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		<title>By: Stassa</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109642</link>
		<dc:creator>Stassa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tsk tsk, Nemesist. When did I insult your mother? Bodily functions are not a shame! Everybody farts. And people of different countries fart in different languages, because they have different-shaped arseholes. Its a scientific fact. 

In your mother&#039;s case, her arsehole is your shape, obviously. So whatever language her arse speaks it must be with an accent. Amirite? I know I&#039;m right!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tsk tsk, Nemesist. When did I insult your mother? Bodily functions are not a shame! Everybody farts. And people of different countries fart in different languages, because they have different-shaped arseholes. Its a scientific fact. </p>
<p>In your mother&#8217;s case, her arsehole is your shape, obviously. So whatever language her arse speaks it must be with an accent. Amirite? I know I&#8217;m right!</p>
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		<title>By: Nemesist</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109635</link>
		<dc:creator>Nemesist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Nemesist, you’re so entertaining. &gt;XD&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I bet you do get entertained by men being abusive and insulting towards you. This is your status, that of a &quot;human&quot; sick in the soul and sick in the body. Listen Stassa, you need to stop waving around the shit of your soul in the internet, but then again that&#039;s all you CAN do, isn&#039;t it? You know it, that i am a straight male citizen of Greece, i represent Greece. You, are of the scum that live and lurk in the shadows, your perversity has made you a freak that hides from people and from society.



&lt;blockquote&gt;Hey say something- your mother, does she fart in Bulgarian, or in Turkish?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Well, dear english-speaking blog members, we can see that the sad sad freak of nature &quot;Stassa&quot; (his real name is Baggelis), now resorts to insults towards my mother. This is the result of a sick life, and of society&#039;s life-long rejection.

How about your own mother then &quot;Stassa&quot;? I bet your parents have killed themselves knowing what you have become? An aggressive anti-hellenic transexual prostitute, the lowest form of life in the Athens-wasteland. Even the Pakistani illegal immigrants of Athens deserve more respect than you do! Yes, i say that in full consciousness. 

Άκου να δεις &lt;strong&gt;Βάγγο&lt;/strong&gt;, όποτε θέλεις να έρθεις στη Θεσσαλονίκη να τα πούμε, σε περιμένω. Όταν σου γαμήσω και τη μανούλα και της ανοίξω δεύτερη κωλοτρυπίδα, τότε θα κλάνει σίγουρα &quot;ελληνικά&quot;. Οκ ξεφτιλισμένο σκυλί; Ουστ γαμώ την ψυχή σου σίχαμα... έκτρωμα της φύσης.


&lt;blockquote&gt;Xenos says: 
July 16, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Malaka Vretane&lt;/blockquote&gt;


Yo my man, is this HOW THEY REFER TO YOU IN GREECE? &lt;strong&gt;ΗΑΗΑΗΑΗΑΗΑ&lt;/strong&gt;

