Tuesday 1 January 2013

Fear is a non-existent Fantasma

An unrealistic perception of life is the basis of fear. People are not willing to live, people are not willing to die. Τhat was, is and will be, their whole predicament, and yours and mine, right now. Fear exists simply because you are not living with life. You are living in your mind. Your fear is always about what's going to happen next. That means your fear is always about that which does not exist. If your fear is about that which is non-existent, your fear is 100% imaginary. If you are suffering from the non-existential, ...we call that insanity. So, people may be in just socially accepted levels of insanity. But if you are afraid or if you are suffering from anything which does not exist, it amounts to insanity, doesn't it? People are always suffering, either about what happened yesterday or what may happen tomorrow. So your suffering is always about that which does not exist: Simply because you are not rooted in reality. You are always rooted in your mind. Mind, is -- one part of it is memory, another part of it is imagination. Both of them are in a way imagination, because both of them don't exist right now. Hence, when you fear, you are lost in your imagination -- that's the basis of your fear. If you are rooted in reality, there will be no fear. And if you are rooted in reality, you will live with utter love. And your imagination shall be projected and materialize into a new reality. A new simulacrum. A new eidolon. A latreia for the eidolon of the mind. You may wonder, thus why fear-mongering news is so effective.

- Some yogi's words adapted

Tuesday 28 February 2012

Democracy? Think again.


The following article at the bottom of this post, impelled me to write all this.

Too long has this word " Democracy" been spewed around without anyone taking heed of how erroneously it is used for everything irrelevant to its purpose, rendering it a religioesque umbrella-term whose social monitoring power ranges from talking against fascism or terrorism to imposing stricter legislation that take away your freedoms in the name of security. Democracy is the biggest hoax ever created. And it is so only because it is the easiest way to appease the sheep that comprise the social mass. Every political shepherd-leader uses it as a scapegoat and a panacea to cloak under its "holy" name a political correctness which no one is ever allowed to speak against. It gets tiresome. Thus, in the name of democracy we have unfathomable evil and crimes committed, much like the christian church and islam mosques have used their doctrine to sway the masses for an idea, demonizing everyone and anyone who opposes our financial interests, branding them terrorists or extremists, because if anyone ever speaks against this "democracy", he or she will be reprimanded and chastised at once, not only even by those in power, but epseically also by the very blinded sheep in the lower strata who by fighting to maintain this system are in effect fighting to remain enslaved. In turn, under this pervasive notion of "democracy", we have absurdly and erroneously conflated it with the idea of voting so as to elect representatives, to the point that not only they have become synonymous, but worst of all, the idea of voting is used as though it is some kind of holly term that must be evangelized to the entire planet. Gentlemen, and ladies, this is the best trick ever devised to control the masses that has ever been opposed on humanity. Worst that religion itself, for its sinister ideology poses as something that seemingly is religious-free, yet comprises of all teh characteristics that define a religion: blind faith, with illogical adherence to supernatural attributes that could confer upon us true joy and an elated harmonious society. Alas, if only this were true. I have yet to see history not show more crime and injustice in democratic societies compared to periods of tyranny itself. The only difference is that Democracy uses nice words to oppress you worsly, and mentally, while tyranny merely uses physical violence. For this reason, we can surmise, democracy, and representative democracy for that matter, is the worst form of tyranny ever devised.

For the record, true democracy has NEVER existed. Ever. Even in ancient Athens, which is the society that spawned the very idea of democracy. It only existed for about 80 years in total, and in those eighty years, it was only the right of those who were male citizens to vote (although this is rightfully and justifiably so back then given the specific circumstances in ancient Athens, because, for example, only the men would fight battles, and hence only they should decide, and knew what was at stake in order to decide for or what should be done concerning matters of the state, ). Nonetheless, as absurd as it may sound, so long as they are active members of society, today both men and women should have the right to vote. By extension, voting should not involve electing representatives, but should concern a direct, local and regional decision-making for matters that concern only those involved. Those who are imprisoned or unemployed, for instance, should not have the right to vote, for they are NOT contributing to society, and hence should not have the right to partake in the decision-making process that shapes the lives of the rest who comprise a society towards which those others do not contribute. At first thought you may deem this idea to be completely absurd, because you cannot remove all the brainwashing that has been instilled in your puny brain from the cradle, but take a step back and ponder this idea for a moment; in deed, democracy would immediately become exponentially more effective by this change alone, because the right to vote, SHOULD BE EARNED, and voting should NOT concern electing representatives, while it should also only concern the very region and very people who are partaking in this decision process and are the ones who are immdiately affected, granting them thus the true power to shape their lives any way they see fit, instead of being told how it should all come together, be this as simple as creating roads, or as complex as how taxes should be allocated fairly.

