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Σε συνέντευξή του στο Balkanalysis.com (14-12-2008) [1], ο καθηγητής Γλωσσολογίας και Βαλκανικών Σπουδών Βίκτωρ Φρίντμαν (Victor Friedman), παρουσιάζει τους Έλληνες ως ένα εξόχως αντιδημοκρατικό και καταπιεστικό έθνος, από την αρχαιότητα έως σήμερα, και τοποθετεί τον ρόλο της Ελλάδας στα Βαλκάνια κάτω από ένα πολύ αρνητικό πρίσμα. Τα βασικά του επιχειρήματα περιστρέφονται γύρω από αυτό που ο ίδιος θεωρεί  ως καταπίεση της πολυγλωσσίας και των μειονοτήτων στην Ελλάδα, την οποία συνδέει με τη διένεξη μεταξύ Ελλάδος και της πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβικής Δημοκρατίας της Μακεδονίας (πΔΓΜ) σχετικά με το θέμα του ονόματος της γείτονος χώρας.  Ως πανεπιστημιακοί, μερικοί από εμάς μάλιστα μελετητές του πολιτισμού και της ιστορίας της Μακεδονίας, θεωρούμε ότι έχουμε χρέος να παρουσιάσουμε μια διαφορετική άποψη  και να αντικρούσουμε τους ισχυρισμούς του κ. Friedman σχετικά με την ταυτότητα του νεότερου Ελληνικού έθνους και την πραγματική φύση της παρούσας διένεξης μεταξύ Ελλάδας και πΓΔΜ. Αξίζει δε να σημειωθεί ότι η απόφασή μας να απαντήσουμε στους ισχυρισμούς του κ. Friedman σε μορφή ανοικτής επιστολής ελήφθη όταν ο τελευταίος αρνήθηκε να αποδεχθεί την πρόσκληση μας γιά δημόσια συζήτηση στο διαδικτυακό forum καθηγητών πανεπιστημίου το οποίο φιλοξενείται στον ιστοχώρο του Hellenic Electronic Center*.
Εμείς δεν θα απαντήσουμε με παρόμοιες εκφράσεις φθηνού εντυπωσιασμού. Αντίθετα, θα επιμείνουμε  σε γεγονότα και ακαδημαϊκές πηγές, ώστε να αποσαφηνίσουμε τους ισχυρισμούς του Friedman, οι οποίοι, εκ πρώτης όψεως, μπορεί να φαίνονται πειστικοί σε αναγνώστες που δεν είναι εξοικειωμένοι με το παρελθόν και την πρόσφατη ιστορία της περιοχής των Βαλκανίων.
Αξίζει να σημειωθεί αναφορικά με τη νεότερη ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους (Γένους), ότι μέλη του Ρωμαίϊκου μιλετιού και της Ρωμιοσύνης, από  τους υψηλά ιστάμενους διπλωμάτες της Υψηλής Πύλης (δηλ. τους Φαναριώτες), έως τους πανταχού παρόντες πραματευτές των Βαλκανίων ήταν στην πραγματικότητα πολύγλωσσοι (Ελληνόφωνοι, Βλαχόφωνοι, Αρβανιτόφωνοι, Σλαβόφωνοι, Τουρκόφωνοι, Ρωσομαθείς, Γαλλομαθείς, Γερμανομαθείς και Αγγλομαθείς).
Αξίζει ακόμη να γίνει ιδιαίτερη αναφορά στα πονήματα των Θωμά Πασχίδη (1879) [14]  και Μιχαήλ Λαμπρυνίδη (1907) [15], τα οποία ενσαρκώνουν τη συλλογική μνήμη των  Αρβανιτών και Ελληνοβλάχων του Γένους κατά το δεύτερο ήμισυ του 19ου αιώνα και τις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα. Τα έργα αυτά προσφέρουν μια απτή απόδειξη για το πως αντιλαμβάνονταν την ελληνοαλβανική  συγγένεια οι Έλληνες λόγιοι του 19ου αιώνα. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό πρέπει να ληφθούν υπ’ όψιν  τα εγκάρδια και διαχυτικά συναισθήματα του Θωμά Πασχίδη, ενός δίγλωσσου-και πιθανώς πολύγλωσσου-Έλληνα Αρβανίτη Ηπειρώτη λόγιου προς τους Ελληνόβλαχους και Βούλγαρους αδελφούς. Το βιβλίο περιλαμβάνει ένα παράρτημα στα αρβανίτικα χρησιμοποιώντας ελληνικούς χαρακτήρες, το οποίο είναι ιδιαίτερα χρήσιμο και διαφωτιστικό [14].
