> In my view, it is equally wrong to be proud of or to be ashamed of
> being Hungarian or of Hungarian origin, for that is an accident of
> birth. Once place of birth and heritage is not something one chooses,
> just as one does not choose one's parents. These are facts into which
> one is born.
> What one becomes, how one deals with one's heritage, how one treats
> one's fellow human beings, these are matters where personal choice
> and responsibility enter, albeit to different degrees under different
> cirumstances. It is in these matters that one may have cause to be
> proud or ashamed, or --- more usually --- both.
> d.A.
I think that a person is proud of the rich culture and history, ethnicity,
people they were brought up around. And this in my eyes does incluce the
country. I was born in Canada, and raised here, but I do think that
Hungary is more precious than Canada. Not that I am ungreatful that
Canada took my parents in, but to be able to phisically see were they were
brought up and were they lived, still touches my heart. In a sence d.A.
is right it is not the Country you are proud of, but the people and the
heritage. But to call it something, we do tag it with a name, and this is
why we call our selves, Hungarians, or first generation Hungarians,
because we are proud of the background of the cultre.
Well, anyway, this is the way I see it.
Christina Magyar
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J. Hajek  ) wrote:
: In article  >  (Jorma Kypp|)
writes:
: >Chris Bussler  ) wrote:
: > > Prague, Czech Republic. Therefore, I would like to talk to (i. e.
: > > exchange some mails with) somebody who listened to RFE during the Cold
: > > War or still listens to it today. I would be interested in how it
: > > influenced you personally and the political environment and society as
: > > a whole in Eastern European states.
: > > I would be very thankful if somebody could tell me about his
: > > experiences,
: >
: >And I like to know what is it's political task now, after Cold War?
: >After having heard some of their programs I started to wonder...
: They have ceased to be what they used to be. They have a kinda
: concordate with the local rulers. Ive discovered a pattern in their
: reporting.
: J.
Yes, in your cynical mind you could probably find an ulterior motive in
any human activity sooner or later. I have friends who believe the entire
Apollo program was a hoax, and that all the moon landings were staged in
some remote valley in New Mexico. Why? The won't say.
I don't know if anyone remembers, but a few years ago RFE went through a
critical period, when the question of its continued existence was debated
in congress. Many people (myself included) were convinced the State Depart-
ment broadcasting services should not get any more funding, since the ob-
jectives of their function no longer existed.
Recently I spent a couple of weeks in the Slovak town of Zilina. During
the political crisis surrounding the jr. Kovac's kidnapping investigation
RFE was the only consitent source of developments in the case. The Czech
media almost totally ignored the whole affair, as did the government con-
trolled Slovak TV and radio.
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