PISMO MARINU SOPTI – THE MULTICULTURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 20.12.1984.

THE MULTICULTURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF ONTARIO, CANADA

President: Prof. R. F. Herney
Treasurer: Prof. F. Lacobucci

The
Multicultural History Society
Of Ontario
December 20, 1984

Mr. Marin Sopta
66 Gillespie Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6N 2y6

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Dear Mr. Sopta:

In regard to your letter of December 17 concerning This Is Croatia – thank you for your thoughtful letter about the volume. I too believe the book is untrustworthy, falsely documented and distortive of Croatian history.

In dealing with more than forty ethnic groups in Canada, we come across many such items. They are an unpleasant aspect of European ethnic rivalries which unfortunately come in the baggage with all the good things that have come to Canada with immigrants. As such they are now part of our intellectual and cultural history as a nation. In a free nation, scholars and students should be aware of such literature. In fact, such knowledge alone will enable Canada to mute or diffuse some of the hostilities brought from the old world. For that reason such books must be on research library shelves. We do not disseminate such material; we do preserve it for scholarly study.

I agree with you that the volume in question is more than simply a different interpretation; it is distortion. Frankly, I believe the material condemns itself and should embarrass those who produced it. But with your permission, we will include your letter in the call number code for This Is Croatia so that any future user, if unwary, even after seeing who the authors of the volume are, will see your critique along with the offending material. More than that I cannot do without compromising the intellectual freedom upon which this country and university are based.

I do thank you for your letter though and consider it a contribution to a fuller and more balanced history of South Slav immigrants in Canada.

Yours sincerely
R. F. Harney

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Predsjednik: prof. R. F. Herney
Blagajnik: prof. F. Lacobucci
                                                   Prijevod na hrvatski

The
Društvo multikulturalne povijesti
Iz Ontarija
20. prosinca 1984

G. Marin Sopta
Avenija Gillespie 66
Toronto, Ontario
M6N 2y6

Poštovani gospodine Sopta:

U svezi s vašim pismom od 17. prosinca u pogledu knjige Ovo je Hrvatska – hvala na vašem pažljivom pismu o opsegu iste. I ja vjerujem da je knjiga nepovjerljiva, lažno dokumentirana i iskrivljuje hrvatsku povijest.

Suočavajući se više od četrdeset s etničkim skupinama u Kanadi, susrećemo se s mnogim takovim predmetima. Oni su neugodan aspekt europskog etničkog rivalstva kojeg nažalost emmigranti donose u Kanadu u svojim prtljažama sa dobrim i lošim stvarima. Kao takovi oni su sada dio naše intelektualne i kulturne povijesti našeg naroda. U slobodnoj zemlji, učenjaci i studenti trebali bi biti svjesni  takve literature. Zapravo će samo takvo znanje Kanadi omogućiti ugušiti ako ne proširi neka neprijateljstva donesena iz starog kraja. Iz tog razloga takve knjige moraju biti na policama istraživačke knjižnice. Mi ne širimo takav materijal; mi ga čuvamo za školski studij.

Slažem se s vama da je predmetni svezak više od pukog različitog tumačenja; to je iskrivljenje. Iskreno, vjerujem da materijal osuđuje sam sebe i da bi trebao posramiti one koji su ga proizveli. Ali uz vaše dopuštenje, uključit ćemo vaše pismo u pozivni broj za Ovo je Hrvatska, tako da će svaki budući korisnik, ako ne bude oprezan, čak i nakon što vidi tko su autori knjige, vidjeti vašu kritiku zajedno s uvredljivim materijalom. Više od toga ja ne mogu učiniti bez suglasnosti intelektualne slobode na kojoj se temelji ova zemlja i sveučilište.

Zahvaljujem vam se na vašem pismu i smatram ga doprinosom potpunijoj i uravnoteženijoj povijesti južnoslavenskih imigranata u Kanadi.

S poštovanjem
R. F. Harney


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