what are you talking about.DonFck wrote:
Although many, if not most racially charged riots stem from, as mentioned above, an unequal socioeconomic status between ethnic groups in general.
On topic, Greek protesters have a special kind of hate towards Finland:
Roughly translated by me:SourceEuropean Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Olli Rehn (Finnish) has become a hated man in Greece, according to newspapers.
On Wednesday, Greek protesters asked what HIS pay was, and sang protest songs where they asked for Rehn not to take away their expensive cars. According to newspaper IS Rehn's name has the same ring to it as the Greek expression "oli klen" which means "Everybody cries".
Professor in political studies, Michalis Spourdalakis criticized Rehn for only acting according to the interest of the EU.
"He works for the interest of capital and forgets humanism", Spourdalakis says.
"I'm just doing my job and try to support an economic stability in the Eurozone. Don't take it personally.", was Rehns reply.
I lol'd at the "forgets humanism"-part. I mean, the EMU could just as well throw Greece out from the Euro which would force them to devaluate (which would be a good idea right now in terms of boosting Greece's economy) or start demanding some debt restructuring with an iron fist. This is help. This is the rest of the EMU digging deep in their pockets to help Greece out, but only if Greece agrees to clean up their act with their spending spree.
If it goes to debt restructuring, I'll take Crete thank you.
a failed state is quite clearly a humanist one
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman