Friday, January 22, 2010

Greece: Not a Similar Banditocracy.

[...]Tzina Tsalikian told a court that Epaminondas Korkoneas deliberately shot her 15-year-old son, who had as much value to them "as a cockroach". [...] The fatal shooting precipitated the worst riots in Greece's recent history, and led to a loss of national confidence in the police as an institution. [...]

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't stop posting such themes. I like to read articles like that. By the way add some pics :)

Haik said...

The other similarity between Greece and Armenia is the economic situation, both countries are financially bankrupt.
However there is one big difference, in Greece the people could get rid of the Fascist rule of Neo-Demokratia party (what a populist name) by democratic means. This was probably possible because of the 1973 uprising against the Junta, the forefather of today's Neo-Demokratia party.

Anonymous said...

how can you compare the economies of these 2 countries?

Haik said...

As I said, both are in the brink of bankrupcy. A good enough comparison.