You need to watch out in the summer, don&#039;t get too far in the sea, many people drown each year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Nemesist, you’re so entertaining. &gt;XD</p></blockquote>
<p>I bet you do get entertained by men being abusive and insulting towards you. This is your status, that of a &#8220;human&#8221; sick in the soul and sick in the body. Listen Stassa, you need to stop waving around the shit of your soul in the internet, but then again that&#8217;s all you CAN do, isn&#8217;t it? You know it, that i am a straight male citizen of Greece, i represent Greece. You, are of the scum that live and lurk in the shadows, your perversity has made you a freak that hides from people and from society.</p>
<blockquote><p>Hey say something- your mother, does she fart in Bulgarian, or in Turkish?</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, dear english-speaking blog members, we can see that the sad sad freak of nature &#8220;Stassa&#8221; (his real name is Baggelis), now resorts to insults towards my mother. This is the result of a sick life, and of society&#8217;s life-long rejection.</p>
<p>How about your own mother then &#8220;Stassa&#8221;? I bet your parents have killed themselves knowing what you have become? An aggressive anti-hellenic transexual prostitute, the lowest form of life in the Athens-wasteland. Even the Pakistani illegal immigrants of Athens deserve more respect than you do! Yes, i say that in full consciousness. </p>
<p>Άκου να δεις <strong>Βάγγο</strong>, όποτε θέλεις να έρθεις στη Θεσσαλονίκη να τα πούμε, σε περιμένω. Όταν σου γαμήσω και τη μανούλα και της ανοίξω δεύτερη κωλοτρυπίδα, τότε θα κλάνει σίγουρα &#8220;ελληνικά&#8221;. Οκ ξεφτιλισμένο σκυλί; Ουστ γαμώ την ψυχή σου σίχαμα&#8230; έκτρωμα της φύσης.</p>
<blockquote><p>Xenos says:<br />
July 16, 2009 at 7:20 pm<br />
Malaka Vretane</p></blockquote>
<p>Yo my man, is this HOW THEY REFER TO YOU IN GREECE? <strong>ΗΑΗΑΗΑΗΑΗΑ</strong></p>
<p>You need to watch out in the summer, don&#8217;t get too far in the sea, many people drown each year.</p>
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		<title>By: Xenos</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109627</link>
		<dc:creator>Xenos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ask for a stronger medication.</description>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109623</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Malaka Vretane&lt;/blockquote&gt;

^Somehow, i don&#039;t think that&#039;s a compliment :)
 Obviously, I hit a nerve. You have no argument, so you resort to personal attacks and abusive language. You did the same with Stassa and god knows how many others. (The funny thing is, you are the first to call out people to be banned for personal attacks but you don&#039;t seem to fussed about attacking others..typical hypocrite).

&lt;blockquote&gt;you don’t know anything about the immigration situation in Greece, you don’t know anything about Greeks and racism, and you know fuck all about anything else either. Get some more medical treatment.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It&#039;s funny how you say I don&#039;t know anything about this and that but i have substantiated my opinion with facts and links to websites which support my point of view, whereas as all you have provided is offensive diatribes based on your hatred of the Greek people.

I know southern European culture very well and i know the kind of sanctimonious Brits like you who live in southern European countries and abuse the locals. You think you exist of a higher moral plane than the inferior southern European greaseballs and that you can civilise the natives by offering them the gems of your British wisdom. Do you really believe that you&#039;re helping anyone by saying Greek culture makes greeks likely to be &quot;homophobic&quot;  and Greek people are &quot;peasants&quot;? You seem to forget that this is a human rights blog and most people reading this blog do not approve of that sort of offensive stereotyping and insulting language. 
 You constantly make condescending and offensive remarks about the Greek culture and it&#039;s people but you offer nothing constructive to address the real and complex problems faced by people in Greece (you claim to be a scientist but you offer no science). Saying &quot;Greeks are peasants&quot; is not scientific and will not help anyone nor will it help us understand or alleviate a particular problem in Greece. Don&#039;t you realise that?
You are as much use in here as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Malaka Vretane</p></blockquote>
<p>^Somehow, i don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a compliment <img src='http://www.deviousdiva.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
 Obviously, I hit a nerve. You have no argument, so you resort to personal attacks and abusive language. You did the same with Stassa and god knows how many others. (The funny thing is, you are the first to call out people to be banned for personal attacks but you don&#8217;t seem to fussed about attacking others..typical hypocrite).</p>
<blockquote><p>you don’t know anything about the immigration situation in Greece, you don’t know anything about Greeks and racism, and you know fuck all about anything else either. Get some more medical treatment.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s funny how you say I don&#8217;t know anything about this and that but i have substantiated my opinion with facts and links to websites which support my point of view, whereas as all you have provided is offensive diatribes based on your hatred of the Greek people.</p>
<p>I know southern European culture very well and i know the kind of sanctimonious Brits like you who live in southern European countries and abuse the locals. You think you exist of a higher moral plane than the inferior southern European greaseballs and that you can civilise the natives by offering them the gems of your British wisdom. Do you really believe that you&#8217;re helping anyone by saying Greek culture makes greeks likely to be &#8220;homophobic&#8221;  and Greek people are &#8220;peasants&#8221;? You seem to forget that this is a human rights blog and most people reading this blog do not approve of that sort of offensive stereotyping and insulting language.<br />
 You constantly make condescending and offensive remarks about the Greek culture and it&#8217;s people but you offer nothing constructive to address the real and complex problems faced by people in Greece (you claim to be a scientist but you offer no science). Saying &#8220;Greeks are peasants&#8221; is not scientific and will not help anyone nor will it help us understand or alleviate a particular problem in Greece. Don&#8217;t you realise that?<br />
You are as much use in here as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest.</p>
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		<title>By: Stassa</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109620</link>
		<dc:creator>Stassa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nemesist, you&#039;re so entertaining. &gt;XD