Στην πρώτη ιστοσελίδα επισημαίνεται συγκεκριμένα ότι «Μακεδονική είναι η αρχαία γλώσσα του μακεδονικού βασιλείου στη Βόρεια Ελλάδα και τη σύγχρονη Μακεδονία, κατά την πρώτη χιλιετία π.Χ. Δεν πρέπει να συγχέεται με τη σύγχρονη μακεδονική γλώσσα, που συγγενεύει στενά με τη σλαβονική βουλγαρική (η έμφαση δική μας). Για περισσότερες αναφορές στο θέμα αυτό μπορεί κανείς να συμβουλευθεί τα ακόλουθα άρθρα: α) Γ. Μπαμπινιώτης, “Ancient Macedonian: The Place of Macedonian among the Greek Dialects” in : A. M. Tamis (ed.), Macedonian Hellenism, Melbourne 1990, pp. 241-250 β) C. Brixhe, A. Panayotou, Le Macédonien in: Langues indo-européennes, ed. Bader, Paris, 1994, 205–220 και γ) J. Chadwick, The Prehistory of the Greek Language, Cambridge 1963.
Κλείνουμε τονίζοντας ότι η επιδίωξη φθηνού εντυπωσιασμού και η προκατάληψη, όπως αυτές επιδεικνύονται στη συνέντευξη του καθηγητη Victor Friedman, δεν εξυπηρετούν ούτε την ιστορική αλήθεια, ούτε τον εποικοδομητικό επιστημονικό ή πολιτικό διάλογο. Και σίγουρα δεν βοηθούν τον λαό της πΔΓΜ. Κανείς διανοούμενος ή επιστήμονας δεν θα έπρεπε να αισθάνεται άνετα με το να ανέχεται, πόσω μάλλον να προωθεί, τέτοιου είδους ρητορικές.
1. Συνέντευξη του Victor Friedman στην Balkanalysis.com
5. Π. Ματαλάς “Έθνος και Ορθοδοξία. Οι περιπέτειες μιας σχέσης. Από το ‘Ελλαδικό’ στο Βουλγαρικό σχίσμα”. Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, 2002
6. Βλέπε Λουκά Τσιτσιπή _A linguistic anthropology of praxis and language shift: Arvanítika (Albanian) and Greek in contact_. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1998 ^ επίσης, βλ. Victor Friedman  “The Albanian Language in Its Eastern Diaspora.” Αρβανίτικα και Ελληνικά: Ζητήματα πολυγλωσσικών και πολυπολιτισμικών κοινοτήτων.   Vol. 2, ed. Του Λουκά Τσίτσιπη. Λειβαδιά, Ελλάς: European Union & The Prefecture of Levadeia, 1998,  σελ. 215-231.
10. Βλ. το απόσπασμα από την εισαγωγή του βιβλίου του J.N. Adams
11. Βλ. την πραγματεία του Rochette _Les Romains et le latin vus par les Grecs_.
20. Από απόσπασμα γράμματος που έστειλε το 2002 ο Δρ  Ρούμαν προ τον κυβερνήτη του New Hampshire Κρεγκ Μπένσον. Ο Δρ. Ρούμαν ήταν για πέντε χρόνια ερευνητής στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Wisconsin στο Madison και του Ινστιτούτου Προχωρημένων Σπουδών του Princeton, κατά τη διάρκεια της δύσκολης και μακρόχρονης έρευνας του καθηγητή Τσαρλς Φ. Έντσον, που αποσκοπούσε στην έκδοση όλων των επιγραφών της αρχαίας Θεσσαλονίκης, από  τον 3ο αιώνα π.Χ. μέχρι τον 7ο ή 8ο αιώνα μ.Χ. για λογαριασμό τη Γερμανικής Ακαδημίας του Βερολίνου. Στον Δρα Έντσον απονεμήθηκε το βραβείο Charles Goodwin της Αμερικανικής Φιλολογικής Ένωσης, για την αξιέπαινη συνεισφορά του.
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Raptis, Aristotle, Professor, University of Athens, GREECE.
Rigas, Fotis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GREECE.
Roilides, Emmanuel, MD, PhD., Assoc. Professor, 3rd Dept. Pediatrics, University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE.
Romanos, Michael, Ph.D., Professor of Economic Development, School of Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Rontoyannis, George P., Professor, Dept. Phys Ed Sports, Science University of Thessaly, GREECE.
