[LurkedLongEnough]

I find it interesting how this story is being told in German newspapers. Here is an English excerpt from Der Spiegel (the headline is more to the point than most everything else I've read in US media):

Riots Throw Greece into Deep Democratic Crisis

There's violence on the streets and distrust is growing: The serious riots are merely the visible manifestation a far deeper loss of faith in the government. Many normal Greeks share the same views as the Black Bloc anarchists: They consider the country's elite to be corrupt and incompetent.

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It's the daily dose of anarchy in Athens, that entered into its fifth day on Wednesday.

The Greek riots are a textbook example of how deep a country can sink if it lacks democracy's most important element, the support and acceptance of its people. The scales of democracy have tipped here, and one inevitably gets the impression these days that there are few left who still trust the government to find the right path. Their experiences with its scandals, cronyism and corruption are too deeply seated. And it is in their unanimous rejection of the elite that both business people and the Black Bloc anarchists have found common ground.

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At noon on the streets, though, the calls were "Pigs, swines, murders!"

[fishhound]

Danke.