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: : : RE: Unlike Boris Pasternak, the poet Tychyna served to promulgate Stalin's "kul't lychnosti"and the imperialistic glory of USSR. It has no sense to paint him only as a victim of the Stalin's regime as Yanko would like to. : Hi, Joe. : You may be an expert on Tychyna, but I didn't talk about poets nor poetry, and what Pasternak has in common with Tychyna I also don't know. You probably switched your discussion with Yanko or somebody else to me. I just read replies to my messages. : : : "...where you didn't like my name." : : RE: Simply, it is not true. I pointed out that Moshe Dayan was a great man. Read my previous comments again. : I agree with you here about Moshe Dayan, but Moshe Dayan as such has nothing to do with my message. : : : “Well, as I said earlier, my reply was to "deputatkhmara" whose email address is based in Israel. It seems that you have nothing again "deputatkhmata", do you? : : RE: I do have objection against this statement: “You don't belong to Ukraine, so your opinion is irrelevant.” Why should “deputatkhmara’s” comment be irrelevant only, because his email address is based in Israel? Don’t you think that this is ridiculous and unacceptable? : : I think you missed my point here, Joe. I may have an opinion about naming streets in your town but my opinion is irrelevant (has no impact) because I am not a resident of your town (or country), therefore cannot decide. Why it's ridiculous I don't understand. : : “You have to decide yourself about your qualifications.” : : RE: I like it very much. Ukrainians who speak Russian have to decide themselves whether they will continue to use Russian or Ukrainian language; similarly Rusyns have to decide themselves whether they are Rusyns, Slovaks or Ukrainians, and a judgement of relevance of “deputatkhmara’s” opinion should never depend upon location of an email address. : : All the best , Joe : : Yes, Ukrainians were free for many years to use Russian language but not Ukrainian. They were called nationalists while using their own language and treated with suspicion. How do you like that, Joe? : I don't know much about Rusyns, but I know that many of their schools were closed during communist reign in Czechoslovakia. : You see, these things about nationality or religion are very sensitive and always will put you on a slippery road. Does it mean we have to avoid them? Maybe not. : : : P.S. You can find very similar statements on this board from Yanko resembling yours, such as “You are not from Ukraine, therefore your opinion is irrelevant; or Rusyns, in the US, you did not even know whether you are Rusyns or Russians etc. : : I think that Rusyns are not Russians (read Muscovites) nor Slovaks but Rusyns (Ruthenians). However, my opinion is irrelevant to you. Don't you think so? If you call themselves Russians I can do nothing to persuade you to think differently. Only you can decide who you are. Another words, it's not my business but yours. : Take care, Joe. Still Moshe.

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