Showing posts with label fascists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fascists. Show all posts

Friday, June 8, 2012

Why is running good for you




A friend of mine wants to lose weight. Everyone else thinks she doesn't! We tell her she's sexy being slightly curvy... She's joining me when I run now! I told her that if we run we'll have a firm butt and we'll be able to eat more! What else can you ask for?
We get so excited that we have to keep ourselves from NOT following the schedule and not running more than we're supposed to! We check out the hot guys in the park, the other girls running.

At the last Greek elections there was a big rise of the neo-nazi party. They managed to enter the parliament with 7%. This criminal group has been stabbing, hitting, attempting to murder immigrants and leftists for many years. Now, for the first time their elected representative threw a glass of water on a female opponent and hit another one on a live TV show. I don't know why people are shocked more by some water than the fact that this guy has a pending trial for assault and robbery. The "surprising" factor is that for the first time they did it on national live TV.
A male friend of mine wrote an article about it saying that the attack was "ανανδρη" (literally, it means "not manly", metaphorically, it means "cowardly". I pointed out the sexism of his title, the fact that being noble and fair is a "manly" quality. He said that too much political-correctness is castrating the language. He pointed out the irony in his remark. Well played, my friend, well played...

The incident has been reproduced many times but here's a link with English subs


The fact is, that more and more people feel threatened by them, and the neo-nazis feel that they have total immunity. Lately they "warned" the gay community by throwing flyers at a gay-friendly area of Athens saying "after the immigrants, you're next" .
This Saturday there's the Gay Pride Athens parade. My lesbian friend says that apart from her being critic against it, she's too scared to go because of the threats. I also think the Pride Parade is lacking a political target, it's a harmless parade, but on the other hand, I'm sick of these neo-nazi bastards intimidating people.

This week I'm doing my long >40min walk at the Parade.
And if things get tough, I can always run!