tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post5836367920550224679..comments2023-07-01T05:37:05.418-07:00Comments on GENOCIDE STUDIES MEDIA FILE: Romania / RomaAdam Jones, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02040417664765882878noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post-71091654385995320362010-12-11T14:10:23.119-08:002010-12-11T14:10:23.119-08:00Maybe the Gypsies will have to find a proper name ...Maybe the Gypsies will have to find a proper name for themselves,one which will not confuse people who have no knowledge of European history and geography nor have they any need to acquire it.Their king(yes they have a king) has proposed the name INDIROMA since they originate in India,but it seems certain NGOs with an agenda find it very lucrative to perpetuate an artificially created clau2002https://www.blogger.com/profile/01632419479942988216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post-33040684509855877122010-12-11T12:48:32.331-08:002010-12-11T12:48:32.331-08:00I'm sorry, Italy clearly had Romaion/Romagna f...I'm sorry, Italy clearly had Romaion/Romagna first. You will have to find another name for your country.Adam Jones, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02040417664765882878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post-53794493522718748772010-12-11T11:14:52.381-08:002010-12-11T11:14:52.381-08:00You need to keep studying since your knowledge see...You need to keep studying since your knowledge seems rather limited.The American"Fast facts&short version"style of education behind your Ph.D.didn"help much either.The Romans used to call their empire(both east and west parts) ROMANIA.It was the British fellow Gibbon who imposed in the Anglo-Saxon world the term Byzantium for ignorant ears,and got away with it.Our name has clau2002https://www.blogger.com/profile/01632419479942988216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post-84930459566121686752010-12-11T09:04:37.180-08:002010-12-11T09:04:37.180-08:00From what I can see, you Romanians have taken the ...From what I can see, you Romanians have taken the name of the ancient Romaion province of Italy. There's still a region there called "Romagna," from which your own country's name derives. See http://www.roconsulboston.com/Pages/InfoPages/Commentary/RomaniaName/Origin.html. I guess you will have to come up with a new name for yourselves -- or at least stop telling the Roma they Adam Jones, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02040417664765882878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post-89678925558309081092010-12-11T05:50:17.719-08:002010-12-11T05:50:17.719-08:00Adam;IBet you would have a different opinion if th...Adam;IBet you would have a different opinion if they would choose to impose for themselves to be called "CANADA"instead of Gypsy or Gitane!...regardless of the origin of the word..."CANADA"if this would clearly become the preferred term of Gypsy or Gitane people and under international law it is their right to choose.Well...guess what...We Romanians have the right to oppose (clau2002https://www.blogger.com/profile/01632419479942988216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post-168799688046301032010-12-09T11:31:49.862-08:002010-12-09T11:31:49.862-08:00Regardless of the origins of the word, it is clear...Regardless of the origins of the word, it is clearly the preferred term of the Roma people, and under international law it is their right to choose their own name -- it cannot be imposed by a government. And to seek to impose a name, the origins of which lie in the term "Untouchable" -- that is really disgraceful. And illegal.Adam Jones, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02040417664765882878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993078.post-74543870895683127282010-12-09T07:14:48.134-08:002010-12-09T07:14:48.134-08:00Romania is 85% ethnic Romanians so she is not a mu...Romania is 85% ethnic Romanians so she is not a multiethnic country. so why should the country promote itself as such? Furthermore the word "Roma" doesn't exist in Romanian language, it is an invented word proposed by the Council of Europe in 1993 and forced upon Romania.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com