A comment on the boston.com site -
"I have read a lot of interesting views here, i only have three comments for you... I'm Greek too, however I see things from a different perspective... First of all, i can not blame all these people for the rage they feel after the boy was killed, it is totally justifiable, but i believe that the way they choose to express it has absolutely the opposite effect.. now people are terrified even to go to a demonstration, and riots give the government the opportunity to use even more violence to restore order (many grreks even support this view!). Secondly, one must separate the spontaneous reaction of many young people from the organized moves of so called anarchists (everybody in Greece knows some of them have links with the secret service, there are even photos of hooded persons among policemen!). Thirdly, in my opinion, a true revolutionary does not wear hoods to hide their face, they struggle with pride for what they believe is just. Look at what has happened the last few days.. so much has been said about the riots, has anybody said anything about the tens of thousands of people who have demonstrated with a clear face, spreading their claims, convincing other people to struggle with them? in my opinion, those are the true heroes, the true revolutionaries, those who understand that things like that will always happen unless we create a different society, unless we overthrow the system. And those people will continue fighting until the final victory, while the others will soon get tired and stop. that's exactly what the system wants, it wants young people to express their fury now, let off steam now, and then get disappointed and go home. I know some of you may disagree, but this is the truth as I see it."
Beautifully said.
