RandomGuy
06-11-2012, 10:49 AM
Fascinating stuff about how small actions can have rather grand affects.
Short story:
Greeks are pissed about events, and vote out their government, propelling far-right and far-left candidates/parties into power.
Far right party is a Neo-Nazi party, straight up. Hitler worshipping thugs, and that is not exaggerating.
The problem is that thugs are, well, thugs. Put them in room where they have to actually defend their ideas in a conversation with people they don't agree with, and you get predictable results.
This will be a fatal blow, pardon the pun, to the far-right in Greece, and will likely strengthen the ability of the Greek government, generally centrists, to respond to the crisis.
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Did the “Greek Slap” Mark a Turning Point in Euro Crisis?
It may go down in history as the slap seen 'round the world. I am of course talking about the shocking attack by a neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party spokesman upon a Greek parliamentary candidate, that was caught live on TV before instantly going viral on the internet. As outrageous and unacceptable as this assault was, it has also angered and unified this nation more than any single event in its recent history.
Yes folks, the slap may just turn out to be the unexpected and unintended game-changer that Greece, and the entire Eurozone, so badly need.
"The Golden Dawn (neo Nazi party) is done. Being on the far right is done. No one wants to associate themselves with that and so this changes the election, I think it defines it," my co-host Jeff Macke says in the attached video.
In fact, just 9 days before the citizens of Europe's oldest but most ailing country go back to the polls again, and the pre-election dialogue has nothing to do with austerity and unemployment or bailout money and the economy. No, the talk from Athens to Mykonos is now about outrage and disgust over an incident that has proven to be far more embarrassing than anything that has happened since the debt crisis began more than 3 years ago.
It is a sad, but well known fact that dramatic events, often violent ones, frequently precede change. The Tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire, the lone protestor standing up to a tank in Tienanmen Square. And now this latest moment of madness may have brought just enough disgrace and international shame to Greece's doorstep that exhausted citizens there finally say, "Enough. We are better than this."
(see rest of article here, with video:
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/did-greek-slap-mark-turning-point-euro-crisis-162329109.html )
Short story:
Greeks are pissed about events, and vote out their government, propelling far-right and far-left candidates/parties into power.
Far right party is a Neo-Nazi party, straight up. Hitler worshipping thugs, and that is not exaggerating.
The problem is that thugs are, well, thugs. Put them in room where they have to actually defend their ideas in a conversation with people they don't agree with, and you get predictable results.
This will be a fatal blow, pardon the pun, to the far-right in Greece, and will likely strengthen the ability of the Greek government, generally centrists, to respond to the crisis.
--------------------------
Did the “Greek Slap” Mark a Turning Point in Euro Crisis?
It may go down in history as the slap seen 'round the world. I am of course talking about the shocking attack by a neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party spokesman upon a Greek parliamentary candidate, that was caught live on TV before instantly going viral on the internet. As outrageous and unacceptable as this assault was, it has also angered and unified this nation more than any single event in its recent history.
Yes folks, the slap may just turn out to be the unexpected and unintended game-changer that Greece, and the entire Eurozone, so badly need.
"The Golden Dawn (neo Nazi party) is done. Being on the far right is done. No one wants to associate themselves with that and so this changes the election, I think it defines it," my co-host Jeff Macke says in the attached video.
In fact, just 9 days before the citizens of Europe's oldest but most ailing country go back to the polls again, and the pre-election dialogue has nothing to do with austerity and unemployment or bailout money and the economy. No, the talk from Athens to Mykonos is now about outrage and disgust over an incident that has proven to be far more embarrassing than anything that has happened since the debt crisis began more than 3 years ago.
It is a sad, but well known fact that dramatic events, often violent ones, frequently precede change. The Tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire, the lone protestor standing up to a tank in Tienanmen Square. And now this latest moment of madness may have brought just enough disgrace and international shame to Greece's doorstep that exhausted citizens there finally say, "Enough. We are better than this."
(see rest of article here, with video:
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/did-greek-slap-mark-turning-point-euro-crisis-162329109.html )