REST IN PEACE_VJECHNAJA PAMJAT Karl Malden

[Boyana]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Malden

KARL MALDEN

[Boyana]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_malden

[ProudAndZionist]

Rest in peace. 

[Serbian Canadian]

I could care less. He changed his Serbian name, completely assimilated into American society and married an American woman. He did not care nor did he contribute anything to his homeland. He compoletely discarded his Serbian roots. As far as I'm concerned, he's no better than self-hating Serb Rod Blagojevich and the rest of them.

[sonja_yu]

Rest in peace!

[Boyana]

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=sr&u=http://www.politika.rs/&ei=zH5NSt_iL9S-lAf_j_mpBQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpolitika%2Bon%2Bline%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

[sonja_yu]

I know this is old, but due to some critics, I wanted to share this (long ago, in fact, but didn't have much time and will to look up):

http://www.rts.rs/media/multimediaBoxPopup.jsp?mediaId=30427&itemType=tv&storyTitle=

[Boyana]

Wow, thanks for sharing that wonderful reminder Sonja.
Be well. Lots of love,

 

[Serbian Canadian]

I know this is old, but due to some critics, I wanted to share this (long ago, in fact, but didn't have much time and will to look up):

http://www.rts.rs/media/multimediaBoxPopup.jsp?mediaId=30427&itemType=tv&storyTitle=

Well I was a bit harsh and jumped to a lot of conclusions. I guess I'm upset because of the fact that a legendary actor such as himself did not speak up or say anything when his own country bombed his own people.

[Boyana]

Serbian Canadian,
Please do not apologise.
I react that way often.


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[sonja_yu]

Ok... no problem, but let's say, he wasn't embarrassed of his own origin, as some others are.... you know what I mean... That's the situation, unfortunately, not only that some Serbs who leave Serbia want to pretend they're something else, but some locals do that, too.
When I saw the reaction of my class when we had a memorial for bombing.... I was disgusted by certain persons.


Thanks a lot Bojana for the comment!
All the best!

[nessuno]

Wasn't Karl Malden born in America?
He was an American first.
Years ago most actors changed their names.
It was how they could get work.
It doesn't mean that they were denying their heritage.
Karl Malden was a very old man when he died.
Maybe he was not in good enough health in his 'later' years to speak out.
He was a very good actor and seemingly a decent person.
He was married to the same woman for 70 years.
You should be proud of him.

[sonja_yu]

Wasn't Karl Malden born in America?
He was an American first.
Years ago most actors changed their names.
It was how they could get work.
It doesn't mean that they were denying their heritage.
Karl Malden was a very old man when he died.
Maybe he was not in good enough health in his 'later' years to speak out.
He was a very good actor and seemingly a decent person.
He was married to the same woman for 70 years.
You should be proud of him.

Maybe first by your culture, but, by our standards, ethnicity is what comes the first (usually, although some put religion first, which is not correct). Here, nations are defined by ethnicity.

Well, it is possibly true, he was in well conditions, but somewhat weak when he spoke to Mira Adanja-Polak, that interview was somewhat in 2003 if I remember.

I posted above that interview and he was saying that he's proud of his background and that he was always saying "I'm a Serb".
Dan Tana was teaching him some our songs, as I can see.

[Serbian Canadian]

By speak up, I didn't mean that he should go downtown and start shouting. A TV, radio or newspaper interview would have been appropriate.

Do you know how many Serbian-Americans there were, some of them very famous and all of them stayed silent?

[nessuno]

Wasn't Karl Malden born in America?
He was an American first.
Years ago most actors changed their names.
It was how they could get work.
It doesn't mean that they were denying their heritage.
Karl Malden was a very old man when he died.
Maybe he was not in good enough health in his 'later' years to speak out.
He was a very good actor and seemingly a decent person.
He was married to the same woman for 70 years.
You should be proud of him.

Maybe first by your culture, but, by our standards, ethnicity is what comes the first (usually, although some put religion first, which is not correct). Here, nations are defined by ethnicity.

Well, it is possibly true, he was in well conditions, but somewhat weak when he spoke to Mira Adanja-Polak, that interview was somewhat in 2003 if I remember.

I posted above that interview and he was saying that he's proud of his background and that he was always saying "I'm a Serb".
Dan Tana was teaching him some our songs, as I can see.

I believe that Karl Malden was an American of Serbian descent.  I'm not sure that has any thing to do with my culture.  I'm American.  I was born here.  I'm very proud of the people I descended from...but I'm American. 
I guess it is all in how you look at it, Sonya.

[nessuno]

By speak up, I didn't mean that he should go downtown and start shouting. A TV, radio or newspaper interview would have been appropriate.

Do you know how many Serbian-Americans there were, some of them very famous and all of them stayed silent?

I really don't know Serbian Canadian.  Their silence doesn't necessarily make them bad though. 

[sonja_yu]

Wasn't Karl Malden born in America?
He was an American first.
Years ago most actors changed their names.
It was how they could get work.
It doesn't mean that they were denying their heritage.
Karl Malden was a very old man when he died.
Maybe he was not in good enough health in his 'later' years to speak out.
He was a very good actor and seemingly a decent person.
He was married to the same woman for 70 years.
You should be proud of him.

Maybe first by your culture, but, by our standards, ethnicity is what comes the first (usually, although some put religion first, which is not correct). Here, nations are defined by ethnicity.

Well, it is possibly true, he was in well conditions, but somewhat weak when he spoke to Mira Adanja-Polak, that interview was somewhat in 2003 if I remember.

I posted above that interview and he was saying that he's proud of his background and that he was always saying "I'm a Serb".
Dan Tana was teaching him some our songs, as I can see.

I believe that Karl Malden was an American of Serbian descent.  I'm not sure that has any thing to do with my culture.  I'm American.  I was born here.  I'm very proud of the people I descended from...but I'm American. 
I guess it is all in how you look at it, Sonya.

Well, the way I look at it is - there is no this of that descent.
Of course it has to do with culture, it is just, people's national ID in Europe is a bit differently defined in Europe and in the eyes of Europeans (and the ones who think like Europeans).
P.S. I'm not arguing.