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Postby Bananiot » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:16 am

Of course the Italians were no cowards. If they were, the Greek victories would lose much of their shine, according to the logic of Piratis. We have an inner need for the Greeks to triumph against all odds and hence, all our military victories were achieved against much stronger, more populous armies, perhaps with a little bit of help from our God (we have a personal God, the God of the Greeks) ... so pathetic!

It is getting really silly, every time Piratis claims that the truth is simply a matter of statistics. Will he ever grow out of this habit?
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Postby alexISS » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:47 am

Bananiot wrote:Paphitis, you get your info from wikipaedia. Perhaps you should widen your horizons a bit.

Here is something you will not find in wikepaedia, by Nasos Theodorides, of Synaspismos:

Υπάρχουν πολλοί μύθοι για τον ελληνοϊταλικό πόλεμο. Ο πρώτος είναι ότι οι φαντάροι μας με εφ’ όπλου λόγχη στείλανε τους δειλούς εχθρούς στα βάθη της Αλβανίας. Η πραγματικότητα είναι πολύ διαφορετική. Ο ελληνικός στρατός ήταν προετοιμασμένος γι’ αυτή τη σύγκρουση. Ήδη από την άνοιξη1939 το Γενικό Επιτελείο Στρατού είχε καταστρώσει ανάλογα σχέδια. Και από τον Ιούνη 1940 ο ελληνικός στρατός βρισκόταν ουσιαστικά σε κατάσταση «μυστικής επιστράτευσης». Στα σχολικά βιβλία και στα πατριωτικά αφιερώματα η «θέληση» και το «φρόνημα» ήταν ο αποφασιστικός παράγοντας για το «έπος της Αλβανίας». Η αλήθεια είναι ότι ήταν η μορφολογία του εδάφους, το βεβιασμένο της ιταλικής επίθεσης -με όλες τις δυσκολίες ανεφοδιασμού από τα ακατάλληλα λιμάνια της Αλβανίας- και μια πολύ ισχυρή ελληνική
στρατιωτική μηχανή.


Also, by the same author:

Ο φασίστας Μεταξάς αδημονούσε γι' αυτή τη στιγμή, και κάθε άλλο παρά ένιωσε αιφνιδιασμένος. Μάλιστα, ακολουθούσε επί χρόνια μια τεράστια κούρσα εξοπλισμών που στοίχιζε πανάκριβα στη ζωή του κάθε φτωχού Έλληνα εργάτη. Αγόραζε αφειδώς αεροπλάνα (115 τον αριθμό!), πυροβόλα, δεκάδες χιλιάδες τουφέκια, εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες βλήματα και ξόδευε εκατοντάδες εκατομμύρια δραχμές για την αγορά ασύρματου υλικού. Τα ποσά αυτά για τα δεδομένα της εποχής ήταν εξωφρενικά.


And another one, from an article by Katerina Thoidou:

Το 1939, για παράδειγμα, ο ελληνικός στρατός υπέγραψε κολοσσιαία συμβόλαια με την ΠΥΡΚΑΛ του Μποδοσάκη γα παραγωγή πυρομαχικών αξίας 600 εκατομμυρίων δραχμών Τα στοιχεία του Γ.Ε.Σ., σε αντίθεση με την επίσημη προπαγάνδα μας που ακόμη και σήμερα μιλάει για τον δήθεν ελάχιστο αριθμό Ελλήνων που βρέθηκαν αντιμέτωποι με τους αναρίθμητους Ιταλούς, αποκαλύπτουν ότι λίγες μέρες μετά το ξέσπασμα του πολέμου ο ελληνικός στρατός ήταν ισοδύναμος με τον ιταλικό: διέθεταν περίπου από 240.000 άντρες ο καθένας.


So wikipedia is an not a trustworthy source, but "Η Αυγή" is? How can an article written by a member of the party that supports riots and destruction of property be considered unbiased?

