reaction to the "roumanian salute"

I don't really know what to say. I just read this in the Bucharest Herald - the Roumanian bloggers response to the Roumanian Salute which, as someone said on a comment here on Sarah In Romania is 'minable'. Yes, it is. Truly 'minable'. I expected a response - we all did for such a slur could not go without backlash, but this is going too far. Perhaps all the more so, when it hits beyond the belt giving reference to suggested cowardice in battle and past history. It is not what I expected in terms of reaction from the country of my heart. Now, of course, there will be no apology and any semblance to dignity has vanished. Maintaining elegance would have been a far better tool. Instead, these bloggers, whoever they are, have slunk to the level of Lambert - maybe even lower still. What a shame.

Comments

[dan]

Sarah,
We, Romanians from Romania or Diaspora, expected a little respect from France, but we are completely disappointed. The French media attitude which associates many times the Gypsies with Romanians (see the announcement in French trains, presentation of Romanian team, etc) is stupid and coward. I don’t believe that Lambert’s and France 2 producer’s association was done due to their lack of culture, I think it was intentional, especially due to the fact that sketch was recorded and then transmitted on a public TV channel. In addition, by now we didn’t see any apologies from any French authority, so what I can say is that I understand those bloggers’ attitude. Even if we Romanians like jokes and we usually make many jokes about ourselves, that Lambert’s joke was too much “the cup is full” now. Anyway, the French media started this and “who make the wind, will receive the storm” (A Romanian and maybe international proverb).