No, it is not uncalled for. Yugoslavia was the greatest thing that ever happened to the reputation of the Hapsburg dynasty. When my father tried to escape fro

No, it is not uncalled for. Yugoslavia was the greatest thing that ever happened to the reputation of the Hapsburg dynasty. When my father tried to escape from the East Bloc, he was arrested by Communist troops in Slovenia. The commander in charge of the local troop deployment interrogated him and decided that he wasn't a threat to the state. He put my father back on the road and told him to walk. My father said to him: "I know how this works. You'll let me walk for a few steps and then you'll shoot me." The commander said "No, I'm not going to shoot you. Go." Sometimes, my father would tear up talking about it. That sort of thing did happen.