Sure enough, true democracy necessitates that the DEMOS (the people) possess the CRATOS (the power/state), which should be directly held by the people without any intermediaries, mediators or representatives. The very fact alone that in today's so called "democracy", which is only a system that is democratic only by name, we have the worst oxymoron of all: "representative democracy". Yet how can the people have true direct power if they are represented? The clown who began it all was Louis the IV, who, seeing that his kingdom was in danger, sought to appease all the starved rioting peasants by giving them a fantastic illusion: the delusion that they have power, so they shut up and their rebellion was effectively quelled. The morons. The only thing they actually did was to vote so as to elect some dude, by choosing among five or six other dudes whom the king and his court had put forth as candidates a priori, and the elected candidate would merely be the minister or adviser to the king, who in turn, could or could not choose to listen to what his advisory and his joke of a cabinet proposed. The practical upshot of this wondrous social engineering manipulation is that Louis' idea spread like widlfire amongst all other kingdoms in Europe, who were all more or less facing similar problems of upheaval to some extent, and they adopted the same trick. The whole gimmick is laughable to this very day. I mean The president of the united states is not a true emperor only because he doesn't have the title attached to his name. Or do youo really think that your prime minister is not a king for all intents and pruposes?

You see, even if "representative democracy" could be justified logically, who is to say that I want to vote any of the idiots who are up there posing as candidates? Why can't we nominate anyone we want and vote for them? Who chose these specific five or six clowns to be eligible to ask for our votes? I certainly didn't, did you? What guarantees do I have that by choosing between A, B, or C candidate, that I am not effectively choosing between a set of concealed sames, that is, whether i am choosing in effect between people who are nascently in accord with one another's agenda or in league with a plan to work for the interests of some other, more powerful, rich men? Here is how downright idiotic and illogical democracy is: let's say we have a dog who promises that he is a male dog. in fact he swears by god he is a male dog, and that if you choose him as your chosen-one, your elect pet, he will do all the tricks in the book. In turn, we decide to vote on whether all this is true, so we can decide if he will turn out to keep his promises. You vote "male" and that you want the dog for a pet. I vote "female" but that I also want the dog for a pet. Your sister votes "neuter" and that she doesn't want it for a pet, and your mom votes "blank" and also voids her vote concerning hwether she wants the dog for a pet. So is the dog male or female? And if we end up adopting him as our chosen pet, will the dog actually do all the tricks he promised? Well, bang me please, because I never thought casting votes could predict the outcome of someone's promises, or if there is any validity in this idiocy of pluralism we have been taught since we were children in objectively discerning the truth, let alone the future. We have the illusion that some clown will actually be able to take better decisions for our interests, and that we ourselves cannot be bothered to decide about these matters. Thus, likewise, you have some clown-dog politician, begging for you to throw him a bone of a vote, while he promises to fix this or that, and  then you vote for him, and he just does butt all of what he promised, or even does the very opposite of what he promised in effect working for some scum masonic guild or selling out your country to serve the interests of some international banker, and in fact turns out to be not a loyal politician-dog, but a cunning politician-cat. Meanwhile you have the illusion of mental masturbation which governs your thinking process since you were a child, that you are ostensibly changing something with your vote, when even the very system of voting is without any shadow of doubt rigged, to the point that my pet monkey wonders how the hell do