Hey say something- your mother, does she fart in Bulgarian, or in Turkish?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nemesist, you&#8217;re so entertaining. &gt;XD</p>
<p>Hey say something- your mother, does she fart in Bulgarian, or in Turkish?</p>
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		<title>By: Xenos</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109618</link>
		<dc:creator>Xenos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Malaka Vretane: you don&#039;t know anything about the immigration situation in Greece, you don&#039;t know anything about Greeks and racism, and you know fuck all about anything else either. Get some more medical treatment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Malaka Vretane: you don&#8217;t know anything about the immigration situation in Greece, you don&#8217;t know anything about Greeks and racism, and you know fuck all about anything else either. Get some more medical treatment.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109616</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let’s not attack the symptom, let’s attack and address the source of the problem and simultaneously help the poorer European nations instead on criticising them in condescending ways. 
It seems that a lot of comments on this blog are not constructive at all – there is no comparative analysis or criticism of problems faced by all of Europe and especially the poorer countries of Europe – there was an interesting article by Global Post which highlighted a European-wide problem but the focus of many people on this blog was more on asserting blame on the southern European governments rather than acknowledging the pressure felt by these frontline countries. 

Greece is being singled out in an unfair and unsympathetic way, as if Greeks or Italians are genetically prone to being xenophobic or abusive towards immigrants. i.e comments on Greece’s illegal deportation illicit responses such as “I can’t believe this is happening in a European country, Greece should not be in EU”, and sadly, these comments are not only coming from the usual bigotted contributors such as Xenos. 

By all means highlight the issues but for the sake of fairness, recognise the complex problems in terms of the real pressures felt by frontline immigration countries - and don&#039;t assert that these countries are necessarily xenophobic by nature. Only racists and bigots think in such simple terms.

Illegal deportation is a fact of life in almost every country including Britain but it effects poorer frontline countries more than any other. We don’t even acknowledge that such a problem exists in the UK. The hypocrisy is astounding. 

Successive investigations have revealed systematic, racist abuse.
http://www.noii.org.uk/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let’s not attack the symptom, let’s attack and address the source of the problem and simultaneously help the poorer European nations instead on criticising them in condescending ways.<br />
It seems that a lot of comments on this blog are not constructive at all – there is no comparative analysis or criticism of problems faced by all of Europe and especially the poorer countries of Europe – there was an interesting article by Global Post which highlighted a European-wide problem but the focus of many people on this blog was more on asserting blame on the southern European governments rather than acknowledging the pressure felt by these frontline countries. </p>
<p>Greece is being singled out in an unfair and unsympathetic way, as if Greeks or Italians are genetically prone to being xenophobic or abusive towards immigrants. i.e comments on Greece’s illegal deportation illicit responses such as “I can’t believe this is happening in a European country, Greece should not be in EU”, and sadly, these comments are not only coming from the usual bigotted contributors such as Xenos. </p>
<p>By all means highlight the issues but for the sake of fairness, recognise the complex problems in terms of the real pressures felt by frontline immigration countries &#8211; and don&#8217;t assert that these countries are necessarily xenophobic by nature. Only racists and bigots think in such simple terms.</p>
<p>Illegal deportation is a fact of life in almost every country including Britain but it effects poorer frontline countries more than any other. We don’t even acknowledge that such a problem exists in the UK. The hypocrisy is astounding. </p>
<p>Successive investigations have revealed systematic, racist abuse.<br />
<a href="http://www.noii.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.noii.org.uk/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109615</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Greece is reacting in the same way as other European countries who are suffering similar problems:

