[kronos77]

[kronos77]

Ping!

[raybbr]

Are they threatening to secede on religious grounds or ethnic grounds?

[ghost of nixon]

Setting up your own tiny country with a German minority next to Germany? Doesn’t sound real smart to me for some reason...

[E. Cartman]

Rising secessionist movements? No one say they didn't see them coming.

[F-117A]

How long till the Germans in Silesia demand autonomy for Silesia?

[Kozik]

Rossiyskaya Gazeta... It speaks for itself...

They aren’t demanding authonomy as in Kosovo, but more authonomy for each of Polish regions and their local self-governments (still dependent on Polish government and being a part of Poland).

BTW. It wasn’t smart to approve of authonomy of Kosovo.

[SQUID]

I support the independence movement within Poland. I think those poor people have suffered enough.

I also support independence for Northern Epirus from Albania, Bavaria from Germany, Chagos Islands, St. Helena, Northern Ireland, from UK, Turks and Chiacos, Aruba, Curacao, St. Martin, St. Eustatius, Bonaire, Saba, Flyslan, Martenique, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Marquesas Isl. Wallis and Futuna,
Catalonia, Sicily, Quebec, British Columbia, Chiapas, Scotland, Wales, Cayman Islands and Bermuda.

I think that should keep the UN busy for now. They have so many new countries to recognize. But the great thing about todays’ international “laws” is that you don't even have to ask anyone. Just do it.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from June and prior to the Russian invasion of Georgia.

The Silesian Autonomy Movement has sent a petition to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk asking him to allow all regional communities to gain autonomy status. If he does not agree, the Silesians say they are ready to raise the issue of separation, according to Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta... In the 2002 national census, over 170, 000 Poles described their nationality as 'Silesian'. One third of them use the Silesian language at home. The language has been entered into the list of languages at the US Library of Congress... The problem has a long history. Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located in modern day Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. Modern Silesia is inhabited by Poles, Germans, Czechs and Slavic Silesians. The last Polish census of 2002 showed that the Silesians are the largest national minority in Poland, Germans being the second. Both groups are located mostly in Upper Silesia. The Czech part of Silesia is inhabited by Czechs, Moravians and Poles. In 1920-1939 Silesia had its own Sejm, the governing body in control of the budget. It was elected in democratic elections and had certain influence over the usage of taxes collected in Silesia.