I doubt you are even of Greek descent at this point. Perhaps you are the ex-yugoslav. Even if you are of Greek descent stop trying to cause problems for us. We have enough problems right now. Try living in Greece if you want to consider yourself Greek. Actually do something for the people you are trying to identify with. You call yourself Nick the Greek but I and some others here would never consider you a Greek . You are an Englishman not a Greek . Who chooses to abandon Greece for a better lifestyle. If you want to be considered Greek come live in Greece, spend your money in and on the country . Support the country by being here so it can benefit from your education and talents. Live through the difficult circumstances we are currently living through and work towards resolving them . Stimulate the economy with your presence. Don't sit over there with your cushy little life in the UK . I have an uncle and cousins in the US , they do not call themselves Greek they call themselves American .
Many of us do not consider Alexander to have been Greek.
The Macedonian name does not belong in the Greek domain. It is a name , and anyone should be free to use it . Others have equal rights to their heritage. There was a lot of intermingling of the bloodlines during that time in history and and at any time in history really ,and they have a right to claim their heritage just as you do.
Aside from that, trying to claim the name Macedodonian is ridiculous, possessive , controlling , and something we have no right to be doing. It truly shows the uglier side of our nature and some of the traits we have. Those very same traits are what have brought us to the difficult situation we are in now. We need to tone that down so our country and people can move forward into the current century. Really now.
We need to be more welcoming, more tolerant, less aggressive, and more focused on the many problems we are currently facing. Not rehashing old history and trying to rewrite it to our liking . Not trying to control what some other country is going to call itself. That's just INSANITY . Maybe if we focused as much as we do on what others are doing in their country which is none of our business we could resolve some of the issues we are currently facing. Maybe if we went through life making friends instead of enemies We would have a better public image. Wake up and smell the coffee, public opinion of Greeks is very low right now , and in many instances rightfully so I might add. What we should be focused on is correcting that. We need to drop our aggressive, antagonistic entitled stance. If we do not and if we do not work on better diplomatic relations with our neighboring countries and all others for that matter , we face even more difficult times ahead. We should have been happy that anyone would even want to use the name Macedonian . Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We should have put a big smile on our faces and a welcome. Rather than create yet another distasteful situation. The world around us is changing . It is the way of this world . We live in a constantly changing environment. We are a small country that relies on tourism . We need positive relations with those around us . No one wants to visit in a country they are not on good terms with and others do not want to visit a country with ongoing hostilities. We currently have nothing but hostility going on , not only with others but within the country among ourselves. That does not bode well for us. You live over there in England so another bad situation is nothing to you. Many however who live in the country realize the need for change. Change in a positive way. Greece is not going to get out of this mess we're in , never mind making progress and moving into being prosperous as a country by being argumentative , wasting resources on petty matters , doing the same things and having the same attitude that got us into this mess. I say let the past go, my friend.After all none of us was actually there. We really will never know who slept with who. People being human everyone slept with everyone. Arguing over ancient history is ridiculous and a terrible waste of resources. We need to learn to use the resources we have to our advantage ,stop being argumentative and having disagreements we don't need any more of and start making friends.