Maltese Interior Minister Tonio Borg called on his European Union counterparts to help his country deal with a wave of illegal migrants trying to reach Europe.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2606205,00.html

Malta fires at EU &#039;immigration policy&#039;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlzpJiCKPeI

These countries aren&#039;t xenophobic by nature, they are struggling to cope with immigration. There is a massive difference and i only wished people like Xenophobe realised this.

In fact, the only political party which has wished ill on immigrants is our own BNP, a proudly british party, as mentioned by stassa, so before we start ponting our fingers at foreign politicans attitude to immigrants, we should flag up our own racist political parties who we elected into the European Parliament. As far as I know, no Greek fascist/racist party has been given a mandate in europe by the Greek electorate, whereas we Brits have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greece is reacting in the same way as other European countries who are suffering similar problems:</p>
<p>Maltese Interior Minister Tonio Borg called on his European Union counterparts to help his country deal with a wave of illegal migrants trying to reach Europe.<br />
<a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2606205,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dw-world.de/dw/arti.....05,00.html</a></p>
<p>Malta fires at EU &#8216;immigration policy&#8217;<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlzpJiCKPeI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlzpJiCKPeI</a></p>
<p>These countries aren&#8217;t xenophobic by nature, they are struggling to cope with immigration. There is a massive difference and i only wished people like Xenophobe realised this.</p>
<p>In fact, the only political party which has wished ill on immigrants is our own BNP, a proudly british party, as mentioned by stassa, so before we start ponting our fingers at foreign politicans attitude to immigrants, we should flag up our own racist political parties who we elected into the European Parliament. As far as I know, no Greek fascist/racist party has been given a mandate in europe by the Greek electorate, whereas we Brits have.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109614</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, Greece is following Italy because there is a distinct lack of a Europe-wide legislation to share the burden of immigrantion. Silvio Berlusconi vowed to crack down on illegal immigrants because of the demands and the DEMOCRATIC WILL of the people and said that those involved in crime were part of an &quot;army of evil.&quot;

Berlusconi said Italy would cooperate with its neighbors in &quot;deporting non-EU citizens who are here and do not have work or home and are forced into crime in order to live.&quot;
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3270541,00.html

I think you’re attacking the symptom rather than the cause. It’s obvious that something drastic needs to be done to alleviate the pressure felt by Mediterranean countries which are bearing the brunt of the immigration that our country (and the USA) is largely responsible for. If we don’t address the source of the problem, let’s not be surprised when individual countries try to address the symptom by enacting their own harsh laws.

There are some real pressure points in the Mediterranean. Spain, Italy and Greece are struggling to manage large flows of illegal immigrants from developing countries
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7667169.stm

Instead of criticising countries who cannot bear this level of immigration, we should be demanding that these countries get extra help (which was the focus of the Global Post article) as well as addressing the causes of why people want to flee their countries in such large numbers in such a short period of time.

