Viva la revolution

Did you ever hear the name Theodoros Pagkalos? Greeks say "Of course we know him", all the others "No, not at all". For all the others, T. Pagkalos is a Greek politician and he is elected from 1981 since now a member of the Greek parliament. Everyone admits that he is a very active politician. However he became famous in January 1996, when he was the Greek foreign minister. That period Greeks and Turks were almost came in war when the Turkish army stepped on a small Greek island and remove the Greek flag. T. Pagkalos became famous because it is claimed that he said that in order to avoid the war we can say to Greeks that the flag was removed not by the Turkish army but by the strong wind. 

The last 2 years he is the vice president of the Greek government. A second phrase that he said a year ago brought himself against the Greek citizens. While people were trying to convince themselves that the politicians are responsible for the dead-end in the Greek economy, he said "We ate them together" which means that you are responsible, too. This phrase will accompanying him for a long long time.

From my point of view that phrase is the biggest true word that this person ever said. The problem is that Greeks are still trying to convince themselves that it is not correct. The list of proofs that confirm that phrase is so big. The best proof is that almost every family in Greece has a member who works as a public servant. 

As the alcoholics say, "the best way to fight against it, is to admit it". So Greek people, we ate them together. You know that. Now try to solve the problem, not by protesting (really against whom? the people that we voted for?), but by simply being citizens that obey to the law, pay their taxes and not trying to befool the public financial mechanism. 

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*All the above are personal thoughts of the writer and should be addressed like personal opinion and nothing more.

** The above was written a couple of weeks ago and it is published now as a result of the following 2 images. 

Young protesters in Spain are fighting against the socialist party and their prime minister, Jose Luis Zapatero.

Young protesters in Greece are fighting against the socialist party and their prime minister, George A. Papandreou. [through Facebook - Viva la revolution]