people like G. Bush ever got elected... well the system is such that you can count certain votes in certain ways that even if he did not receive enough votes from the people to become emperor, he received enough votes from the legions, sorry I meant regions. the rules of elected representative democracy are like monopoly or some board game, in fact; the whole process has so many rules and clauses or windows that those running for office can practically (re-)elect anyone they want. In fact, how is it fair, for instance, if a party that received 42% can rule the rest of the 58% which was discorded and spread thin across all the rest of the several remaining parties? This is the very definition of tyranny. In fact this idiotic mentality IS ever prevalent in Canada. Think about it: you have a minority who argue for their stupid rights that concern no one else but their severe minority (all the while they also want to have no responsibilities) and the vast majority must, and has to, make way to please them. For the love of Jesus Christ, Buddha, Allah, Satan or whatever you believe in, if there is ever any logic in this, can you not see that you have exceedingly distorted the notion of democracy in your mind, when the very word itself is devoid of its very meaning? In our country, we have made it so, that if you are male, white, healthy and young, you are at a disadvantage. If you are an old, unhealthy, native female, you'll probably get a job, even if she is not qualified and can't use a computer. Democracy? That's god damn communism, not a social state. What??? It's true. At long last someone has to break this stupid political correctness and speak up. Brand it with these fear-mongering anti-hitler-residue titles "fascist' and such balls. It isn't, in any way. It merely wants true equality. I'm not saying we should not help our fellow citizens in need, but we should not go to the other extreme either, where we are disillusioned to think that such a misbalance of opportunity in life should be counterbalanced by depriving those who could offer more and truly be productive, be they white, black, native or female, gay or whatever. They shoudl have opportunities ONLY if they DESERVE it. The very fact alone that they get opportunities merely because of their race, sex, or sexual orientation IS THE VERY NOTION OF RACISM, because in fact you are discriminating favoritely for someone based on these attributes. Why do you think that racism is only when you discriminate negatively, to the disadvantage of some people? Racism is also a fact when you discriminate positively, as it is likewise to the disadvantage of some other people. No discrimination of any kind based on race or sex and the such, be it positive or negative, should be extant in our society, if we ever want equality. I never took anyone's land for insatance. Why the hell should I have to pay 150 bucks for my glasses and pay thousands for my education, when someone else gets all this for free because just because of their race, and merely because some british or french dude took someone's land nearly three hundred years ago? Or do you think it is fair that this economic black hole in the finances of our social system will be sustainable for the years to come when every clown uses his 2-year old daughter's treaty number to buy booze and cigarretes for himself and his friends? Give me a break. Does the truth HURT? SOMEONE MUST say it without fear of political correctness, this cancer of a notion for our society, which is the worst censorship of our times, an insiduous and subconscious mechanism to impose self-monitoring to the detriment of justice, true genuine equality and logic itself. At the current rate, the way we are granting treaty rights, every person, white or native, is abusing our social system, striving to intermarry with natives so they can enjoy tax cuts, without any moral qualms, and in about 4-5 generations more than half of Canada will be traty-status. This is unsustainable. Who is going to pay taxes? Why do some people get GST cheques, for instance, when in fact they DO NOT pay GST?  How illogical is that? So what in the name of fairness we become unfair? This is akin to saying we should fuck in the name of virginity. Go to war in the name of peace. Kill in the name of Christ.