We should be protesting against our country and the USA gallavanting around the world causing wars and destabilising countries and causing the mass exodus of people fleeing our bombs and missiles that we are paying for (as tax payers) .. Secondly, we should be a little more sympathetic to the problems faced by countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece and Malta who do not have the infrastrutcure to cope with the mass influx.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Greece is following Italy because there is a distinct lack of a Europe-wide legislation to share the burden of immigrantion. Silvio Berlusconi vowed to crack down on illegal immigrants because of the demands and the DEMOCRATIC WILL of the people and said that those involved in crime were part of an &#8220;army of evil.&#8221;</p>
<p>Berlusconi said Italy would cooperate with its neighbors in &#8220;deporting non-EU citizens who are here and do not have work or home and are forced into crime in order to live.&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3270541,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dw-world.de/dw/arti.....41,00.html</a></p>
<p>I think you’re attacking the symptom rather than the cause. It’s obvious that something drastic needs to be done to alleviate the pressure felt by Mediterranean countries which are bearing the brunt of the immigration that our country (and the USA) is largely responsible for. If we don’t address the source of the problem, let’s not be surprised when individual countries try to address the symptom by enacting their own harsh laws.</p>
<p>There are some real pressure points in the Mediterranean. Spain, Italy and Greece are struggling to manage large flows of illegal immigrants from developing countries<br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7667169.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wor.....667169.stm</a></p>
<p>Instead of criticising countries who cannot bear this level of immigration, we should be demanding that these countries get extra help (which was the focus of the Global Post article) as well as addressing the causes of why people want to flee their countries in such large numbers in such a short period of time.</p>
<p>We should be protesting against our country and the USA gallavanting around the world causing wars and destabilising countries and causing the mass exodus of people fleeing our bombs and missiles that we are paying for (as tax payers) .. Secondly, we should be a little more sympathetic to the problems faced by countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece and Malta who do not have the infrastrutcure to cope with the mass influx.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109613</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Xenophobe,

&lt;blockquote&gt;Furthermore, you find statements of fact such as the peasant culture of Greece &lt;/blockquote&gt;

No. EVERYONE on this blog finds those kind of comments unacceptable. This is a human rights blog, alot of us campaign against this sort of language and bigotry so don&#039;t be surprised when people find this language unacceptable. That sort of talk goes down well on sited like Stormfront, not a human rights blog.

&lt;blockquote&gt;— to be unacceptable and “racist”. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

No. I called you a racist and a bigot. Your comments are unacceptable, offensive, stereotypical and insulting  generalisations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Xenophobe,</p>
<blockquote><p>Furthermore, you find statements of fact such as the peasant culture of Greece </p></blockquote>
<p>No. EVERYONE on this blog finds those kind of comments unacceptable. This is a human rights blog, alot of us campaign against this sort of language and bigotry so don&#8217;t be surprised when people find this language unacceptable. That sort of talk goes down well on sited like Stormfront, not a human rights blog.</p>
<blockquote><p>— to be unacceptable and “racist”. </p></blockquote>
<p>No. I called you a racist and a bigot. Your comments are unacceptable, offensive, stereotypical and insulting  generalisations.</p>
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		<title>By: Xenos</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109610</link>
		<dc:creator>Xenos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scowcroft: you have consistently underplayed the problems of xenophobia and racism in Greece (in a country where you don&#039;t live or know anything about!!) while going on and on about how racist the UK is. You have no grip on reality. Furthermore, you find statements of fact -- such as the peasant culture of Greece -- to be unacceptable and &quot;racist&quot;. This is yet another indicator of your mental condition.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scowcroft: you have consistently underplayed the problems of xenophobia and racism in Greece (in a country where you don&#8217;t live or know anything about!!) while going on and on about how racist the UK is. You have no grip on reality. Furthermore, you find statements of fact &#8212; such as the peasant culture of Greece &#8212; to be unacceptable and &#8220;racist&#8221;. This is yet another indicator of your mental condition.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Xenos,

&lt;blockquote&gt;pretending that Greece is not going through a very bad period of racism and physical assaults on immigrants.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I never said that - you always put words in my mouth so you can deliver your nonsensical arguments to things i never said.

