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It certainly is minor when seen against the
slaughter of a million Greeks in Asia Minor, the endemic starvation during the German occupation, the
savagery of the civil war, and its frontline vulnerability during the
Soviet-American standoff.
Greece survived all that, as it will the present crisis, because in the
end Greeks in extremis so often prove an heroic people. That is hard to
remember in our present exasperation with the ongoing depressing
spectacle in Athens, but it is nevertheless a historical truth.
See the bold phrase in the quote? The Germans never paid war reparations for that, they estimate here it's over a trillion Euros by now, and many politicians are asking the government to go to court and get the money like many other countries have done, like Poland, France, UK etc. Papandreou was asked by a reporter in Europe and said this is an open matter and we reserve the right to bring it up anytime we choose in the future, said the same on the parliament floor a few months ago.
in most of his article the author exaggerates especially describing what is going on here, riots etc. it's the power of tv to show pictures from many angles again and again and create false impressions, riots here are a bunch of known anarchists, about 200 to 300 at the most that blend into peaceful demonstrations and start throwing molotovs, police reacts and confusion takes over. Believe me I have been there and have seen it.
European countries in general have huge deficits (most of the world does except China), the problem is EU doesn't have one economic policy and every time a decision needs to be taken there are 27 prime ministers each one with his/her problems trying to find a solution that satisfies everyone and they end up with watered down bullshit that the financial markets don't buy. They better get down and decide that if we're going to have one currency we need one economic policy driven centrally. And for the last 5 years when the EU was strong against the dollar there was a reason, false economic numbers BY EVERYONE not just Greece the 2.5% of EU zone, it was a war against the dollar by EU buffoons that was LOST and now they are going to get their asses kicked--- and of course, Greece was chosen as the black sheep. Not that we deserve any better voting for the thieves that have been running this country
for 35 years.
Anyway here in GR as long as banks work there is no problem, if you read one day that banks closed down... THEN it will be REAL HELL, millions, not a couple hundred troublemakers. And I'll be outta here because without the banks I will have 0 income. (I have some hidden away cash just in case, I don't think there will be any warnings)
Meanwhile, last week was very warm, beaches were full, shopping for summer ware did well, and in general people are just doing the every day normal life thing. Business is good for some, terrible for more because due to uncertainty we all stopped spending unnecessarily, and life goes on, and it will no matter what. Keep the last couple sentences of the article.
And yet, given its tragic past, the current financial meltdown of 2010
pales in comparison to the Ottoman occupation. It certainly is minor
when seen against the slaughter of a million Greeks in Asia Minor, the
endemic starvation during the German occupation, the savagery of the
civil war, and its frontline vulnerability during the Soviet-American
standoff.
Greece survived all that, as it will the present crisis, because in the
end Greeks in extremis so often prove an heroic people. That is hard to
remember in our present exasperation with the ongoing depressing
spectacle in Athens, but it is nevertheless a historical truth.
 - Νιψον ανομηματα μη μοναν οψιν.
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