Beyond this subject, generally speaking once more, in deed, in the name of equality we have created the worst inequality. Just as in the name of fighting patriarchy, we have created matriarchy.. At large, in Canada, we oscillate from one extreme to the other, merely producing the other side of the same coin. We are fighting oppression, by oppressing. Is this democracy? What democracy do we have in this country when the Quebecois, for instance, DO NOT respect the laws of our federation, which dictate that ALL OF US MUST have bilingual roadsigns, and their province outwardly neglects this, so every single road sign is ONLY in French? What an infuriating situation, getting lost every single time. Having this homogeneity in road signs or other such basic bilingual elements that are a commodity regardless fo cultural background, would not imply that the rest of Canada wants to anglicize them, nor that the rest of us want to destroy our French element, which I and nearly all of us would agree that we are pround to have (so long as I do not see that idiot Sarcozi on the front page of our Quebec newspapers every morning I take the metro in Montreal... Jesus, otherwise I feel like I'm somehere in Europe, not in Canada...). What i;m saying, is that we must all adhere to TRUE equality FOR ALL AND EVERYONE in this great land of ours, CANADA, without discriminations, if we want to be ONE true nation, and not a mosaic of disparate citizens, akin to our corporate-state-of-a-country neighbor to the south. Because being merely CITIZENS differs dramatically and is in stark contrast with being a NATION. We will never have true democracy if we are ONLY citizens, and not a nation. For what really defines us all as Canadian at present? What? Beer, moose, Tim Hortons? What do we ALL have in common at present? This is the sad truth dear reader. We are merely CITIZENS, not a NATION, collectively at large. And some politicians are prostituting our ideals so as to serve the interests of international banks. How dare this HARPER guy speak about democracy??? His words are travesty. In the name of Democracy HE has raped Canada not few a time in the past. Why have we forgotten the scandals he and others were involved in? I despise international banks and their puppets. So should you. I am weary of their embellished words, which employ the very ideals you and I uphold, democracy and the such, and distort them as leverage, so as to make me believe in their cunning plans to take more freedom away from me! And all the scum who want to keep us thinking we are different, in the name of some kind of distorted fairness, may bark all they want that it is logical to be partial to one or the other minority and discriminat against the majority.

If you want true Democracy, voting should NOT be a CHOICE, but MANDATORY. And it should NOT concern electing representatives, but it should involve making decisions directly at a local and regional level, with only rotating "custodians" who are merely and ONLY administrators of social wealth and interest and utterly accountable for their actions, to the point that if they do something wrong, they should be tried just like every other citizen, explicitly because their actions and mistakes may be detrimental to millions of people, and as such, their mistakes are worse than any crime.

So, YES MR. HARPER. DISSENT IS VITAL TO DEMOCRACY. VERY MUCH INDEED. Dissent with everyone who rapes ours and natives' land for oil, when we have all the resources to go Green. I am disgusted to even hear Harper is literally prostituting the term democracy so as to make us side in support of his party, using our very beliefs and ideals, such as a greener future, as leverage and the medium through which he can maintain support. This of course, does not mean I support anyone else. I would go as far as to say that they are all dirt, for i have yet to meet a politician who is not a liar. i know not of any politican who is not a solicitor support using our very own ideals as leverage and then spitting on them. The profession of "politician" should be banned, lest we end up sooner than later with a global government run by banks with puppets, these professional politicians. If only everyone would adhere to virtue and logic alone, and not befall prey to the interests of a few rich men puppet masters, swayed by the promises of the election campaigns of their puppets.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/mr-harper-dissent-is-vital-to-democracy/article2349447/

Mr. Harper, dissent is vital to democracy
BRUCE COX
Special to Globe and Mail Update
Published Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 2:00AM EST
Last updated Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 9:55AM EST
327 comments

As leader of the opposition, Stephen Harper was clear on the vital role of dissent in a democracy: “When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid dissent is frankly when it’s rapidly losing its moral authority to govern.”

In power, however, Mr. Harper’s Conservatives seem to have taken a page out of a U.S. election campaign: Smear your opponents early and often to avoid dealing with the substance of their arguments. Think of the advertising campaigns against Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, “Taliban Jack,” or more recently, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’s demand that the opposition “either stand with us, or with the child pornographers.”

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What should alarm those concerned about Canada’s democracy, however, is how the Conservatives have brought this election war-room mentality into government itself. Rather than engaging with citizens or organizations who disagree with their policies, Mr. Harper’s government has sought to attack, even criminalize them.

One example is the government’s recent revision of its anti-terrorism legislation to include environmental groups as a potential threat, even though there is no evidence of any Canadian environmental group ever employing violence. And recently, this paper revealed that assessments by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have labelled Greenpeace – a group founded on the Quaker principles of non-violence and refusing to turn a blind eye to the abuses of those in power – an “extremist” organization.

The academic who uncovered this evidence made the link back to Greenpeace’s opposition to the expansion of the Alberta tar sands. Prof. Jeff Monaghan of Queen’s University noted that government rhetoric around Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and “the frequent use of words like ‘radicalism’ and ‘extremism’ to characterize opposition” is being used to legitimize taxpayer-funded surveillance of vocal political opponents, such as environmental groups. Other published reports indicate that the security services are reporting on their findings from such surveillance operations to private-sector corporations, including a presentation to “energy sector stakeholders” in November, 2011.

This attack on Greenpeace is simply one part of a broader, well-orchestrated campaign against anyone who questions the wisdom of tripling the size of the tar sands or building the new pipelines this requires.

We have seen this building over the past few years, but the campaign began to roll out in earnest in early January, when Mr. Harper expressed his concern about “foreign money” influencing Canadian energy policy. He was not referring to the foreign money represented by multinational oil companies or state-owned Chinese firms, but rather to U.S. charitable foundations supporting Canadian environmental groups’ efforts to protect globally significant ecosystems.

Three days later, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver accused environmental groups of being foreign-funded puppets looking to “hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda.” Their crime was to participate, according to the rules established by federal law, in the environmental assessment of a new pipeline that would stretch from the Edmonton area across the Rockies and through the Great Bear Rainforest, bringing more than 200 oil tankers a year along B.C.’s pristine coast.

Next, there were the behind-the-scenes threats to change the legislation governing charities. This has already had a chilling effect, as groups have been weighing the loss of their charitable status as retaliation for speaking out against the tar sands or the Enbridge pipeline. Then, a Conservative MP publicly announced his intent to bring in a private member’s bill that would prevent environmental groups from receiving foreign financial support, even as the Prime Minister went to China to try to encourage foreign investment in the tar sands.

Digging deeper, Greenpeace obtained internal government documents under the Access to Information Act that detailed how Ottawa actively works with oil companies to attack environmental laws in Europe and the United States, laws that would force tar-sands companies to clean up their act. Rather than introducing measures to reduce pollution, the federal government has chosen to join – at the invitation of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers – a public-relations campaign to “turn up the volume” in support of the tar sands at home and abroad.

The federal government’s own “Pan-European Oil Sands Advocacy Strategy” document divides Canadians into two camps. “Allies” include the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, business groups and the National Energy Board. Environmental and aboriginal groups are identified as “adversaries.”

What’s good for oil companies isn’t always what is good for the country. Canadians need to send a clear message to Mr. Harper’s government: Building and governing a nation differs from running an election campaign. It requires, at minimum, an acknowledgment that those who disagree with you are still part of the community.

Bruce Cox is executive director of Greenpeace Canada.

Saturday 28 January 2012

ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΦΟΙΒΟ ΠΑΠΥΡΟΣ ΟΞΥΡΥΓΧΟΥ. ΥΜΝΟΣ 12 (IΙΙ 273-?)

ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΦΟΙΒΟ
ΠΑΠΥΡΟΣ ΟΞΥΡΥΓΧΟΥ. ΥΜΝΟΣ 12 (IΙΙ 273-?)

