| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| Hold the Security - Greece proposes Olympic truce! |
| 2003-09-27 |
| Forget Munich; we should all be friends... Greece has made a stand for Hey, maybe even Sammy’ll turn up to watch the massacre. In introducing the resolution, the Greek foreign minister said it would create "a vital window of opportunity for the Who’s the greater fool, the fool or the cloud-dweller who follows the fool? "If we could have peace for 16 days, maybe, just maybe, that we can have it forever," said Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou in his address at the 58th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday. Is this what passes for realpolitik for Greeks nowadays? No wonder they love the EU... The ancient peace tradition was revived in 1992, when the International Olympic Committee launched an appeal for the observance of the Olympic truce. At that time it helped allow athletes from the former Yugoslav republics to join the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. We had World Peace (TM). Damn! I missed it! "The call to observe the Olympic truce is an appeal for the Games to silence the guns - all over the world," said UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "It gives parties in violent conflict a reason to pause, to provide relief to suffering populations, to reflect on the misery of war, and to open dialogue." "Fluffy kittens and puppies will learn that fighting is not the answer. Likewise, terrorists and fanatics will become moderates and devote their lives to balloon sculpture." Mr Papandreou said the truce - a United Nations ...all toghether now: "Kumbaya..." |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #12 "If we could have peace for 16 days...we can have it forever" Can I sue Mr. Papandreou for causing an intense pain in my sides from laughing so hard? |
| Posted by: Stephen 2003-9-27 10:13:48 PM |
| #11 The reason this worked in Classical Greece is that all the states that sent contestants were co-religionists; if you broke the truce, not only the rest of Greeece but also the gods would be on your case. Unfortunately, not the case here and now... and I do mean unfortunately. I'd like to think such things were possible and we could get the world thru a fortnight without multiple stories about wormfood being generated thru modern chemistry and politics. But those days are gone if they ever existed outside romantic fiction. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2003-9-27 6:23:26 PM |
| #10 *Sigh* No comment until Aris comments. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-9-27 3:52:05 PM |
| #9 ..Actually, this may not be so much a plea for World Peace(tm), but a desperate plea on the part of the Greek leadership to the gunnies - 'For Zeus' sake, don't f**k this up!!!' The Greeks are notoriously lax when it comes to the terrs, and they sure as heck aren't going to crack down on them and risk getting their own backsides chewed up. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2003-9-27 2:37:58 PM |
| #8 The US athletes will be booed unmercifully in Greece. Not that it has much to do with Bush or the WOT, because our athletes were booed pretty badly (even our women athletes) at the Sydney games in 2000 -- and the Clintons were prez at the time. |
| Posted by: g wiz 2003-9-27 1:05:47 PM |
| #7 What the Greeks are really afraid of, and this truce BS proves it, are Catholics and other stuges of the Vatican causing a ruckus. The Pope knows this and does nothing to prevent it. His Bishops preach hatred of the Orthodox and a blind devotion to the papacy and latin superiorty. I could go on and on but you folks know the story. But ever since the 72 olympics, when the catholics took the Greek fencing team hostage, there has been and continues to be a security problem in hosting the olympics. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-9-27 12:40:48 PM |
| #6 Telly-Tubby Hug Got any idea how much C4 Tinky Wink could carry in that purse? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-9-27 12:37:09 PM |
| #5 Telly-Tubby Hug |
| Posted by: rg117 2003-9-27 12:00:45 PM |
| #4 Sounds like the Greeks are scared and/or don't have their shit together. |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-9-27 10:57:32 AM |
| #3 A two week Hunda where we can't kill terrorists while they realign. Gimme a break. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-27 10:38:01 AM |
| #2 peace, hope, and understanding are great, but I'll take a firearm and kevlar over them, thank you very much Kofi |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-27 10:18:45 AM |
| #1 to provide relief to suffering populations, to reflect on the misery of war, and to open dialogue What, no call for the US to disarm??? No blatant anti-American propaganda??? C'mon Kofi... you're slipping. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-9-27 7:13:56 AM |