Slobodan Miloshevic died!

[John Uskglass]

Yeah, what happened to the good ole' days when you could take a negro out back and shoot him without question?

/sarcasm/rascism/point

We won the Civil War and you did not kill MLK fast enough.

 

[Wooz]

Dude. Not funny.

 

[John Uskglass]

Dude. Not funny.

Was not a joke about African Americans. I love those adorable jungle people. I just hate the South.

 

[Carib FMJ]

Who are you calling Jungle People?

Well, if I could, I would have hung a few KKK members myself, let them know how it feels to persecute others.

Hell, I don't even think they know why they hated colored people. if anyone has a right to be angry, to be filled with hate it is those many wronged by those dark times.

 

[John Uskglass]

That was self deprecating. I try very, very hard to not be rascist, which is kind of hard for me because of some personal history.

 

[Silencer]

It seems SloboMilo will after all be buried in his hometown. I laughed hard when I heard of plans to bury him in Moskwa - talk about an empire of evil!

Not that I have anything to say againt Russians, but the irony was sharp.

 

[Carib FMJ]

Yes, that is pretty razor sharp irony... I suppose I'd say more once I stop the bleeding.

 

[KQX]

It seems SloboMilo will after all be buried in his hometown.

It's pretty amusing to see how the headlines changed over the past few hours.

Google News:

99% sure?

There's still many uncertainties it seems. While authorities have denied an official state funeral, some say that Milosevic's body will be put on public view in front of the federal parliament building in Belgrade.

 

[Wooz]

On a pole? Hung from the roof?

 

[Jarno Mikkola]

On a pole? Hung from the roof?

No, it will be at the stake, and the fire will be just a decoration.

 

[Hellion]

At least 100,000 people attended his funeral in Belgrade. People on buses arrived from Kossovo and Bosnia to attend. Even a representative from Putin's party, as well as Ramsey Clark (who even gave a speech) were present.

It seems people there are still rather divided regarding whether Slobo was a hero or a villain...

 

[Wooz]

It's easy. Repeat the same self-glorifying bullshit to people for years during your brutal dictatorship, make them parrot the propaganda you spew, execute opposition, and they'll eventually believe in it and percieve the tyrant as a saviour.

Same story, from Iraq's Saddam, to Kim's North Korea, passing by Backo's Belarus and into the 80's, with the wannabe hitlers hand-picked by the Reagan administration.

For Great Justice.

 

[KQX]

At least 100,000 people attended his funeral in Belgrade.

Be careful with the specifics there. I'm not sure where you got the 100,000 statistic, but "at least" is not really accurate. The highest estimation i've read was around 80,000, which is also what the Belgrade police states. Also, the funeral was not in Belgrade, but in Pozarevac (his home town). You're referring to the public displaying of his coffin in front of Parliament Building.

The Socialist Party of Serbia really wants this event to appear as if it's a national outcry, which is why they organized the bussing of supporters from Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. According to them, they were expecting around 200,000 people to show. This really fails to compensate for the relatively low political support for the The Socialist and Radical parties. Most of the people that showed up are elderly and simply represent the dying breed of nationalists:

(photo from the rally in Belgrade)

 

[Paladin Solo]

Where's Waldo?

I haven't seen so many white-heads since I turned 13.