Владо Бучковски, дръзновенно нападащ Д. Димитров, в далечната 1999 година. Забелязах и споделих това съобщението на Ройтерс с Иля Талев, а той го препрати в нюзнетския лингвистичен форум:

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Banning of languages
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From: Ilya Talev <ta...@ibm.net>
Subject: Banning of languages
Date: 1999/07/09
Newsgroups: sci.lang


Some time ago, some writers in this newsgroup expressed very strong opinions on the existence of a Macedonian language throughout the centuries.

I tried to explain, in vain, that there was no Macedonian language until the fall of 1944,
when it was created by a State Decree. Bulgarian books were banned in the Macedonian Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, while the people who tried to speak Bulgarian or to teach their childeren Bulgarian language were severely persecuted.

Well, here is a small news item from the wires:

"Bulgarian Books Unbanned in Macedonia".

I have a question to you all:

Have you ever heard, not just in modern times, but ever! of a language being banned? Books being confiscated and destroyed not because of their authors' origin or beliefs, but because of the language in which they are writen?

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End of book ban ignites debate in Macedonia
09:06 a.m. Jul 08, 1999 Eastern

By Dina Kyriakidou

SKOPJE, July 8 (Reuters) - Macedonia this week lifted a ban on
Bulgarian books in the latest chapter of a bizarre language dispute
with its Balkan neighbour, but the move triggered a political storm of
opposition protest.

The country's main opposition party, the formerly communist Social
Democratic Alliance (SDA), pressed on Thursday for a censure motion
in parliament against Culture Minister Dimitar Dimitrov, calling the
decision tantamount to treason.

``The book ban should not have been lifted,'' SDA spokesman Vlado
Buckovski told Reuters. ``The Bulgarisation of our culture is the
biggest issue for Macedonia and we want parliament to debate it.''


Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.

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