More on the Bulgarian anthem issue - President makes statement

Tell me, dragosRO, if someone comes at you and spits right in your eye, will you let it go? Because this is just what it is, be it even a dumb Hollywood movie. I do not need attention and I generally laugh when they make fun of my or any other country. We shouldn't take ourselves seriously, right.

The reason why it pisses Bulgarians off is probably not known to you, so let me englighten you. During World War II Bulgaria saved most, if not all of its Jews, something that was unthinkable then and I have to say I am proud of my ancestors for that. It entered the war on Germany's side so it would not get hit by the hammer, as it was just ending another war with the neighbors and wasn't in a condition to fight. Despite that fact, the country never attacked anyone and as I said, Hitler never touched the Jews living in Bulgaria, or those who fled here. Now do you understand the association of the Bulgarian anthem as a background music for a Nazi? Or am I just wasting my time?

But enough with history. Here's the second reason and it's pretty simple to understand, though you seem to have missed it. Yes, it is a fictional story. Yes, it is just for entertainment purposes and to make money. However, I don't care if my country has problems. There are reasons for that that go back hundreds of years back and I have neither the time nor the desire to explain it to you, though I am sure you are not burning with desire to hear it as well, right :). I don't care if the world knows, doesn't know, cares, doesn't care or what have you about Bulgaria. You cannot degrade the most official sign of a nation and a country (and moreover in the way stated above). It's called simple respect and it has nothing to do with harmless fun when nations and countries are made fun of in Hollywood films.

Manol

P.S. Cross the country without getting mugged? I can see you have absolutely no idea of the contributions Bulgaria has made to the world. Take for example the calendar most of the world uses today. Yes, it was made by Bulgarians. A Bulgarian made the first electronic computer elements. The list goes on and on. And no, I don't want a medal for what my ancestors have done, but I do not need to have it spit on by people who cannot see further than their noses. Neither do I want attention. What I want is for people like the ones who made the film to stop spiting in my eye. Imagine this - A film that makes fun of the firefighters who were saving victims on September 11th. How funny do you consider that to be?

P.S.S. I am sure I have wasted yours and my time, but at least I got it off my chest :D.

And by the way, yes, we are trying to get rid of all the mafia elements here. If it were up to me personally....I'd have one night and at the dawn of the next day, they'd all be in jail for the rest of their petty lives (or shot, for the ones who resisted arrest ;)).

Cheerz

DEAR ROMANIAN AND MACEDONIAN FRIENDS!!!


YOUR JELOUS THAT BULGARIA IS NOT artificialy MADE COUNTRY LIKE ROMANIA AND MACEDONIA!!!!

1. BULGARIA
In the late 7th century a branch of the Bulgars led by Khan Asparuh migrated into the northern Balkans, where they merged with the local Slavic population and possibly remnants of the Thracian population to form the first Bulgarian state in >>>>>>AD 681<<<<. This was the first Slavic nation-state in history. The Bulgarian empire was a significant European power in the 9th and the 10th century, while fighting with the Byzantine Empire for the control of the Balkans.
Founded in 681 and thus >>>>one of the oldest countries in Europe<<<<, Bulgaria is noted for not having ever changed its name through the ages. Today, the country is an active member of NATO, and is also due to join the European Union on January 1, 2007., WIKIPEDIA


2.IN THE AGES In >>>>>>>271 or 275<<<<<< the Roman army and administration left Dacia, which was invaded by the Goths, who lived with the local people until the fourth century, when another nomadic people arrived, the Huns. The Gepids and the Avars ruled Transylvania until the 8th century, after which the >>>>>>>>>Bulgars included the southern part of Romania in their Empire until 1018<<<<<<<<<<.

Romania in the Dark Ages

Main article: Romania in the Dark Ages

Different parts of the territory of present-day Romania were controlled as part of the Gothic Empire (Oium) from 271 until 378, the Hunnish Empire until 435, the Avar Empire during the 6th century, and the >>>>>>First Bulgarian Empire during the >>>9th through 11th centuries<<. Slavs, Magyars, Pechenegs, Cumans and Tatars (Mongols) also invaded the territory.
=> YOUR COUNTRY WAS UNDER OUR jurisdiction FOR MORE THAN 2 centuries IT'S A LOT.... REALLY A LOT!!!!


3. IF YOU GO TO MACEDONIA YOU SPEAK BULGARIA, AND TNE MACEDONIANS WILL UNDERSTAND YOU PERFECTLY! You know why??? >>>>>>>>>
Many Macedonian students matriculate in >>>>Bulgarian universities<<< . >>>Bulgaria also supports the Macedonian bid to enter the EU and NATO. Bulgaria also donated tanks, artillery and other materials to the Macedonian army<<<.

The basic problem in the relationship between the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria is the latter's refusal to recognise the existence of a separate Macedonian ethnicity, instead considering >>>Macedonians to be Bulgarians and their language as a Bulgarian dialect<<<. Issues have been raised over what many Bulgarians view as appropriation and falsification of its history, and the treatment of people in the republic espousing a Bulgarian national identity. The pro-Bulgarian organization RADKO for example (which was later banned by the Macedonian Constitutional Court) had been publicly harassed after they demonstrated in front of the Macedonian parliament and claimed that there is no Macedonian nation today, and the perpetrators were acclaimed as heroes by the media. WIKIPEDIA

BUT WE ARE BETTER THAN ROMANIA!! ALL THE MONEY FOR THE EUROPIAN FUNDS ARE HERE! WE ARE BUILDING A LOT, AND AFTER 2 YEARS WE ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST PREFERED COUNTRY ON THE BOLKANS!!! AND NOW WE ARE THE MOST PREFERED FOR INVESTMENTS!


SO YOU ARE JELOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

AND ABOUTH THE NATION ANTEM: LIKE NikeBG SAID IT IS GLORY AND POWER!!!

NOBODY CAN USE IT WITHOUT OUR PRESIDENTS PERMISSION!!!!!!!


BEST REGARDS

ALEXANDER KAMENOV LAZAROV

Sofia, BULGARIA