Comments on: NSK Citizens’ Congress Dates

By: sila

sila — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:39:04 +0000

certainly wasn’t somebody who denies teritorial principles I beleive. Was it Werner Heisenberg?

By: Zlato Krec

Zlato Krec — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:11:48 +0000

I see my comment is awaiting moderation.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELLAS. Now, who said something similar?

By: Zlato Krec

Zlato Krec — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:11:06 +0000

I utterly share and second the opinion and the sentiment of Robert Connolly regarding this event which I even can’t call NSK Citizens Congress. I have heard about this event already in January 2009 in Ljubljana, Slovenia from Haris Hararis and Alexei Monroe. I expressed them clearly my opinion how I don’t agree on non-democratic process how this “congress” would be carried through. They asked me not to talk about it on LAIBACH-NSK Yahoo group untill the project would develop further and more details would be known. The rest is history. Like Robert Connolly, I also didn’t want to APPLY to become delegate. I also don’t want to come to Berlin for any “parallel public event” because I don’t want to give legitimating for this event to self imposed “Organizing Committee”. Obviously, they don’t need opinions. They only need sheep to bleat. Without sheep, they are like generals without army. In other words: I boycott this event.

By: Robert Connolly

Robert Connolly — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:34:47 +0000

Mr Anthony seems to imagine that I am writing in all seriousness. I would suggest he try googling “irony”. I’ll try to avoid making any assumptions about his being American.
As for NSK’s criteria for choosing delegates, they’re obviously seriously flawed – how otherwise to explain my absence from the roster?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:21:54 +0000

Robert Connolly presumes that the NSK is a conventional polity and also a democratic one.

The criteria i presume they used to choose delegates were probably “those who have something worthwhile to contribute”.

Whinging about “your democratic rights” (boo-hoo!) to the NSK, is not a worthwhile contribution.

By: henry

henry — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:52:18 +0000

parallel public events, when and where is these taking place

By: Robert Connolly

Robert Connolly — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:29 +0000

Dear Mr Matzke
But how are the delegates chosen? Since I was not involved in any democratic mandate, they don’t represent me. Do you know how they were chosen, or by whom?

On the subject of historical precedent in European capitals, when Paris was the self-imposed capital of Europe, Laibach itself was the capital of the “Illyrian Provinces” created by Napoleon from Dalmatia, Croatia, Carniola, and Carinthia. That lasted for 4 years.

As for NSK embassies, I was awarded a passport by Irwin on the 6th June 1992 at an embassy they set up in Stockholm at an art centre where I was curating an exhibition. Perhaps that predates Berlin?

By: Christian Matzke

Christian Matzke — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:55:02 +0000

Let me correct myself: the Berlin embassy was in 1993, but the Moscow embassy was in 1992. It was incorrect of me to refer to the Berlin embassy as “the first major NSK embassy”. Instead I will call it a landmark NSK event.
Also, while thirty people is not a huge number, what is the population of the NSK State? I have heard nothing concrete except that it is larger than that of the Vatican. The Vatican has roughly 900 citizens. Let’s say then that the NSK State has 1,000. That means one delegate represents 33 citizens. Even if the NSK State has 3,000 citizens that is still one delegate for every 100 citizens. I would call that pretty good. I certainly do not have that sort of representation even in local government here in the U.S.

By: Christian Matzke

Christian Matzke — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:17:11 +0000

Robert,
as the NSK State is mare than just a European phenomenon I don’t see any reason they need to honor Europe’s politically consensual choice of capitals, nor the city that lies between them. The Congress could be held in Kyoto Japan or Exeter England and be just as valid.
Berlin has historic significance (Germania) that resonates with the work of the NSK, and personal significance (if you will) as it was the site of the first major NSK State embassy. It seems fitting to hold the first Citizen’s Congress there for both these reasons.

By: Robert Connolly

Robert Connolly — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:42:28 +0000

I should like, in a spirit of respectful and constructive enlightenment, to take issue with Mr Jass’s statement that Berlin is the capital of Europe. While it is true that Berlin (and Paris) has in the past been the self-proclaimed capital of a Europe mostly subjugated by force of arms, modern Europe’s politically consensual capital fluctuates between Brussels and Strasbourg. Consulting a map reveals that the midway point on this axis of power is Pétange in Luxembourg.
It is therefore obvious that Pétange, not Berlin, is the capital of Europe.
I would also like to suggest to the NS state government (the Organising Committee?) that the next congress be held in Pétange.