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"Motorists Advocate J.H.P" wrote:

> "sanjian"
>
> > > Your Greek example does not surprise me.  On Australia's 60 Minutes
> > program
> > > last night, was the story of the concern about the 'lack' of Greek
> > > preparation for the 2004 Olympics.  At one point the coverage shows a
> > > demonstration of stomping leftist militants locked arm to arm carrying
> > anti
> > > American banners with the swastika emblazoned over the U.S flag.  Loud
> and
> > > forceful.
> > >
> > > Of interest was that the demonstrations included a few military
> personnel,
> > > navy, army and air force uniforms.  Now that is an interesting view.  I
> > > would have thought military personnel would have been subject to
> 'service'
> > > rules forbidding them from public demonstrations.
> >
> > You would be right.  Chances are, those were not actual U.S. servicemen,
> or
> > if they were, they've been awarded 60 days restriction, 60 days extra
> > duties, forfeiture of half pay for two months, reduction in rate, and a
> Bad
> > Conduct Discharge.  When we pulled into Crete, there was a mandatory
> > briefing for every crew member that went over stuff like that.  And yes,
> we
> > were protested all three days we were in port.  Fortunatly Xania police
> and
> > shore patrol kept things under control.
>
> No, these were not US servicemen but Greek, uniformed and with rank!!
> Greece seems a basket case of unusual hard leftist politics, each competing
> faction doing so with passion and violence.

My wife and I passed through Greece a few years ago as tourists.  The people I
met were mostly cordial except at the National Museum.  There we tried to
purchase some knick knacks and the clerks refused us service rather snottily.
We never did figure that one out.  Were we intruding upon some bureaucratic
lunch hour, or had no one told those people what they were there for?   I
suppose I'll never know.

>
>
> > > Security will be an issue.  The program announced a Greek government
> > > expenditure of  A$1billion on security for the games, video surveillance
> > and
> > > so on.
> R.
> Jeremy.
> MA
> jpkt@wxc.com.au