Slavs were Indoctrinated by Slavist philologists, seeded with the Idea that their so called "Macedonian" language, whilst recognizing that it is both Satem and Slavic, is Indigenous to the Haemus peninsula.
Florin Curta and Mario Alinei are often cited as a serious academics on this subject because both of them postulate the Slavic Tribes being Native and Autochthonous to the Haemus peninsula. In reality the Slavic Tribes were Exogenous to the Haemus [Balkan] peninsula...this is an academic reference point.
Those who advocate a revised version of the long established mainstream historical record are burderned with having to provide more than just Theories Ideas and Conjectures to back up their claims. Producing a Theory which differs from the mainstream does not automatically halt or detract or put on the pending shelf, the existing version, it is this existing mainstream version which actually carries in scholarly and academic circles, above and beyond that of unproven Theories Ideas or Conjectures, merely producing an opposing view which puts into question the validity of the mainstream historical record does not automatically shelving it, halt it or put it on the pending shelf in anticipation when those Theories Ideas and Conjectures are given time and space to be proven.
In reality...No serious academic(s) have ever backed the Theories of Florin Curta or Mario Alinei, so there is no need to shelve the existing current view, the long established mainstream normal view that Slavs with their Satem Sloven language(s) are Indeed and in fact Exogenous to the Haemus [Balkan] peninsula, this is where we are at in the academic world, where it is considered a reference point, a marker point in history from where other peoples histories multiplex into the mainstream, where everything matches, is consistant and compatible with the mainstream version of our common European history, no conflicts and no clashes!
The one thing Revisionist Pseudo-Historians can not consolidate with the International academic community is their Indoctrinated obstinacy and insistance that the SerboBulgarian language they developed is actually native and Autochthonous to the Haemus peninsula!