Speculations about who will all be found on student list are reaching their peak these days. Even some of the editors of this portal slipped on that stone. However, here at "Vremen" we have never been inclined to one-mindedness, so I am attaching my two dinars. I am of the opinion that potential names from that future list should not be published before the announcement of elections and I am attaching a list of reasons.
Safety of people whose names are mentioned
We are dealing with an insane, irrational regime. We are living in a second dictatorship in less than a quarter of a century. Here, heads have already fallen and people have been thrown into lime just because there were rumors and ideas that they might be opponents to the dictator.
Attitude towards students
Students have been bleeding for a year, receiving batons, chains and bagagies. They break students' heads, threaten to rape them, kidnap them from the streets and put bags on their heads. They sacrificed not only a year of life and education, but also a year of pressures, fears that they had to overcome, the burden of responsibility for the safety of citizens at rallies. They deserved at least the minimum: to respect their appeal and not speculate on names.
Attitude towards sources
Rarely, very rarely, do sources give information to the media out of altruism. Self-interest always exists, although it is not necessarily bad. That's why you have to be careful with the sources. At a time when media is dominated by speed, accuracy and sometimes correctness suffer. Mostly by accident, but that doesn't lessen the problem.
Does it really matter who is on the list?
Well, not really. First, we know that none are final. Second, let's be honest with ourselves, as voters: who among us has ever looked at all 250 names of parliamentary candidates on the list they want to vote for? It's irrelevant, really. Although it is not stated anywhere, it is clear that the student list will be a buffet. If it matters to anyone, they all have my vote even if I don't like 249 names. Am I exaggerating? Yes, but my exaggeration comes from frustration because the electorate that allowed itself to be ruled by the SPS, SNS and other organized criminal groups, now suddenly, when we are close to the goal - that this regime go - is asking the student list for a hair in the egg.
Those are the main four reasons why I honestly don't care about the names on the student list. Would I like my opinion to be the majority? Yes. Do I wish we all thought the same? Absolutely not.
But as someone who has supported student protests from the beginning, I want us to emulate their way of making decisions, respecting differences and resolving conflicts. Not us, "Vreme", but us, the whole of Serbia: as the plenum says!
