Thank You

My apologies to everyone commenting here for not being around… again. I have so many things going on in my personal life that my head is spinning a bit and I have not been able to even read all your comments properly, let alone formulate “proper” content. I will post something about what is going on in the background at a later date when I can be more definite about decisions that are being made. I don’t mean to be so cryptic but this is a delicate time for me and my family and I don’t want to disclose anything until we are sure of those decisions.

I just wanted to make one thing clear for now. I do not think that Greece is a more racist country than any other. My problem with Greece is its complete denial of racism. Over the last four years, I have been called racist by a few people here because I “pick on” Greece. Let me just state this again…

I live here.
I love Greece.
I have so many amazing Greek friends and have met so many incredible Greek people that I find it hard to imagine living anywhere else.

BUT…

Because I live here

Because I have experienced racism here

Because I expect something more from a country that COULD have used the mistakes of other EU countries to be better

Because I believe that being part of the European Union should be more than financial

…I started this blog.

I felt passionate about the call for human rights in Greece four years ago. I had hope. I am losing some of that hope now. I am losing hope because of the Greek government/authorities complete disregard for law and (in the end) for humanity, not because I hate Greek people.

There are MANY, MANY examples of Greek people coming together and helping disadvantaged Greeks, children, the homeless, immigrants and all those less fortunate than themselves. If I have failed in one area (and there are others), it is because I have not focused enough time/posts on them.

If you look back on my early posts you will see that what I am saying is true. I am not saying this in hindsight: My main problem with Greece is it’s denial of racism.

I will update you on my personal situation when I know more. I will really try to respond to your comments but if I don’t, please don’t take offense…. I have grown to like many of you here and I appreciate that those who hold unpopular views have made this blog quite popular (sorry cyd! lol)

I’ll be back when I can. Thank you for your patience…. again!