Greeks are doing fine, thank you, except for their egos
Smart arses abound and Reuters is there to record them for posterity
point 1
WHEN THEY START PILING THEM IN MASS GRAVES (like in Athens, WW2),
THEN THAT’S A PROBLEM. IF THEY’RE IN BEAUTIFUL SHINY
BODY CONDOMINIUMS, THERE’S A MIXED MESSAGE.
"WE’RE SUFFERING, BUT WE’RE GOING OUT IN STYLE"
-keep up with the Jones, instead of eating their dog.
THE POOR DON’T SEEM TO BE ENDING THEIR PAIN IN THE SAME WAY.
F%&*KING rich SHOWBOATS.
Why don’t they get buried in their Mercedes BenzWHAT THEY’RE SHOWING IS THEIR MASSIVE EGO
THAT THEY CAN’T CLIMB DOWN OFF OF.
THE ANCIENTS WARNED ABOUT HUBRIS.
Some would rather die than lose money on a building investment. (see below)
and the flip side being that they don't want anybody to get a deal
because of their unfortunate situation, caused by the crisis
point 2
Some Greeks feel guilty for being a burden on others, other Greeks
are a burden to themselves, because they insult others but in the end,
insult themselves. A particular "humourous" fellow (below) thinks
Greeks were happy because we had a fake economy wherein they
were spending money that wasn't rightfully theirs.
Well, it's the same money that allowed said jerk-off to grow up and
get semi-educated. Also, it's as if said jerk-off is saying that people
knew their economy was a bubble, funded by foreign banks. They
didn't and in fact, the funny thing is that, to one degree or another,
every Western economy is a bubble. If you've got credit cards, a car
loan and a mortgage, you're inflating the price of everything, which
means that somebody else has a job because banks will lend money.
In that case, Greece is one of the least-guilty parties. The kings of
the bubble are the UK, US, Sweden and Norway.
IshitUnot: two texts
point 1 Greek crisis: for the Chelsea set of Athens, it's still a life of luxury brands
As the country struggles, the rich still buy Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuitton - though they may more discreet about flaunting it
The Observer, Sunday 11 March 2012 Article history
... "Blue-collar people blame white-collar people because their sons are entering parliament [to help ensure favourable laws for their rich parents]. It is an exchange of favours. They are both wrong."
....He says very few sales go through because sellers are demanding unrealistic prices for their properties. A five-bedroom luxury mansion on the hills overlooking Kifissia, which has been on the market at €8m for more than a year without attracting any offers, should be on the market for €4m. "People prefer suicide rather than selling at a loss or breaking even."
Any buyer who bought between 2007 and 2009 will be sitting on a massive loss, Bosdas says, but he reckons people who bought before the "ridiculous property boom" should be able to break even: "The problem is Greeks are too proud, they don't want anyone to get a good deal, and buyers don't want to be seen as vultures snapping stuff up."
point 2 Reuters
Suicides have Greeks on edge before election
By Erik Kirschbaum
ATHENS
Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:27am EDT
....
"Many Greeks have also not lost their sense of humor.
Dimitris Nikolopoulos, a 37-year-old salesman, laughed at the idea that the suicide rate was so low because Greeks are well-adjusted and a generally happy people.
"Greeks used to be very happy people because we were living off money that didn't belong to us," he said with a wry smile. "But sometimes you have to face reality. It wasn't our money." "
