Do you think there's any chance of those parts ever being rejoined with Hungary?
No. Nor would it be a good thing, regardless of what our overly nationalistic party might say. There were full of minorities when they were taken from Hugnary, and the balance of population has changed greatly during the last 80 years. Those minorities have long become majorities - besides, these parts are in a very low economic level. Our country would go down financially in no time, would they be rejoined.
No, they belong to these other countries now, and the best we can hope is to remain on this relatively peaceful way of co-existence. It's still not easy, but it's getting better, so there is a chance, after all those decades of hostility.
What it also reminded me of was Tolkien's regrets about everything that was lost in Anglo-Saxon culture after the Norman invasion.
Yes, indeed. Which was exactly the thing that inspired me to write my 1,500+ pages monstrosity of an original fic back in the early 1980es. Using motives of folk tales, the few historical fact that are still known and stuff. I actually was arrogant enough to believe that when Tolkien managed it for England, I could do the same for my people. *shakes head*
We should remain quiet about the actual results here...
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Date: 2003-08-20 01:26 pm (UTC)No. Nor would it be a good thing, regardless of what our overly nationalistic party might say. There were full of minorities when they were taken from Hugnary, and the balance of population has changed greatly during the last 80 years. Those minorities have long become majorities - besides, these parts are in a very low economic level. Our country would go down financially in no time, would they be rejoined.
No, they belong to these other countries now, and the best we can hope is to remain on this relatively peaceful way of co-existence. It's still not easy, but it's getting better, so there is a chance, after all those decades of hostility.
What it also reminded me of was Tolkien's regrets about everything that was lost in Anglo-Saxon culture after the Norman invasion.
Yes, indeed. Which was exactly the thing that inspired me to write my 1,500+ pages monstrosity of an original fic back in the early 1980es. Using motives of folk tales, the few historical fact that are still known and stuff. I actually was arrogant enough to believe that when Tolkien managed it for England, I could do the same for my people. *shakes head*
We should remain quiet about the actual results here...