Pyrpolizer wrote:denizaksulu wrote:Pyrpolizer wrote:You had Universities while the Roc was thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking Deniz. Yes I do "recognise" the goods in the Tcs, I guess we have a lot to learn from you in case of unification.
But thats why I HATE politics. Its just like the Eurovision song contest. We know where the votes will go regardless of the quality of the songs. The Baltic states, the Balkans, I will not mention Greece and Cyprus. The word itself, Politik, you know the original meaning, being Greek. I know of no Politician who I can respect (as opposed to National Leaders - Does that make any sense, or is that going to be contradictory?
Polis means town Deniz, and Politikos=Politician is the one who deals with matters that have to do with the town. So the meaning in Greek is totally pure.You are right though today Politicians are just serving themselves and some elites. The only one who doesn't belong to an elite is the average man in the streets, and most of the leftists...
Thanks Pyro, I do know that meaning, but used as a metaphore, according to English language media, Politikos or something like that is used to describe someone who achieves his aim by any devious means he can. I understand it as a derivative of the word. It is from a reliable source. Off hand I cannot remember where.
I suppose you can find it in any encyclopedia.
Cheers for now. I hope Cyprus wins again tonight. Funny that no one mentioned the other litle game, Greece v Turkey which is played tonight. They (forumers) must be 'battle wary'. I wonder if its going to be another draw? Let the best team win.