tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192227531617038362.post2307028066883671338..comments2024-03-18T13:21:38.338+00:00Comments on A Place Called Space: What is it you don't want us to forget?Eirenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192227531617038362.post-13992759607536268882013-07-11T19:28:02.893+01:002013-07-11T19:28:02.893+01:00I also wanted to add Olga, that I too was in Greec...I also wanted to add Olga, that I too was in Greece during the dark times of the junta - well, most of the time. I was sixteen when the coup happened and I remember so vividly waking up in the morning to go to school and there was no one in the street and everything was eerily quiet. A man was walking by our house and he said to me: 'go inside, you should not be out in the garden today'. Those were dark times indeed. <br /><br />I also happened to be there when the junta fell. I was in Athens and it was such a celebration - I will never forget that day. We were all so jubilant, so happy, so hopeful.<br /><br />Ah, well!<br /><br /><br />Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192227531617038362.post-81284038067411847232013-07-11T16:32:50.517+01:002013-07-11T16:32:50.517+01:00Thanks for your comment Callum, and for the link -...Thanks for your comment Callum, and for the link - I don't do enough to promote my blog, and this is a subject that needs to be publicised as much as possible.Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192227531617038362.post-71461149512126138332013-07-11T16:31:12.867+01:002013-07-11T16:31:12.867+01:00Thanks for your sensitive comment Olga. You obviou...<br />Thanks for your sensitive comment Olga. You obviously know Greece well and there is so much in what you said that I agree with. <br /><br />I too despair about the state of the world, and have lost faith in our ability to bring about change even though I still have the need to speak out and work towards a better future. I agree with your comments about education and like you, I try to continue my own education. I also try to live life to the full and enjoy it as much as possible. We have to make the best of what we have and develop our potential - it's a duty we have to ourselves.<br />Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192227531617038362.post-45855612366165419532013-07-11T13:46:13.045+01:002013-07-11T13:46:13.045+01:00Great piece; and hugely depressing subject. I'...Great piece; and hugely depressing subject. I've tweeted a link to it - hope that's OK. Callumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740108050979397900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192227531617038362.post-91703324625779710232013-07-11T09:57:35.377+01:002013-07-11T09:57:35.377+01:00Thank your for this eloquent, interesting, and hor...Thank your for this eloquent, interesting, and horrifying post. I sigh and quietly despair. <br />I partly grew up in Thessaloniki, and spent a quarter of each year there in the years of the junta. All through my life I have been furious with those folks who idealise life in Greece,... the history, the ruins, the art, the sun, the landscape, the sea, .... What they never looked for, or saw was the inequality, the selfishness, the ignorance, the blindness of so many of those with money, and therefore with power. <br />As I have grown older I see that this is a universal condition, simply developed at different rates. I have always seen education as the answer - real education, not hoop jumping, and an ability to cope with uncertainty.<br />I've grown increasingly cynical about political systems - even opposition elements in Syria are said to be riddled with corruption. I sigh deeply, and in approaching elderhood, I confess that I, also selfishly, turn to the positive joys of continuing my own education while I can.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.com