Here's the link of the article, which can come up on Google as easy as the wikipedia article, no wide horizons needed

http://www.avgi.gr/ArticleActionshow.ac ... eID=500456
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Postby alexISS » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:07 am

Here's a press release from the same party from the 28th of October 2002

Το ομόθυμο ΟΧΙ και η εποποιία της τετράχρονης αντίστασης του ελληνικού λαού στην ιταλογερμανική φασιστική επίθεση σηματοδοτούν διαχρονικά μια κορυφαία ιστορική περίοδο συλλογικής έμπνευσης και μνήμης για τη χώρα μας. Είναι γεγονότα που έτυχαν διεθνούς αναγνώρισης και ιστορικής καταξίωσης στην ευρωπαϊκή και παγκόσμια ιστορία γιατί επηρέασαν την συλλογική συνείδηση των λαών και έχουν διακεκριμένη θέση ανάμεσα στις σημαντικές εξελίξεις, τις συγκρούσεις και τις ρήξεις που σφράγισαν τον 20ο αιώνα.


http://www.syn.gr/gr/keimeno.php?id=2560

I'm confused, was the Greco-Italian war an epopee or a myth? It looks like those people have widened their horizons so much they can't tell which direction they're looking at
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Postby Bananiot » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:11 am

Being able to diverge from the stereotype view is what wide horizons means. Perhaps you know this already but this is another story. Theodorides's evaluation makes more sense to me than the glorification of war and the sending of thousands of young people to be butchered by two confirmed fascists, Metaxas and Musolini.
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Postby alexISS » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:17 am

Bananiot wrote:Being able to diverge from the stereotype view is what wide horizons means. Perhaps you know this already but this is another story. Theodorides's evaluation makes more sense to me than the glorification of war and the sending of thousands of young people to be butchered by two confirmed fascists, Metaxas and Musolini.


People can diverge towards either the "left" or the "right". Would I be widening my horizons if I were embracing the views of LAOS on the 28th of October? They are as far from the truth as the views of Synaspismos
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Postby Bananiot » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:36 am

It's not about embracing the views of anyone. It's about knowing all or at least most diverse views that are expressed and then allowing your intellect to decide.
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Postby alexISS » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:54 am

Bananiot wrote:It's not about embracing the views of anyone. It's about knowing all or at least most diverse views that are expressed and then allowing your intellect to decide.


The Greek public is well aware of the views of both SYN and LAOS, the fact that they embrace neither is not a sign of narrow mindness as you just said. So, there's no need to urge people to "widen their horizons" because, firstly, such a suggestion implies that the person making it considers himself "better" than the others and, secondly, because the opinion expressed by a person is not an indication of the "width" of his "horizons"
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Postby Bananiot » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:03 am

I disagree. The Greek public at large have a stereotype picture of events painted by the many years spent at school (not to mention the church), where lies have been told upon lies regarding even the recent history of Greece. Other examples include the rise in 1821 and the myth of "krifo scholio", the 1912 campaign, where the Greek army committed war crimes, etc.
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Postby alexISS » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:08 am

Bananiot wrote:I disagree. The Greek public at large have a stereotype picture of events painted by the many years spent at school (not to mention the church), where lies have been told upon lies regarding even the recent history of Greece. Other examples include the rise in 1821 and the myth of "krifo scholio", the 1912 campaign, where the Greek army committed war crimes, etc.


I knew you would bring up "krifo scholio". Even my grandmother is aware of the view that "krifo scholio" never existed, as well as the crimes of the Asia Minor campaign. You're wrong Bananiot, people know, they just don't agree
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Postby Bananiot » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:41 am

Come on my friend! Go to any Greek school, anywhere in the world, and claim that what we are told about 25th March 1821 is a lie. You will be booted to hell in no mean way.

One last thing. Because AKEL is the biggest party in Cyprus, I take it that AKEL's view of history is the correct one, so history is just a matter of geography, among else.
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