<Ἐλθέ, μάκαρ Παιάν> πανυπέρτατ’, ἐμοὶ ἐπ[άρηξον],
<δεῦρ΄, ἐλθών μοι, χρυσοκό>μα ϊεω επι Παιάν,
αὐτός ἄναξ μολπῆς, μόλε μοι],
[—π]ανυπέρτατ’, ἐμοὶ ἐπ[άρηξον]
.ω......... .μα ϊεω επι Παιάν
.ϊοευηϊη......η, πολυώνυμε,
ϊοαυ[.ακρακ]αναρβα, Φοῖβε,
[μ]αντοσύναισιν̣ [ἐπί]ρροθε, Φοῖβε Ἀπόλλ[ον],
[Λ]ητοΐδη ἑκάεργε, [θε]οπρόπε, δεῦρ’ ἄγε, δε[ῦρο],
δεῦρ’ ἄγε, θεσπίζω[ν], μαντεύεο νυκτὸς ἐ[ν ὥ]ρῃ.’
εἶτα λέγε μελετῶν [τοῦ]το· εη· ϊε ϊε ηϊ ϊω εη· ϊε ϊε ηϊ ϊω εη·
ϊε ϊε ηϊ ϊωϊαωιη· ϊυη· εη· ϊε ϊε ηϊ ϊω
ϊα ϊαω· ϊαω η ϊα ϊαω· ϊαω ϊα ϊαω· ϊαω εη· ϊε ϊε [...] ο̣υω.’
εἶτα πρὸς κατά[δυσ]ιν ἡλίου ἐξαιτοῦ πάλιν·
‘κλῦθί μευ, ἀργυρό[τοξ]ε, ὃς Χρύσην ἀμφιβέ[βηκ]ας
Κίλλαν τε ζαθέην [Τε]νέδοιό τε ἶφι ἀνάσσεις’,
χρυσοφαῆ, λαῖλ[α]ψ καὶ Πυθολέτα μεσεγκριφι,
Λατῶε σιαωθ’ Σ[αβ]αώθ, Μελιοῦχε, τύραννε,
πευχρη, νυκτε[ρόφ]οιτε σεσεγγενβαρφαραγης
καὶ αρβεθ’, ωπολλ̣ορφε, φιλαίματε, Ἀρβαθιαω,
Σμινθεῦ, εἴ ποτ[έ τ]οι χαρίεντ’ ἐπὶ βωμὸν ἔρεψα,
ἢ εἰ δή ποτέ τοι κ[ατ]ὰ πίονα μηρί’ ἔκηα
ταύρων ἠδ’ α[ἰγ]ῶν, τόδε μοι κρήηνο[ν] ἐέλδωρ.
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Come blessed Paian,] most supreme, [help] me;
come hither to me, golden-tressed] IEO (YHWH), e'en thou, Paian,
the very lord of song, come thou to me,]
"...most supreme, [help] me;
... IEO, e'en thou, Paian,
... O Phobos, many-named.
O Phoibos, sing out clear with presages, Phoibos Apollo,
Leto's son, far-worker, Hither, come hither,
hither come; respond with prophecies, give presage in night's hour."
Then speak, declaiming this: εη· ϊε ϊε ηϊ ϊω[..]ϊαωιη· ϊυη·
ϊα ϊαω· ϊαω η.....ο̣υω.
Then at sunset make your request again:
"Hear me, god of the silver bow, who stand protector
of Chryse and holy Cilla and are the mightly lord of Tenedos,
gold-shining, hurricane and dragon-slayer, μεσεγκριφι,
Leto's son, σιαωθ’ Σ[αβ]αώθ, Μελιοῦχε, ruler,
πευχρη, night-wanderer, σεσεγγενβαρφαραγης,
αρβεθ’, ωπολλ̣ορφε (Apollo-orpheus*), φιλαίματε, Ἀρβαθιαω,
Smintheus, if e'er I've roofed a pleasing shrine for you,
or if I've ever burned for you fat thighs
of bulls or goats, grant this my prayer."

CHRONOS - ΧΡΟΝΟΣ

Chronos
Treacherous, with gifts of youth he seduces;
in haste we fly.
Hollow the hour, with teeth of memories she eats;
insatiable, we cry.
Oh stream, menacingly cruel flow
tantalizingly slow, meticulously fast,
uncontrollable;
Monoecious, you carry us all.
Tremendously vast, and to go back,
impossible.
A dragon you have,
the guard of a precious,
the gold, the rise, your immortality.
Daedaline, you grant delight your very daughters;
moments for us we rape; our vast infinity,
our finitude.
But you escape all.
Treacherous with our plans,
fierce with our moments,
they eat us alive with their teeth; revengeful
our children seconds,
passersby of each experience,
pinch of spice within their father's endless yawn
our meaningful vanity.
Pity not to foresee,
lament to remember;
Even the grief you give you erode. Insatiable.
Elated gallivants in your incessant flow,
Treacherous, you grind us.
Helpless swimmers you leave us,
Silent, you pass us
slow in your spiralling flow, in stealth;
Expedient pour in your abysmal sea.
A rustle we are. Quick so fast and still.

Chronos, vast.
the unyielding, the precise;
I shall steal your precious cloth-of-gold.
Your reject child,
Mnemosene, she is my aid.
and Kleos, she is my secret burrowed path.
A wooden gift I bring inside your home, an idol;
I forged it to represent all.
Timelessness is my work's name.

