Heh .. America is like Microsoft .. everyone loves to kick us whenever they get a chance. The only difference is, we really do innovate ;)
Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 7:57 AM Subject: Greek Anti-American sentiment shocking.. > What the hell. > :-\ > > -Gel > > " > [snip] > Not long after the September 11th attack, some 30,000 Greek soccer fans, attending a Uefa match against Scotland in Athens, > jeered through the moment's silence held in honour of the terror victims. > > The Scots looked on aghast as they then tried to burn the Stars and Stripes in the stands. > [snip] > > In trying to explain the opposition, analysts point to the Greeks' delicate geo-political position as citizens of a Christian > buffer state, at the crossroads of the east and west. > > But the Greeks also cite America's support for the ruthless military regime that ruled them between 1967 and 1974 as the root > cause of their reaction. > > In addition, they say, Washington is guilty of "double-standards". The Greeks believe the US has failed to pressure Nato ally > Turkey to remove some 35,000 Turkish troops from Cyprus, 27 years after Ankara invaded and seized the island's northern third > in response to an Athens engineered coup. > > What have we done to the Greeks to deserve such antipathy? > > The demonstrations, and intense media criticism of US policies in the wake of the suicide bombings, has outraged classics > buffs, dyed-in-the wool philhellenes and Greeks living abroad. > > "What have we done to the Greeks to deserve such antipathy?" Professor Stephen Miller, one of America's most eminent > classical archaeologists, railed in a letter published in the the Greek daily Kathimerini. > > Greek-Americans, who lobby tirelessly on Athens' behalf in Washington, have also been unable to contain their rage. > > Some have even said they will be cancelling plans to attend the 2004 Olympics in the Greek capital. > > "We condemn and reject the shameless and baseless insults and blatant slander of fellow Greeks in the motherland," snapped > the Federation of Greek Associations of Greater New York in a blistering statement. " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
