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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.03.05 15.09 |
 4fun. lrytas.lt Yet the Eurovision selection was marred by its own controversy. The screen on the television showing vote totals was somehow messed up, and it seemed like the wrong group had won. Have no fear, though, Lithuanian Television said that there was no misvoting, and your representatives in Helsinki this year will be 4fun (homepage), with their song "Love or Leave." Last year, of course, I had a huge interest in Eurovision, as the diaspora-favored ditty "Welcome (to Lithuania)" by inCulto lost to LT United's steam train "We Are the Winners." Still, LT United did well enough in Athens to mean that 4fun won't have to perform in the preliminary round. Yet it was tough to keep the same level of interest this year. I won't comment much on the artistic merits of the songs this time around, because then the next thing you know, 4fun will be playing at Turkey Dance, and I'll have a lot of explaining to do. Incidentally, LT United, with financial support from the Lithuanian government, have taken their show on the road. They will be performing a few shows in the US this month. As for inCulto, they announced today that Jurgis and Erica were married. Lietuvos rytas reprints the salacious details.
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.03.05 15.24 )
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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.02.22 09.44 |
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Here are a few useful articles / documents to read over when considering the context of my article “Trashing the trispalvė.” You'll see that no one goes as far as I do, which is to encourage stripping the trispalvė of all of its official status as a symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.02.22 09.45 )
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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.02.21 13.27 |
 Fascists during a Jan. 13 commemoration. lrytas.lt First, we’ve had the problems over the question of why citizens of the Republic Lithuania must be citizens of the Republic of Lithuania alone (the propagandized diaspora version of this you may have heard is: “why should ethnic Lithuanians not be allowed to get Lithuanian citizenship”—which they are still, of course, allowed to get...), and now a new dilemma arises, sparked for me by a rather emotional email I was forwarded:
Subject: Our Lithuanian Flag: Endangered?!?
Labas!
Can you imagine our Lithuanian Flag without its yellow, green and red?!?
There are some in Lithuania who are interested in changing the design of the Lithuanian flag.
Danute Bindokiene in her Feb. 3rd editorial in Draugas explains the info on the Jan. 8th "TV Forumas" related to changing the Lithuanian Flag from the national (yellow, green and red) to the state flag (knight on a red background). Danute gives historical background and her reasons why the tricolor flag should be retained and asks everyone to participate in a survey to Draugas with a simple yes or no or by writing more in your response.
Of course I can imagine a Lithuanian Flag without the tricolor (“trispalvė”). In fact, for the large majority of the time that there has been a Lithuanian state, it has used as a flag the very state flag mentioned above. That flag incorporates historical symbols of the Lithuanian state that date back to the 14th century. The tricolor, on the other hand, is a phantasmatic representation of a Lithuanian nation (not state)—being nothing more than an ethnic/nationalist symbol and not, importantly, a symbol of the apparatus of the state.
In fact, I'm glad that the people of Lithuania are acknowledging the difference between the Lithuanian state and the Lithuanian nation by engaging in this debate, as it points to a future Lithuania which is more in touch with the contemporary European situation and with the tolerant tradition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which I discuss further below.
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.02.21 20.12 )
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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.02.15 10.24 |
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 I haven't written much about Hearts this year for two reasons: 1. I haven't written much about anything at all. 2. Hearts's semi-magical season last year has definitely not repeated itself after crashing out of Europe and failing to challenge for the top of the table in the SPL.
Apparently, Vladimir Romanov has also been sort of disappointed in this year's performance from his most expensive team. And he's looking both within and without for someone to blame. He unloaded in the most recent issue of “Футбол,” saying that Celtic and Rangers pay off both refs and players on other teams, going so far as to suggest that FBK Kaunas could, given a truly level playing field, take on the Old Firm. The Daily Record translates his comments into English: Celtic and Rangers? Even Kaunas are a match for them on the pitch.The thing is they've turned football into a type of showbusiness with their underhand games. They buy off players and referees. When it comes to weaker teams then nobody can help but if two opponents are equally matched then the referees can have a real influence on the outcome. Fantastic. Of course, the SFA will be fining him (again), and he may even get sued.
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.02.15 10.35 )
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