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Rereading my post I realised one thing missing.
Respect is a two way thing. Does Vardarec think we should respect people who do not respect us and does he think this action encourages them to respect us or have the opposite effect.
Before we can work on rebuilding a relationship animosities need to stop. I would suggest in the meantime the government cannot be seen as aggressively against Greece to avoid escalation of a situation on a world i.e. government to government level which could draw action from others but the government cannot be held to blame for their citizens taking their right to choose to shop or holiday in one store instead of another. I find it strange seeing all the whinging about the Greeks and at the same time making an active conscious decision to support them. All I have been saying is it is very easy to just walk past their door and go next door to do your purchases even if the Greek store has better prices. I’m not saying throw bricks through the windows or spray paint the walls or anything worse.
Some might say do you do this. Yes I do to the extent I can know the store is Greek owned. There are many alternative stores available even if it costs me a few dollars more and in most cases it doesn’t. I don’t have to buy from them while they look down at me and I do mean this in a personal level if the guy hears me speaking Macedonian to someone with me. I do not believe I should have to hide my ethnicity to be able to get reasonable services or where they feel they cannot not serve me I should not have to endure their cold stars. If you don’t respect me then I don’t have to buy from you.
The obvious problem with this course of action is there may be Greek store owners who would not be against me and how can I know before hand. The simple answer is I am not a mind reader so I don’t know one way or the other but my past negative experiences tells me there is a possibility of it and simply there are something’s in life I don’t need to find out. I do not feel an obligation to give them the benefit of the doubt just to see if I will have a negative experience again. I think it is a mugs game to keep showing respect when most times it is no reciprocated out of some moral stance so that I can say I do not discriminate in any way. And yes you did read right I did use the word most because I know from experience not all Greeks hate me. Work on respecting me and we can see about working on a relationship. Until such time I don’t need to endure negative experience and nor do I need to buy from you. There are lots of other stores to buy from and this is the point I put to those from RoM its not like you absolutely have no other choice and we have already covered the lack of evidence they are significantly cheaper and its irrelevance if they are and seriously question your belief system if you would no travel slightly further not to have to hold your cap in hand or even if they do not outwardly show their feelings knowing your money is going to a government trying to permanently negate you identity.
I see no evidence to share your optimistic view as if the name issue is already won. If you know some share.
Respect is a two way thing. Does Vardarec think we should respect people who do not respect us and does he think this action encourages them to respect us or have the opposite effect.
Before we can work on rebuilding a relationship animosities need to stop. I would suggest in the meantime the government cannot be seen as aggressively against Greece to avoid escalation of a situation on a world i.e. government to government level which could draw action from others but the government cannot be held to blame for their citizens taking their right to choose to shop or holiday in one store instead of another. I find it strange seeing all the whinging about the Greeks and at the same time making an active conscious decision to support them. All I have been saying is it is very easy to just walk past their door and go next door to do your purchases even if the Greek store has better prices. I’m not saying throw bricks through the windows or spray paint the walls or anything worse.
Some might say do you do this. Yes I do to the extent I can know the store is Greek owned. There are many alternative stores available even if it costs me a few dollars more and in most cases it doesn’t. I don’t have to buy from them while they look down at me and I do mean this in a personal level if the guy hears me speaking Macedonian to someone with me. I do not believe I should have to hide my ethnicity to be able to get reasonable services or where they feel they cannot not serve me I should not have to endure their cold stars. If you don’t respect me then I don’t have to buy from you.
The obvious problem with this course of action is there may be Greek store owners who would not be against me and how can I know before hand. The simple answer is I am not a mind reader so I don’t know one way or the other but my past negative experiences tells me there is a possibility of it and simply there are something’s in life I don’t need to find out. I do not feel an obligation to give them the benefit of the doubt just to see if I will have a negative experience again. I think it is a mugs game to keep showing respect when most times it is no reciprocated out of some moral stance so that I can say I do not discriminate in any way. And yes you did read right I did use the word most because I know from experience not all Greeks hate me. Work on respecting me and we can see about working on a relationship. Until such time I don’t need to endure negative experience and nor do I need to buy from you. There are lots of other stores to buy from and this is the point I put to those from RoM its not like you absolutely have no other choice and we have already covered the lack of evidence they are significantly cheaper and its irrelevance if they are and seriously question your belief system if you would no travel slightly further not to have to hold your cap in hand or even if they do not outwardly show their feelings knowing your money is going to a government trying to permanently negate you identity.
I see no evidence to share your optimistic view as if the name issue is already won. If you know some share.
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