Typical Malakas

[George S.]

It's the age old question of how you wish to go if you choose with a bang then you reap the glory but it's only shortlived ie a quick bang.If you chose to go with a whimper then it's the quiet ,gradual way to go.It is really agonizing & the rewards are long term if any.Greece has hit on both at the same time.You would think that they have got an identity crisis.THat is they can't work out who they really are.You look at the various names greece has had over the ages,achaia,romanoihellas,,etc but none to go with macedonia.It now wants to monopolise the name.So Also there is no way it will comprimise on the name.In essence greece is trying to reinvent itself all the time.I don't think apart from the easy life i don't want anything of greece it's all typical malakas.

[Risto the Great]

I want to be like the Greeks.
Barely work and demand assistance as a right!
Yes, gimme more.

[TrueMacedonian]

http://www.helleniccomserve.com/tsiotsiasopednotlikethegreeks.html

Another typical malakas who can't stand the truth and needs to make piss poor claims. I have a feeling a book can be written on this topic lol.




Not Like the Greeks

an Op-Ed by Dr. Tim Tsiotsias

I am tired of hearing the phrase, "not like the Greeks," uttered over and over again on television talk shows, radio shows, and in newspaper editorials. There was even a billboard on I-95 expressing this same message. While I realize that they are referring to Greece's current debt crisis, it's time we said, "enough is enough." Greeks are a proud people with an amazing history. We understand that they are having financial problems. However, to now improperly label the country of Greece or the Greek people as a "debt crisis" would be a travesty to their good name.

Greek civilization has given numerous advancements to the world. The American democracy, like all of the world's democratic countries, has its roots in ancient Greece. Philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Democritus, who lived more than 3000 years ago, are still admired and studied today. Greek architecture has inspired buildings since antiquity, and continues to exert its influence through modern times. The structures that represent the United States to the rest of the world, like the Capitol Building and Lincoln Memorial, are modeled after Greek architecture. The "Father of Medicine," Hippocrates, changed how medicine is practiced to this day. The advances made by Dr. Papanicolaou, creator of the Pap smear, save countless lives through the early detection of cervical cancer in women. The great mathematician, Archimedes, is still considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians, not of ancient time, but of all time. Pythagoreans' equations are still taught in high schools throughout the world.

The Greeks discovered the earth was round two thousand years before Galileo or Columbus. The ancient Greeks even discovered the diameter of the earth and distance between the earth, sun, and moon. They had theorized the structure of atoms without the use of advanced microscopes. The Greeks have, in the past and in the present, given much to our society that now depicts them so unfavorably.

The Greek Spartan soldiers of the famed "300," who stood against a force of over 300,000 Persians are still admitted and revered today. Alexander the Great created an empire that crossed continents, bringing Greek civilization to the far corners of the globe. A small group of mountain fighters, outnumbered and under-prepared, stood against the Ottoman Empire to free Greece from nearly 400 years of Turkish slavery and oppression. Greece was an ally of the United States during two world wars. During WWII, an outnumbered and poorly equipped Greek army faced a modern and well equipped Italian-Axis army at its Northern borders, succeeding when all odds were against them. The Greeks gave the Allies their first victory in WWII against the Axis powers, leading Winston Churchill to proclaim that "Greeks don't fight like heroes but heroes fight like Greeks." The Greek soldiers distinguished themselves while fighting alongside the American army during the Korean War. The Greek people are not only strong on the battlefield but also strong in their commitments to other countries, bringing help when they need it most. After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, Greece was one of the first to aid the earthquake victims. History has shown that the Greek people's willingness to overcome adversity and their willingness to keep fighting to save their nation from their economic troubles.

Greece's economic problems have many, complex reasons for happening. It is an accumulation of years of poor governmental policies, lack of growth, and new economic union--not the failure of the Greek people who struggle like everyone else to raise and feed their families. The Euro-zone is a relatively new system of governmental cooperation between European countries; unforeseen issues were bound to arise. Other countries in the EU also have struggling economies, such as Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ireland. Even our great country, the United States, has been fraught with banking and financial crises. Several US cities have declared bankruptcy. As a Greek-American, I am proud of our rich Greek Heritage. The Greek people have contributed to the advancement of mankind throughout history. The Greek people have overcome many difficulties in the past and will succeed again in overcoming their present crisis. The Greek people are innovators, thinkers, fighters, humanitarians and most of all, human beings, capable of mistakes, but also capable of great successes. Regardless of Greece's economic future, we should be saying, "We want to be like the Greeks."

[momce]

hmmm i dont think its nonsense just my experience

[EgejskaMakedonia]

greece is European? why is it a national disaster zone..its more like a Middle Eastern country actually...

In all fairness, I think we should look in our own backyard before we start labelling other countries as 'Middle Eastern' in appearance, assuming that Albanians can be categorised as such.

[fatso]

greece is European? why is it a national disaster zone..its more like a Middle Eastern country actually...

Out of respect for Macedonians and some friends I have here on this forum. I will not post information that contradicts your nonsense statements.

[momce]

greece is European? why is it a national disaster zone..its more like a Middle Eastern country actually...

[fatso]

no anyone who has been to the greece can tell its total orientalised country...has no relation to europe....greece has been using that ancient constructed history to explain why hasnt done jack shit in the last 2000 years

bullocks..

[momce]

my view is that the classical culture was an upper class culture anyways all destroyed now and todays greekos are prob descendants of the pygmies and other ethnic groups who were hellenised by the church..prob they have no right to claim classical culture either

[momce]

no anyone who has been to the greece can tell its total orientalised country...has no relation to europe....greece has been using that ancient constructed history to explain why hasnt done jack shit in the last 2000 years

[DraganOfStip]

Respectfully, where does all this bile come from

You can find what George means by ' from the sudan ' in a thread called "Do ancient greeks have african origins",post #151 and see pictures below.

[Mistracona]

from The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Savannah Paperbacks editon, 1986, NY, New York, Page 128:

Marlow says to himself: "There was nothing in that for me, so I let it pass."

[TrueMacedonian]

TrueMacedonian writes: "Are greeks more European than any other Europeans?"

I don't know. I said no such thing and I don't rate "Europeanism", nor do I think it is at all a remotely relevant or rational question. Why do you ask? I suspect you have an answer that you want to tell us.

I have no answer. I am just wondering Miltiades if you agree with this particular greeks sentiments from what I posted. So do you think the world owes it's
Gratitude to you and your kind for the achievements of a race of people from antiquity that have nothing in common with your like? Should we be reminded that your pretended ancestors supposedly gave the world civilization, math, and learning by you pretenders when someone questions the validity of your historical claims?

[Mistracona]

Respectfully, where does all this bile come from, and what is the point of it? It does give the impression of someone whistling past the graveyard.

[George S.]

who said they are europeans.More like thieves from the sudan.