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Article: The patriot game. (Radio Finland's weekend newscast in Latin) (Beat the Devil) (column)
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- The Nation
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- July 29, 1991
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When I used the phrase "respect for minorities" I was thinking of the late George Vesel, whom I mentioned here before, after my brother Andrew and I spent a day with him in Monterey in the mid-1980s. As a teenager Vesel had stood, on June 28, 1914, in the main street of Sarajevo as the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife drove by. Then Vesel's schoolmate Gavrilo Princip tossed the bomb that killed the imperial pair, bringing World War I five weeks later.
Vesel said that Princip had joined the conspiracy because his girlfriend had jilted him. This is somewhat contradicted by Princip's demeanor in court. When the judge asked repentant prisoners to stand up, all ...