Antigone Defeats Merkel
To understand the results of the Greek Election—OXI—we must
understand the potency of the story of Antigone written circa 440 B.C. by Sophocles. Briefly,
Antigone, a young woman in Thebes was the beloved niece of
the King, Creon. Antigone’s brothers get
into a brawl and die. Creon orders that Eteocles be buried with honour while
the body of Polynices be left to rot and forbids anyone to bury him. In defiance of this order, Antigone buries
her brother, is caught, and is sentenced to death. This shows that no one is
above the law.
Flash forward about 1.500 years. In 1944, France is under
NAZI occupation. Jean Anouilh resurrects the story of Antigone. Before it can be performed, however, it must
be submitted to the NAZI censors for approval.
The NAZI censors read the manuscript and say, “Good. This will show the
people what happens to those who defy authority.”
The French people, however—the occupied French—see the play
and understand. “If this young woman can risk her life, and indeed sacrifice
her life, to do what is right in defiance of a brutal and unjust authority,
then we can…."
Hence, the esprit de corps of the French Resistance Movement is
embodied in Antigone.
The closer to the Vote on the Referendum, the more frantic the
threats became. After the Vote—OXI—the response
is to punish Greece.
Santayana said, “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat
it”
Slim Fairview said, “Those who never learned history are doomed—Period!”
Remember what Humphrey Bogart said to Captain Renault in Casablanca. "Louis, are you pro Vichy or Free French?"
Today, "Are you Pro Merkel or Free Greece?"
Before Merkel, Germany, and the ECB decide to punish Greece,
I urge them and others to heed this admonition.
“If you take revenge on the People of Greece, the People of
the Emerging Nations of the World will remember.”
Warmest regards,
Slim
On the Emerging Nations Global Economic Crisis.
Copyright © 2015. Bob Asken
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