I believe that Greece and it&#039;s people are no more prone to committing physical assaults or being xenophobic towards immigrants than any other country (i gave you examples of when Brits attacked Romaninan immigrants to counter balance your rather one-sided views). 
You, on the other hand, seem to believe that Greeks are pre-disposed to being xenophobic, prone to corruption and generally having a &quot;peasant mentality&quot;. You couldn&#039;t be more offensive if you tried.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Xenos,</p>
<blockquote><p>pretending that Greece is not going through a very bad period of racism and physical assaults on immigrants.</p></blockquote>
<p>I never said that &#8211; you always put words in my mouth so you can deliver your nonsensical arguments to things i never said.</p>
<p>I believe that Greece and it&#8217;s people are no more prone to committing physical assaults or being xenophobic towards immigrants than any other country (i gave you examples of when Brits attacked Romaninan immigrants to counter balance your rather one-sided views).<br />
You, on the other hand, seem to believe that Greeks are pre-disposed to being xenophobic, prone to corruption and generally having a &#8220;peasant mentality&#8221;. You couldn&#8217;t be more offensive if you tried.</p>
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		<title>By: Xenos</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109601</link>
		<dc:creator>Xenos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scowcroft, back from his psychiatric treatment, writes insults about me and other British people, whilst pretending that Greece is not going through a very bad period of racism and physical assaults on immigrants. My non-friend, you are completely off your head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scowcroft, back from his psychiatric treatment, writes insults about me and other British people, whilst pretending that Greece is not going through a very bad period of racism and physical assaults on immigrants. My non-friend, you are completely off your head.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109597</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Post Disagreement,

&lt;blockquote&gt;basically whats annoying is this promotion of the idea of Greeks being racist or evil because we do not want to be overwhelmed by people so unlike ourselves and our majority culture.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You’ll find that this is the unfortunate hypocrisy among us Brits - we &quot;holier-than-thou&quot; Brits and sanctimonious Americans often like to bring attention to what we perceive as inferior southern European culture (and inferior Mexican culture for Americans) while ignoring the fact that we have exactly the same social problems in our own countries – we do this because we like to elevate ourselves higher than the average southern European peasant (to use Xenos’s vernacular). 

We like to think that we exist in a higher moral plane than the backward Greek, Portuguese, Mexican, Chicano, Wop, Greaseball etc. We cannot accept that we share the same human characterisitcs as these perceived inferior people. We don’t like to admit that our own societies and communities are just as racist, just as xenophobic, just as homophobic, as other cultures. (In fact, our British history and contemporary attitudes to race are far worse than any southern Europe attitudes).
We like to stroke our egos by implying some kind of superiority over the southern European &quot;peasants&quot;. We Brits especially like to boost our self-confiedence by denigrating others, especially by implying that poor southern European countries shouldn’t even be in Europe. 
In fact, we want to get out of Europe because we want to disassociate ourselves from what we poerceive as inferior nationalities - it&#039;s the delusional British superiority complex. 

We constantly want to disassociate ourselves from those we feel are inherently inferior. That’s why you get Brits like Xenos saying he’s Anglo Saxon and implying some kind of superiorty and great knowledge over the Greek people. In fact, he likes to assert his British superiority constantly on this blog, implying inherent Greek culture flaws are to blame for most of the problems in Greece, when in fact, the problems for any country and are far more complex than that. 

You see, Brits like Xenos constantly draw attention to the failings of “inferior southern Europeans” while ignoring our own cultural backwardness and moral deficiencies – Brits like me and DD (and probably Xenos, though he’s loathe to admit it) we know that southern European culture has much more going for it than our own “broken Britain” culture, that’s why we flock to southern European countries such as Greece to live out our lives and dreams  but on the whole, Brits are not prepared to admit it – we like to live the dream and enjoy what a superior culture has to offer but we cannot bring ourselves to admit that it is a superior culture in many ways (you noticed how Xenos couldn&#039;t bring himself to say one thing he admires or likes about the Greek culture) - it’s much easier for us Brits to bash the southern European “peasant” culture while living and enjoying the same “peasant” culture! We criticise the culture and love it at the same time! We Brits are masters of hypocrisy.

In actual fact, we Brits know that southern culture is more conducive to bringing up a family and enjoying an excellent  quality of life among the wonderfully warm and hospitable people of Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal etc rather than endure the hell that Britain has become. 

