Kanaris
Amicus
This just in>>>> Nobody gives a crap!
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Post by Kanaris on Dec 9, 2008 8:56:06 GMT -5
This is a translation of what he wrote and it describes the situation today in Greece.
" Our democracy is self destructing because it has abused the rights of freedom and social equality, because it has taught it's citizens to regard insolence as part of their civil rights, violation of the law as an expression of freedom, impudent speech as an indication of equal social status and anarchy as progress."
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Post by Kastorianos on Dec 9, 2008 9:34:56 GMT -5
they were gods those ancient Greeks.
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Post by Kassandros on Dec 9, 2008 12:09:34 GMT -5
Amazing..
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Post by meltdown711 on Dec 9, 2008 15:45:56 GMT -5
Democracy is not good, Polybius and Plato had it right...
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Post by kasso on Dec 9, 2008 16:53:26 GMT -5
... but best of all options!
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Patrinos
Amicus
Peloponnesos uber alles
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Post by Patrinos on Dec 10, 2008 5:35:29 GMT -5
In the same period, Europeans climbed on the trees...and Democritos talked about the atom...
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Post by chalkedon on Dec 11, 2008 3:05:52 GMT -5
yes...we are a far cry from those ancients...
They knew something back then, They knew that in order for greeks to be governed we need someone on our asses. If give power to the ppl as it is now...we only screw ourselves further.
Maybe we need another papadopoulos to set us straight, Up to now we havnt done a damn thing since the junta collapsed
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Post by leandros nikon on Dec 11, 2008 15:15:39 GMT -5
Ïἱ ãὰñ êáô' ἐêåῖíïí ôὸí ÷ñüíïí ôὴí ðüëéí äéïéêïῦíôåò êáôåóôÞóáíôï ðïëéôåßáí ïὐê ὀíüìáôé ìὲí ôῷ êïéíïôÜôῳ êáὶ ðñáïôÜôῳ ðñïóáãïñåõïìÝíçí, ἐðὶ äὲ ôῶí ðñÜîåùí ïὐ ôïéáýôçí ôïῖò ἐíôõã÷Üíïõóé öáéíïìÝíçí, ïὐä' ἣ ôïῦôïí ôὸí ôñüðïí ἐðáßäåõå ôïὺò ðïëßôáò ὥóè' ἡãåῖóèáé ôὴí ìὲí ἀêïëáóßáí äçìïêñáôßáí, ôὴí äὲ ðáñáíïìßáí ἐëåõèåñßáí, ôὴí äὲ ðáññçóßáí ἰóïíïìßáí, ôὴí ä' ἐîïõóßáí ôïῦ ôáῦôá ðïéåῖí åὐäáéìïíßáí, ἀëëὰ ìéóïῦóá êáὶ êïëÜæïõóá ôïὺò ôïéïýôïõò âåëôßïõò êáὶ óùöñïíåóôÝñïõò ἅðáíôáò ôïὺò ðïëßôáò ἐðïßçóåí.
...a state which hates and punishes the most decent and worthy amongst its citizens...
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Post by Niklianos on Dec 12, 2008 10:31:58 GMT -5
Actually the power is never in the peoples hands even today! It is in the hands of a small elite group who control everything in the world. We are only given the impression that we have any kind of true influence.
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Post by Kassandros on Dec 12, 2008 11:44:20 GMT -5
One good thing I once heard was:
Commounism kickes people hard in the balls and it doesnt allow them to scream in public Capitalism kickes people hard in the balls but.... it allows them to scream in public
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