In Greece we burn

In Greece we are cool guys. We laugh and sing, we enjoy our lives. When we are going up we burn. We burn everything, including our forests. We recently did it again. Now in Athens there is practically no forest around the city. Quite cool, no?

In Greece we are not like the others. We may cry today but we soon forget it and we laugh again tomorrow. And we forget. You need to have guts to forget. We prefer to heal our wounds instead of preventing them.

In Greece we prefer astrologists than astronomers. Scientists talk too much and about abstract things whereas astrologists can really help us in our every day life. We are practical people.

In Greece we are children of ancient Greeks. We cling to philosophy. We like talking seriously over some beers or glasses of wine. We accuse politicians who make our lives worse but it’s OK. We need them anyway because they can get bribed and help us in the future in a million ways.

In Greece we kill animals because their lives are not as important as ours. We look down on handicapped people because we don’t need them. We like cheap music because all other kinds of music bring us down. We trust our country, our religion and our family because there is nothing better to believe to. We learn new words and leave behind useless words as “dignity”.

In this country I don’t want to live.

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The original photo was taken from TannyTan’s photo album in Flickr