Beyond the eventual arrival of man on the moon, the discovery of nuclear energy or the rise of computers, with almost certainly, the discovery of the human genome is the ultimate scientific milestone of our time, while philosophical. This discovery is, in itself, a re-discovery of homo sapiens sapiens as 
unique species. Gone are the assimilation of the Huns of Attila with centaurs, or the African pygmy monkeys, the human species is one, though differing in features. The movements of social exclusion "ethnic" groups, always politically interested, have not been immune to these changes in science.
unique species. Gone are the assimilation of the Huns of Attila with centaurs, or the African pygmy monkeys, the human species is one, though differing in features. The movements of social exclusion "ethnic" groups, always politically interested, have not been immune to these changes in science. Sabino Arana, the father of Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), examined different skulls in search of a "Basque specificity" based on racial difference. Xabier Arzalluz (known for his sympathies with the movement Hitler Youth) was echoed in the nineties of scientific research, ultimately flawed, linking the Basques with a negative Rh singular. The biological reasons (the "natural" laws have always been more immutable than the "legal") which have always been sought after "Holy Grail" because, in his dreams exclusive stone would be the basis for a policy of differentiation.
That said, ethnification is not a phenomenon unique to modern times. We've all heard some of the many names of barbarian tribes that once plagued borders of the Roman Empire. Gepids, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Sarmatians, Vandals, Avars, Alans, Huns ... the list is near endless, especially if we subdivisions cases (black Huns, White Huns ...) and considerations of "clans." Scientific studies show that most of these people had not even "racial" differences as differentiation, despite the redundancy, with one another responded, most of the time, the interests of abused power (Rome, Byzantium Persia, as appropriate) criteria rather than "scientific." The truth is that "people create", "nations" "Facts differential" is still today a powerful tool as effective and dangerous.
The term "ethnic conflict" on many occasions they assimilate to the Balkans. The dissolution of the Yugoslav federal state, and has brought wars, are participants in the semantic field now known as "ethnic war." Already in the first instance, without reductionist desire, we can say that it is not so different in terms of "artificiality" on many occasions, the list of aforementioned barbarians composed of: Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Muslims, Hungarians , gypsies or Albanians. No longer curious, and highly illustrative, in surveys conducted in 1990, most "intellectuals" were defined as "Yugoslav" or "Czechoslovak." The territorial divisions, once accepted the identity of species, should only be subject to political criteria, the criteria of economic and social viability. The recent decision of the International Court of Justice on the "Kosovo issue" no longer a cause for reflection, especially when one lives in Catalonia.
Indeed, as pointed Albert Rivera (Leader of C's) in the Regional Parliament of Catalonia, Kosovo is not model. I would suggest that Kosovo is not the model, not only forms but also by the subject. Catalonia is not a distinct entity "ethnically" the rest of Spain, however much you try to see some. Many indepent reaffirmed their arguments 
type Slovenian case "or" Slovak case, perhaps it is time to reflect, something superficial, on the fictitious of these comparisons.
type Slovenian case "or" Slovak case, perhaps it is time to reflect, something superficial, on the fictitious of these comparisons. The peaceful split (" velvet divorce") is one of the lesser-known regional experiments in English Headquarters. Far from being an instrument of realization national ", we find that the Slovaks feel true repentance of their separation, with many who wish for the foundation of Czechoslovakia. The separation of Slovakia was a parliamentary decision without public consultation, the Czech Republic benefited more than the subject not independent. Slovak nationalist aspirations, not hegemonic, were satisfied, not greater autonomy (which was what was intended) but with the division. The reason was simple as it seems increasingly obvious ... Slovakia is much less developed than the Czech Republic and was to be a stumbling block to it in its European aspirations. Rich country to "check" the poor, have any resemblance with Spain? I think none. This whole process is not so different from the dissolution of Yugoslavia a clear point: the American-European interests to divide the former-Soviet countries, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in particular, could become an obstacle for imperial interests "eagles", whether black or bald.
Returning to the most current case, Kosovo, note that the related international positions are varied, while antagonistic. Next to the U.S. independent power (Russia, China), Kosovo was not recognized as a state by Spain, Slovakia, Greece, Malta, Romania and Cyprus (among others). The reasons are various, but always keeping similarities in common, Kosovo has been an "amputation without anesthesia " (as written on several occasions) that opens dangerous precedent, not for Vaco Country, Catalonia, Scotland, Corsica and Flanders (where the similarities with the Kosovo case are zero), but for Bosnia, among other territories.
The fear of a new Bosnian conflict, if resolved at some point, is more than justified. The local population is divided, partly mathematically into three parts: Muslims, Croats and Serbs, so that the independence of a group, based on the methods used by Kosovo, it could be justified, to wield its legitimacy. In Kosovo itself, the region of Mitrovica , something similar could happen, being a Serb majority area (hard hit by the policies promoted by the authority of Kosovo).
The argument of "self" is the greatest challenge to the viability of a Kosovar state. Today, with no expectation for change, Kosovo is completely dependent on Serbia. While exports virtually nothing Kosovo to Serbia, it exported goods to Kosovo worth over 200 million euros (all data collected by Jens Bastian, " Kosovo's independence and its international implications " IEMed Yearbook 2009). Most of the electricity, fuel, and even the water supply (the main water supply comes from the Kosovo Serb side of the lake Gazivoda) come from the country in Belgrade. Along with these contingencies, and many more, there is the problem of debt to cause in Kosovo, when it was still part of Yugoslavia and Belgrade continues to pay the 30,000 cases that the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) executive body of Pristina, funded by donors, should be resolved (mostly with relation to property of Serbs who fled the area, while still under the power of Belgrade).
is true that the horrible massacres of Chetniks and Ustashi, at the time of the Second World War, or that the actions committed on both sides, in recent times, have screwed up the Yugoslav conflict, making it difficult, or even unfeasible solution. But it is time to reflect, and to avoid any parallel, from Spain, Belgium and Britain, with a region that has been torn apart "by eagles and jackals no" in no small measure. The multinational Yugoslavia was the only state able to ensure, for example, in Bosnia peace, experts say, where were the reasons for its destruction?
Tribes are fictions, as well as nations. Metaphysics and philosophy are essential in the formation of modern man, but should be subject to economic efficiency and social welfare. No recent independence has been a success, none has led to increased quality of life of those who have experienced it. In times where the union is required, which should tend toward one "State Iberian" and not to the segregation, or to a Europe similar to the old Roman Empire (but without Caesar), not to a superfragmentación in "Taifa" segmentation and modern inventions, talk about Kosovo, Bosnia and Slovakia should be made accordingly. Not focus on the means used to handling, and let a greater weight to the rational arguments and to those that unite rather than divide.
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