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It's not surprising, but what kind of a moron would actually "out" a person's identity knowing full well the sort of demented nutjobs that are plentiful in Athens. Having said that it is quite indicative of a certain mentality, that is not on the decline in Greece (New York? The poster is living in New York? The blessings of a nationalist diaspora eh?)...

Doogie Howzer is a riot, he actually says that: "It is YOUR SIDE that resorts to violence in the streets of Athens" - by which he means that "HER SIDE" is one and the same with anarchists that clashed with police over the past months (and possibly students who were demonstrating against proposed Educational reform). It is a rather illuminating comment: a world-view that draws lines that include on the other side anyone left-of-centre or that is socially active in any way, including anarchists, leftists, demonstrators, human rights NGOs(a lot of which have very little to do with the left BTW) and anyone that isn't an admirer of Georgios Papadopoulos.

Anyway, my deepest sympathy and sorry about not posting about this on my Greek blog - I found out too late (after the information was removed) and was on a blogging hiatus due to too much work...

There is a sordid history of attacks and intimidation against perceived "national traitors". Unfortunately a new kind of ethno-centric idiot is multiplying. BTW I note that great Roma folk and popular musicians are embraced as part of Greek modern civilisation at the same exact time that a whole lot of people refuse to even have Roma children in the same schools as their own...

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake

by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Tue Apr 24th, 2007 at 12:27:16 PM EST
Doogie Howzer is a riot, he actually says that: "It is YOUR SIDE that resorts to violence in the streets of Athens" - by which he means that "HER SIDE" is one and the same with anarchists that clashed with police over the past months

A more sinister interpretation: maybe he means street crime, which he ascribes to immigrants, and "her side" is xenos?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Tue Apr 24th, 2007 at 02:54:16 PM EST
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In the context of what's being said... I think it's the clashes with the police and the vandalism he's referring to.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Tue Apr 24th, 2007 at 04:40:40 PM EST
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