Rijec “balkanizacija” je usla u sve svijetske rijecnike. Wikipedija ga zove “geopolitickim” pojmom koji se prvobitno koristio da opise proces fragmentacije ili raspada regiona ili drzave na vise manjih regiona ili drzava koje su cesto agresivne jedne prema drugima bez imalo volje za kooperacijom.
Mada su se dogadjaji koje danas nazivamo Balkanizacijom desavali kroz cjelokupnu ljudsku istoriju, sama rijec je pocela da se koristi nakon raspada Otomanskog Carstva nakon Pvog Svjetskog rata.
Balkanizacija se koristi kao negativna rijec i u novije vrijeme se sve vise koristi i za stvari koje nemaju nikakve veze sa raspadom drzava.
Arstehnica.com u svom clanku opisuje “OpenID” projekat kao “balkanizovan” . OpenID projekat je akcija po kojoj bi korisnici interneta trebali biti u stanju da se ulogiraju u bilo koju stranicu koja zahtjeva registraciju s jednim jedinstvenim korisnickim imenom i lozinkom. Naime, ako ste primjetili, veliki broj web stranica trazi da se registrujete ukoliko zelite da ostavite komentar ili postanete clan. (Forumi, Blogovi, Fejsbuk, MySpace i slicno).
Posto su se Google, Yahoo, MSN, IBM i drugi potpisali kao ucesnici u projektu, ocekivalo se da ce projekat imati brz uspjeh. Registracija omogucava provjeru kreditibilnosti korisnika i pustanje tudjih registrovanih clanova na svoju stranicu je znak povjerenja. Ne moram ni da procitam arstehnikin clanak da bih znala po naslovu da OpenID projekat ima problema s implementacijom samo zato jer koriste pojam “balkanizacija” da ga opisu.
speedfreaks.com opisujuci nedavnu smrt Michaela Jacksona pise u svom clanku: “The Balkanization of Music in America is legendary and complete. It is, perhaps, personified in The Godfather of Soul and The King of Pop.”
i opet: “There are very few who are willing to take the trip these days. There’s too much at stake maintaining their own myopic visions of music here and now. There’s too much at stake keeping contemporary music Balkanized. Of course, maybe it’s no longer music once the white audience accepts it.
Rest In Peace Michael. You’ve put so many cracks in our personal lenses we’ll never ever again be comfortable with what we see musically. Some will blame you for their discomfort. Some will look at your memory and not understand how our values cracked your own visions and made you uncomfortable. Now you’re no longer confined or defined by our definitions. Our myopia. Our Balkanizations.”
Tri puta koriste pojam “balkanizacija” u clanku koji je posvecen USA muzicku scenu i odnos izmedju raznih muzickih zanrova povodom smrti Majkla Dzeksona.
allgov.com, politicka web stranica koja prati USA vladinu politiku koristi rijec balkanizacija u svom clanku u kome kritikuje nacin kako Predsjednik Obama tretira regulaciju banaka pa kaze:”Instead of just increasing the current regulatory structure, Posner believes the federal government should rotate its finance regulators from one agency to the next to “reduce balkanization and make a regulatory career more interesting.”
Fedealtimes.com ima clanak o placama drzavnih sluzbenika i kaze: “The increasing balkanization of the federal pay system makes it harder for OPM and Congress to carry out their oversight responsibilities, and it also makes it harder for federal employees to advance their careers by moving from one agency to another, said Bill Bransford, general counsel at the Senior Executives Association.”
alacastoe.com koja je neka vrsta prodavnice kaze za osiguravajuce kompanije: “Insurance Regulatory Overhaul Reviewed The Balkanization of the U.S. insurance industry may be coming to an end. ”
Dailikos.com kaze za Iran da mu prijeti balkanizacija: “Regarding the potential of balkanization in Iran, an idea that was met with some skepticism and surprise (mine included), …..”
Nytimes.com u clanku o General Motors kompaniji i njihovoj unutrasnjoj kulturi kaze: “Teamwork has been replaced by Balkanization,” he wrote. “Our culture discourages open, frank debate among G.M. executives in the pursuit of problem resolution.”
Thenewamerican.com pise clanak o potrebi da se zakonom zastiti oficijelnost Engleskog jezika pa ubacuje: “In an effort to avoid further balkanization and encourage assimilation, much of the public — and more than a few federal legislators — have deemed it a good time to make English the official language of this great nation. Whether that enthusiasm translates into law remains to be seen.”
Dawn.com je objavila clanak u kome citira Pakistanskog Ministra unutrasnjih poslova koji kaze da nece dozvoliti da im Taliban balkanizira zemlju: ‘We would not allow balkanization of the country and all the fanatic elements involved in target killings would be dealt with in real manner. Some elements are involved in target killing of Hazara and Punjabi settlers in Balochistan and the government would take them to task,”
Multichannel.com pise o kablovskoj televiziji i internetu i kaze: “Meanwhile, Cox is testing a system that would prioritize different applications based on whether they’re time-sensitive. But activist groups like Free Press oppose this approach, complaining that it could lead to a “balkanization” of the Internet — or worse, as Free Press yesterday rather absurdly highlighted the Iranian government’s use of deep packet inspection to suppress dissidents and warned that U.S. operators could do the same. (See The Evil That Routers Do.)”
Njemacki forum thiazi.net ima diskusiju i jedan od ucesnika komentarise Irak: “Mit dem Irak Krieg streben die Oberjuden nach zwei Zielen:
Erstens, die vollkommene Zerstörung und Zergliederung (Balkanizierung) eines mächtigen arabischen Nachbarstaates. Schon gemacht!…….”
Balkanizacija je rijec koja je vezana za nas u bivsoj Jugi. Niko ne misli na Madjarsku, Bugarsku, Albaniju ili Rumuniju kad govori o balkanizaciji vec misli na Bosnu i Srbiju u najvecem boju slucajeva.
Mi naravno krivimo svakoga osim sami sebe za situaciju u kojoj smo se nasli. Ponasamo se kao nezrela djeca koja se zale roditeljima da su dobili keca jer ih ucitelj mrzi. Uistinu mi smo ti koji smo se dohvatili pusaka i nozeva da s njima rijesavamo izmisljene probleme i poravnamo stare racune.
Svijetu mi vec odavno nismo vazni. Balkan je zapecak svijeta koji kao dosadna muha zuji zapadu oko usiju. Mi smo njima nevazni, oni bi najvise voljeli da se mi konacno ili smirimo ili potamanimo jedni druge tako da oni ne moraju da misle o nama.
Nazivajuci svaku nemilu situaciju balkanizovanom, rekli su nam dosta. Vrijeme je i nama da dodjemo sebi i da se smirimo, nadjemo nacina da zivimo zajedno i eventualno ako nas puste u Evropu pokusamo da zaboravimo sta nas razdvaja i pokusamo da nadjemo ono sto nas spaja . Balkanizacija da postane rijec koja opisuje preporod i novi pocetak a ne razdor, zbrku i nocnu geopoliticku moru.
