[monday]

“This is not an Albanian problem.”

Sadly, it is an Albanian problem. Albanian culture breeds extremely aggressive criminals. Why do you think Albanians control so much of the European sex trade and drug cartels? It isn't accident.

[Joe 6-pack]

I’m in no way excusing the Albanian...certainly waaaay over the line. Having said that, in this day and age of HIV/AIDS, and other fluid-born pathogens, spitting in somebody’s face is a far more serious matter than it used to be.

[romanesq]

Albanians are not welcome anywhere in Europe. And besides their penchant for violence and criminality, their blood feuds with each other are legendary.

Families will carry on feuds with other indefinitely.

But don’t say it has anything to do with Islam.

[GAB-1955]

I can understand that. The Albanians have a culture that encourages vendetta and has little regard for the rule of law. So do Sicilians and Neapolitans, but no one condemns these people as a whole. Instead, these postings seem to come from people who are angry over Kosovo. Kosovo is the raw wound that will not go away on either side, and it's up to the rest of Europe to make sure that war does not break out there. Eventually these wounds will scar and perhaps there might even be reconciliation, as there is tentatively in Cyprus. However, it does not imply every Albanian is a criminal, and no one is willing to take the step to say “Because Albanians are criminals, Albanians should not have an independent state.”