"an opportunity to speculate the symbolism" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Evenimental Zile Romania, a country of specialists
by Ovidiu Nahoi Friday, 13 May 2005 "I think we are a vegetal people", poetess Ana Blandiana said twenty years ago. Then we all felt the revolt of the poetess towards the passivity of the Romanians. The nation was simply vegetating under the fiercest dictatorship in Eastern Europe. Today, other realities fuel the Romanian feeling of exasperation. The specialists of the nation, for instance. They are omnipresent and omniscient, some small neighbourhood gods. They have no doubts. They only have sullen faces and accusing fingers. They know exactly everything about stars, stock exchanges, world politics, agriculture, and soccer. Ask them anything and you will get an erudite answer. It will never happen that a national specialist will tell you honestly, looking into your eyes: "Sir, I don't know what to tell you about that". For over a month, we have found surprisingly how many specialists in fighting terrorism this country has: you come across them on the street, you see them on tv, you can hear them at a pub or cafe, speaking aloud at the neighbouring tables. Even the plumber presents with excitement his fundamental theory about the crisis of the three journalists held hostages in Iraq, while he handles the spanner to fix something under the kitchen sink. They all behave as if they had negotiated at least one kidnapping in their life, as if they had forced Carlos the Jackal or Bin Ladin himself to give up. Holders of reliable information, the specialists know exactly who and how made mistakes in the operation to release the kidnapped journalists in Iraq. Today, the area of competence of the nation's specialists has widened to the area of motorized pumps. It was enough to hear a statement lacking and substance of vice-premier Seculici, then their verdict fell like a guillotine blade: treason. We have bigger and better pumps than the Hungarian ones! Of course, we don't take into consideration the problem of the installation period, of specialists to handle the equipment, of the way in which the wet soil would cope with the weight of big capacity pumps. But all these would have mattered if Aversa company officials hadn't fooled us. but the specialists don't bother about technical details. How can they lose such an opportunity to speculate the symbolism of the intervention of some Hungarians on our flooded national territory? We have pumps, we lots of specialists, let alone many patriots. But we have another problem: we don't know to put together some good pumps, some qood-quality auxiliary equipment and some people trained to pump the water out of the flooded areas. The Hungarians know how to do that. And their team mind their own business. Twenty years ago there was only a terrifying silence. Now, we are deafened by shrilling voices. The reality hasn't changed too much: the country of the specialists keeps on vegetating. Translated by Ioana Bantescu ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/RR.olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *** sustineti [romania_eu_list] prin 1% din impozitul pe 2005 - detalii la http://www.europe.org.ro/euroatlantic_club/unulasuta.php *** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romania_eu_list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