Rouman, John C., Dr., Professor Emeritus of Classics.
Sarafopoulos Dimitrios, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, GREECE.
Samaras George, Professor, USA.
Samothrakis, Periandros, Ph.D., P.E., Hydraulic Engineer, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Sapatinas, Theofanis,  BSc, MSc, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS.
Savvas, Minas, Professor Emeritus, San Diego State University, SanDiego, CA, USA.
Siafarikas Panayiotis, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras                       Patras, GREECE.
Sideris, Kosmas, Ph.D., Civil Engineer Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, GREECE.
Simitses, George J., Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Siolas, John G., Ph.D., Educator, New York, USA.
Sivitanides, Marcos P., Ph.D., CCP. Associate Professor, Information Systems, McCoy College of Business, Texas State University San Marcos, Texas, USA.
Skias, Stylianos G., Assist. Professor, Democritus University of Thrace, GREECE.
Sotiropoulou, Georgia, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Rion-Patras 26500, GREECE.
Staikos, Georgios, Assoc. Professor, Laboratory of Organic Chemical Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, University Campus – Rion, GR - 265 04 Patras, GREECE.
Stamatoyannopoulos, George, M.D., Dr., Sci., Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences, Director, Markey Molecular Medicine Center, K-240 Health Sciences Building, Box 357720, Seattle, WA 98195-7720, USA.
Stamboliadis, Elias, Associate Professor, Mineral Resources, Engineering Dept, Technical University of Crete University, Campus Chania, Crete, GREECE.
Stavrou, Esther, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York,  USA.
Stephanopoulos, Greg W.H., Dow Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tassios, Dimitrios, Professor Emeritus, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GREECE.
Tavouktsoglou, Athanasios N., Ph.D., Professor, Concordia University, College of Alberta, CANADA.
Thramboulidis, Kleanthis, Assoc. Professor, Software Engineering Group (SEG) - Electrical & Computer, University of Patras, PATRAS, GREECE.
Triantaphyllopoulos, Demetrios D., Professor, Department of Archaeology and History,
University of Cyprus, CYPRUS.
Tryphonopoulos, Demetres P., A/Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Professor, Dept. of English, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., CANADA.
Tsakiridou, Cornelia A., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Philosophy, Director, Diplomat-In-Residence Program, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tsatsanifos, Christos, Ph.D., Civil Engineering MSc., D.I.C. M.ASCE. Athens, GREECE.
Tsinganos, Kanaris, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Athens, GREECE.
Tsigas-Fotinis, Vasiliki, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey, USA.
Tsohantaridis, Timotheos, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical Studies and Greek, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, USA.
Valanides, Nicos (visiting scholar at DePaul University, Chicago, USA), Associate Professor (Science Education), Nicosia, CYPRUS.
Velivasakis, Emmanuel E., PE, FASCE, President, PANCRETAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA & HELLENIC AMERICAN NATIONAL COUNCIL, New York, USA.
Vardulakis, Antonis, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE.
Varkaraki, Elli, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, GREECE.
Vasilos, Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.
Velgakis, Michael, Professor of Physics, Engineering Science Dept., University of Patras, Patras, GREECE.
Vlavianos, Nickie, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Calgary, CA, USA.
Vomvas, Athanassios, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Patras
Voudrias, Evangelos A., Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, GREECE.
Vrongistinos, Konstantinos, Ph.D., Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, 18111 Nordhoff St., California State University, Northridge, CA, USA.
Yannopoulos, Panayotis C., Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, GREECE.
Yiacoumettis, Andreas M., Assoc. Professor, Plastic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Secretary General ESPRAS ExCo, President 11th ESPRAS CONGRESS, President UEMS Section Plast. Rec.& Aesthetic Surgery, GREECE.
Ypsilanti, Maria, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek Literature, University of Cyprus, Dept. of Classical Studies and Philosophy, PO Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, CYPRUS.
Zavos, Panayiotis, Professor Emeritus, Reproductive Medicine & Andrology, Lexington, KY, USA.
Zervakis, Michalis, Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering,
Technical University of Crete, Chania, GREECE.
Zervos, Nicholas A., Ph.D., Director, Adv. Multimedia ALGOSYSTEMS, Athens, GREECE.
Zotou, Vassiliki, Ph.D., Language and Linguistics, University of Thessaly, Volos, GREECE.
Letter to President Obama
On May 18th, 2009,
200 Classical Scholars from around the world, sent a letter to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.