tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post7666272464851227147..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Greece Isn't The Way We Are FeelingLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-86998599121239356212008-12-17T14:23:00.000+00:002008-12-17T14:23:00.000+00:00Article here on Spiked that might be of interest.Article <A HREF="http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/6012/" REL="nofollow">here</A> on Spiked that might be of interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1309088863543549412008-12-11T21:39:00.000+00:002008-12-11T21:39:00.000+00:00'It is difficult to discern any logic in such ...'It is difficult to discern any logic in such a situation. This is a country with a state that is in shambles, a police force in disarray, mediocre universities that serve as hotbeds for rage instead of knowledge and a shattered healthcare system. It is also on the brink of financial ruin. And now, here we are, debating whether we have a police state, turning back to 1974 and having the same conversations again and again.'<BR/><BR/>http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/columns_1KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/columns.asp&fdate=10/12/2008<BR/><BR/>Antonis Tsipropoulos, of 'blogme.gr', was arrested for offending a public figure through the satirical blog Funel. The status of online pamphleteers is shaky under Greek law, putting Greece in the same bracket as Iran, China and Vietnam.<BR/><BR/>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/greek_blogger_arrested/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-59998715183284048872008-12-11T16:42:00.000+00:002008-12-11T16:42:00.000+00:00So the bubble has burst?So the bubble has burst?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-36516781692774477022008-12-11T14:27:00.000+00:002008-12-11T14:27:00.000+00:00Anonymous 11:06. Undoubtedly! For too long, and en...Anonymous 11:06. Undoubtedly! For too long, and encouraged by short-termist and welfare-orientated politicians, the UK has lived beyond its means, while posturing as a great power. The readjustment will, I surmise, be very painful but not terminal. Economically at least, the UK's long-term future looks relatively bright to me. Socially, for all the reasons that our great and very talented Laban details d2d - which will undermine the economic prospects - I fear for the future.paul ilchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971581388762736463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-3460447673370083112008-12-11T11:06:00.000+00:002008-12-11T11:06:00.000+00:00Britain was the 'sick man of europe' in the 70's. ...Britain was the 'sick man of europe' in the 70's. Maybe the long boom that started in the 80's temporarily hid that reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-72774582240703094462008-12-11T10:56:00.000+00:002008-12-11T10:56:00.000+00:00I recall that Greece had a fair share of student r...I recall that Greece had a fair share of student rioters and that that they both pre and postdated 1968.<BR/><BR/>There were student demos in the early 1960s and even more during the twilight of the Generals. For example <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Polytechnic_uprising" REL="nofollow">1974 Athens Poly</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-40238950343677838072008-12-11T09:29:00.000+00:002008-12-11T09:29:00.000+00:00"Can't cope with urls longer than about 40-50 chrs...<I>"Can't cope with urls longer than about 40-50 chrs, that is."</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, no, it seems not. Got too used to commenting at Wordpress blogs... ;)<BR/><BR/>Here's the <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7773476.stm" REL="nofollow"> link again</A> in HTML.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-88551125129816385962008-12-11T09:10:00.000+00:002008-12-11T09:10:00.000+00:00A footnote on Albania...The EU's CAP has wrecked A...A footnote on Albania...The EU's CAP has wrecked Albanian agriculture. For example,in 2005, it cost an Albanian farmer €0.09c to grow a melon, while EU-subsidised Greek farmers across the border could grow a melon for €0.03c. The result is that Albanians have been forced off the land and have turned to banditry, other forms of crime and emigration - and, in the host countries, these unskilled immigrants tend to practise banditry and other forms of crime.paul ilchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971581388762736463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-18630757298834102752008-12-11T08:08:00.000+00:002008-12-11T08:08:00.000+00:00Can't cope with urls longer than about 40-50 chrs,...Can't cope with urls longer than about 40-50 chrs, that is.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-52089749483913662482008-12-11T08:07:00.000+00:002008-12-11T08:07:00.000+00:00Julia - you'll need to use tinyurl.Blogger comment...Julia - you'll need to use tinyurl.<BR/><BR/>Blogger comments can't cope (unless perhaps you use html - I've not tried)Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-7865974180844769682008-12-11T05:30:00.000+00:002008-12-11T05:30:00.000+00:00"Doubtless they have fingers in other pies such as...<I>"Doubtless they have fingers in other pies such as the Securitas robbery in Kent."</I><BR/><BR/>I thought for a moment you meant this one:<BR/><BR/>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gkd1EIbgkrsvdMoIoZ9bCsx_2w4w<BR/><BR/>Odd story. Fourth time lucky, maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-75214080982596235332008-12-11T04:33:00.000+00:002008-12-11T04:33:00.000+00:00"I'm not at all sure what the link is between immi..."I'm not at all sure what the link is between immigration to Greece and the <I>wrong vaulation of the drachma at Euro entry</I>, or immigration to Spain and the <I>Spanish housing boom</I>."<BR/><BR/>The thing underlying the points in bold is cheap credit. The credit has now dried up because it needs to be paid back etc.<BR/><BR/>On Greek Anarchist vandals: Baring in mind the left has the same objective's of the EU anyway--transnational bureaucratic state to benevolently manage society in a harmonious and progressive fashion--and given that opposition to the new Greek 'dictatorship' is likely to be framed in a left-wing sense, then it seems to be likely that the future of Greece is going to be bad as the upsurge of popular anger may be frittered away into EU-safe lefty cause's.Homophobic Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358511824189191231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-25810598977552153142008-12-11T03:05:00.000+00:002008-12-11T03:05:00.000+00:00"I must say, if you were running one of the most c...<B>"I must say, if you were running one of the most corrupt countries in the EU, do you think another half-million Albanians would improve things ?"</B><BR/><BR/>Unlikely. Even the comparatively small numbers in Britain have allowed them to take control of prostitution in London. Doubtless they have fingers in other pies such as the Securitas robbery in KentThe Refuserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131083081340196677noreply@blogger.com