Statistics show that over 2 million Brits have upped sticks and moved abroad, we Brits are faliing over ourselves to come to Gorgeous Greece, Incredible Italy and Sumptous Spain. We can’t wait to get away from dreary, miserable and inhospitable UK with it’s culture of inner city gangs, knife culture, drinking culture, highest teenage pregnancy in Europe, institutionalised racism in our Church, Schools, Police Force, Armed Forces, racist attacks on immigrants, racist attacks against “Gypsy” communities, Islamophobia, paki-bashing, gay-bashing, the rise of fascism, rising BNP popularity, ethnically-segregated communites, MP expenses scandals, high taxes, etc etc

Let’s face it, given the chance, the Brits who have choices in life would move to southern Europe in a heartbeat. We’re leaving “broken Britain” in our droves to enjoy the culture of southern Europe, so whatever criticisms we have of southern Europe, we obviously find it a much more hospitable and friendlier and more accepting place to live than our own countries. 

In fact, we live in southern Euope because we realise that the UK is much more fragmented and broken than any southern European country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Post Disagreement,</p>
<blockquote><p>basically whats annoying is this promotion of the idea of Greeks being racist or evil because we do not want to be overwhelmed by people so unlike ourselves and our majority culture.</p></blockquote>
<p>You’ll find that this is the unfortunate hypocrisy among us Brits &#8211; we &#8220;holier-than-thou&#8221; Brits and sanctimonious Americans often like to bring attention to what we perceive as inferior southern European culture (and inferior Mexican culture for Americans) while ignoring the fact that we have exactly the same social problems in our own countries – we do this because we like to elevate ourselves higher than the average southern European peasant (to use Xenos’s vernacular). </p>
<p>We like to think that we exist in a higher moral plane than the backward Greek, Portuguese, Mexican, Chicano, Wop, Greaseball etc. We cannot accept that we share the same human characterisitcs as these perceived inferior people. We don’t like to admit that our own societies and communities are just as racist, just as xenophobic, just as homophobic, as other cultures. (In fact, our British history and contemporary attitudes to race are far worse than any southern Europe attitudes).<br />
We like to stroke our egos by implying some kind of superiority over the southern European &#8220;peasants&#8221;. We Brits especially like to boost our self-confiedence by denigrating others, especially by implying that poor southern European countries shouldn’t even be in Europe.<br />
In fact, we want to get out of Europe because we want to disassociate ourselves from what we poerceive as inferior nationalities &#8211; it&#8217;s the delusional British superiority complex. </p>
<p>We constantly want to disassociate ourselves from those we feel are inherently inferior. That’s why you get Brits like Xenos saying he’s Anglo Saxon and implying some kind of superiorty and great knowledge over the Greek people. In fact, he likes to assert his British superiority constantly on this blog, implying inherent Greek culture flaws are to blame for most of the problems in Greece, when in fact, the problems for any country and are far more complex than that. </p>
<p>You see, Brits like Xenos constantly draw attention to the failings of “inferior southern Europeans” while ignoring our own cultural backwardness and moral deficiencies – Brits like me and DD (and probably Xenos, though he’s loathe to admit it) we know that southern European culture has much more going for it than our own “broken Britain” culture, that’s why we flock to southern European countries such as Greece to live out our lives and dreams  but on the whole, Brits are not prepared to admit it – we like to live the dream and enjoy what a superior culture has to offer but we cannot bring ourselves to admit that it is a superior culture in many ways (you noticed how Xenos couldn&#8217;t bring himself to say one thing he admires or likes about the Greek culture) &#8211; it’s much easier for us Brits to bash the southern European “peasant” culture while living and enjoying the same “peasant” culture! We criticise the culture and love it at the same time! We Brits are masters of hypocrisy.</p>
<p>In actual fact, we Brits know that southern culture is more conducive to bringing up a family and enjoying an excellent  quality of life among the wonderfully warm and hospitable people of Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal etc rather than endure the hell that Britain has become. </p>
<p>Statistics show that over 2 million Brits have upped sticks and moved abroad, we Brits are faliing over ourselves to come to Gorgeous Greece, Incredible Italy and Sumptous Spain. We can’t wait to get away from dreary, miserable and inhospitable UK with it’s culture of inner city gangs, knife culture, drinking culture, highest teenage pregnancy in Europe, institutionalised racism in our Church, Schools, Police Force, Armed Forces, racist attacks on immigrants, racist attacks against “Gypsy” communities, Islamophobia, paki-bashing, gay-bashing, the rise of fascism, rising BNP popularity, ethnically-segregated communites, MP expenses scandals, high taxes, etc etc</p>
<p>Let’s face it, given the chance, the Brits who have choices in life would move to southern Europe in a heartbeat. We’re leaving “broken Britain” in our droves to enjoy the culture of southern Europe, so whatever criticisms we have of southern Europe, we obviously find it a much more hospitable and friendlier and more accepting place to live than our own countries. </p>
<p>In fact, we live in southern Euope because we realise that the UK is much more fragmented and broken than any southern European country.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Scowcroft</title>
		<link>http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/30/pawns/#comment-109595</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Scowcroft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Xenos,