SCHOLIA ON ARISTOTLE'S METAPHYSICS - ΣΧΟΛΙΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΥΣΙΚΑ

Αίτιον.
Τας αυτάς σημασίας, τας οποίας έχει η αρχή, έχει καὶ το αίτιον, διότι πάντα τα αίτια είναι αρχαί. Πάσαι αι αρχαί είναι το πρώτον εκ του οποίου υπάρχει εν πράγμα, ή γίνεται, ή γνωρίζεται. Και άλλαι μεν είναι εντός, άλλαι δε εκτός των πραγμάτων. Είναι δε τέσσαρα τα αίτια : 1ον) η ύλη πράγματός τινος· λ. χ. ο χαλκός είναι ύλη του ανδριάντος· 2ον) το είδος και το πρότυπον αυτού, δηλ. η έννοια και η ουσία του πράγματος λ. χ. του ανδριάντος· 3ον) η αρχή της κινήσεως και της μεταβολής· λ.χ. ο ανδριαντοποιός· και 4ον) ο σκοπός και τα μέσα της εκτελέσεως του· π.χ. η υγίεια είναι ο σκοπός του περιπάτου και μέσα είναι τα φάρμακα και η κάθαρσις κλπ. Τα τέσσαρα λοιπόν αίτια είναι το υλικόν, το ειδικόν, το ποιητικόν (και δημιουργικόν καθεαυτό) και το τελικόν (ου ένεκεν).

Τέλειον.
1ον) το έχον πάντα τα μέρη του· 2ον) ό,τι έφθασεν εις το άκρον και εν γένει ό,τι δεν ημπορεί να υπερβληθή υπό άλλου εις το είδος του· λ. χ. τέλειος ιατρός, αυλητής, λέγονται, όταν δεν έχωσι καμμίαν έλλειψιν της προσηκούσης εις αυτούς αρετής. Μεταφορικώς λέγεται και συκοφάντης τέλειος, κλπ.· 3ον) ό,τι έχει αγαθόν τέλος (σπουδαίον), διότι η τελειότης έγκειται εις το τέλος, τον σκοπόν.

Ύλη.
Είναι εν των συστατικών της Ουσίας. Το έτερον συστατικόν είναι το είδος ή η μορφή, ήτις μετά της ύλης αποτελεί το πραγματικόν Ον. Δεν πρέπει όμως να νοώμεν την αισθητήν μόνον ύλην, ην έχουσι τα αισθητά. Διότι και επί των νοητών διακρίνομεν ύλην και είδος· λ χ. αι έννοιαι και αι προτάσεις είναι η ύλη του συλλογισμού. Η μήνις του Αχιλλέως και τα ολέθρια αποτελέσματα αυτής εν τω στρατώ των Ελλήνων είναι η ύλη της Ιλιάδος. Το αθάνατον όμως έργον του Ομήρου δεν αποτελούσι τα υλικά ταύτα, αλλ' η μορφή, ην έδωκεν εις αυτά η μεγαλοφυΐα του ποιητού.

Εντελέχεια ψυχής. Τέλειον καὶ Αἴτιον· τὸ Ἄωτον.

σχόλια στον
ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗ

DELPHIC MAXIMS OF THE SEVEN - ΔΕΛΦΙΚΑ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΤΑ

Carved on the temple of Delphoi were three main phrases and a large letter "E": γνῶθι σεαυτόν (know thyself); μηδέν άγαν (nothing in excess) and Ἑγγύα πάρα δ'ἄτη (go surety and ruin is near). Among other things, Epsilon ("E") is the number 5. The remaining maxims were thought lost, but had been preserved scattered in Byzantine and medieval manuscripts as didactic, school material, but we were unable to confirm whether these were the very Delphic inscriptions that stood on the holiest of holy Pythian Shrine to Apollo at Delphoi.