&lt;blockquote&gt;Now, in the modern world Greeks have nothing but problems with their out-of-date conceptions.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The only person having problems with their out-ofdate conceptions are bigots like you. Your ethnic stereotyping reside firmly in the Middle Ages.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Basically, Greece has to drop its 19th century racism and move into the twentieth century and face certain facts.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

There is only one person who needs drop the racism.. we all know who that is...

Your hatred of greece is truly saddening. You somehow perceive that southern European people have not evolved and their culture is inherently inferior and primitive – there can be no greater example of racism than your inability to find ONE redeeming feature of a culture that you live and work amongst. There can be no greater example of your bigotry than that. 

Anyone who doubts that you have an obssessive and hysterical hatred of Greeks has only to take a gander at this thread:

http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/19/open-thread-8/

You couldn’t even write ONE positive thing about Greeks and their culture. That says it all. 

Tell us one more time how &quot;respected&quot; you are in Greece and how you &quot;know Greece&quot; and how &quot;every educated Greek agrees&quot; with you. ...we&#039;ve heard it all before....you&#039;re just a miserable Brit who&#039;s gone abroad and thinks he can civilise the natives and then patronise them on blogs such as this...Get over yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Xenos,</p>
<blockquote><p>Now, in the modern world Greeks have nothing but problems with their out-of-date conceptions.</p></blockquote>
<p>The only person having problems with their out-ofdate conceptions are bigots like you. Your ethnic stereotyping reside firmly in the Middle Ages.</p>
<blockquote><p>Basically, Greece has to drop its 19th century racism and move into the twentieth century and face certain facts.</p></blockquote>
<p>There is only one person who needs drop the racism.. we all know who that is&#8230;</p>
<p>Your hatred of greece is truly saddening. You somehow perceive that southern European people have not evolved and their culture is inherently inferior and primitive – there can be no greater example of racism than your inability to find ONE redeeming feature of a culture that you live and work amongst. There can be no greater example of your bigotry than that. </p>
<p>Anyone who doubts that you have an obssessive and hysterical hatred of Greeks has only to take a gander at this thread:</p>
<p><a href="http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/19/open-thread-8/" rel="nofollow">http://deviousdiva.com/2009/06/19/open-thread-8/</a></p>
<p>You couldn’t even write ONE positive thing about Greeks and their culture. That says it all. </p>
<p>Tell us one more time how &#8220;respected&#8221; you are in Greece and how you &#8220;know Greece&#8221; and how &#8220;every educated Greek agrees&#8221; with you. &#8230;we&#8217;ve heard it all before&#8230;.you&#8217;re just a miserable Brit who&#8217;s gone abroad and thinks he can civilise the natives and then patronise them on blogs such as this&#8230;Get over yourself.</p>
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