In 1901 Hasluck found a 3rd c. B.C. stela in Miletopolis (Cyzicus, Asia Minor), which bears what had been copied by Sosiades exactly from the Delphic Oracle Temple containing the lost maxims, and was corroborated with relevant Hellenistic-times inscriptions found on another stela as far as the city Aϊ Khanum in Afghanistan in 1966, written by Klearchus himself, Aristotle's pupil, together with the five last commandments of Sosiades on the stela's base. Sosiades' name roughly means "Savior" or "Copier", and Klearchus' name "He who rules (or is ruled) by glory". Sosiades is mentioned in the manuscripts of Ioannes Stobaeos (Anthologium). The editio princeps of the recovered Delphic maxims is: Tsoukalas, M.G., "Ανέκδοτοι φιλολογικοὶ καὶ ἰδιωτικοὶ πάπυροι, Athens 1962, (Phd diss.), 70-80, ΠΙΝΑΞ ΙΧ. The papyrus Tsoukalas' work is based on is a fragment of some of the then thought 147 Delphic commandments, which are allegedly an ancient schoolboy's assignment to copy, kept in the Classical Philology Dpt. of the University of Athens, and you need to implore gods and demons to be allowed to see or touch it. Collectively, today we have 165 Delphic maxims plus another 15 (doubles or paraphrases). Important to note is that none of these aphorisms is a commandment, but advice. Legend has it these inscriptions were made on behalf of the seven sages of antiquity convention to Delphoi, namely Solon of Athens, Chilon of Sparta, Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mitylene and Periander of Corinth. One should also note that Mahayana Buddhism is possibly based on Greek religion, an amalgam of local and Greek ideals after the indo-Greek Kigndoms, and the only Buddhism that has statues, which are rather Greek-looking. In Tibet there is a myth of the Buddha lifting stones to build a wall using music, much like Apollo does in Greek mythology. These maxims were used by Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates themselves to learn in school, all through Byzantine times. They are philosophically, religiously and culturally the foundation of Greek worldview, and should be used as a starter when learning Greek. They do not claim to be the work of (a) god(s), but beg of you to respect the divine, mankind and yourself and instruct you how to go about it. Unfortunately these are about half of the total number of inscriptions on the Pythian Stela (possibly 300). The English translation is meager and pales in potency:



Τῶν ἐπτά ὑποθήκαι (ἐν Δελφοίς)

Consignment of the Seven (at Delphoi)

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1. Follow God (Επου θεω)
2. Obey the law (Νομω πειθου)
3. Worship the Gods (Θεους σεβου)
4. Respect your parents (Γονεις αιδου)
5. Be overcome by justice (Ηττω υπο δικαιου)
6. Know what you have learned (Γνωθι μαθων)
7. Perceive what you have heard (Ακουσας νοει)
8. Be/Know Yourself (Σαυτον ισθι)
9. Intend to get married (Γαμειν μελλε)
10. Know your opportunity (Καιρον γνωθι)
11. Think as a mortal (Φρονει θνητα)
12. When you are a stranger be aware of it (Ξενος ων ισθι)
13. Honor the hearth/Hestia (Εστιαν τιμα)
14. Control yourself (Αρχε σεαυτου)
15. Help your friends (Φιλοις βοηθει)
16. Control anger (Θυμου κρατει)
17. Exercise prudence (Φρονησιν ασκει)
18. Honor providence (Προνοιαν τιμα)
19. Do not use an oath (Ορκω μη χρω)
20. Love friendship (Φιλιαν αγαπα)
21. Cling to discipline (Παιδειας αντεχου)
22. Pursue honor (Δοξαν διωκε)
23. Long for wisdom (Σοφιαν ζηλου)
24. Speak well of the beautiful/good (Καλον ευ λεγε)
25. Find fault with no one (Ψεγε μηδενα)
26. Praise those having arête. (Επαινει αρετην)
27. Practice what is just (Πραττε δικαια)
28. Be kind to friends (Θιλοις ευνοει)
29. Watch out for your enemies (Εχθρους αμυνου)
30. Exercise nobility of character (Ευγενειαν ασκει)
31. Shun evil (Κακιας απεχου)
32. Be impartial (Κοινος γινου)
33. Guard what is yours (Ιδια φυλαττε)
34. Shun what belongs to others (Αλλοτριων απεχου)
35. Listen to everyone (Ακουε παντα)
36. Be (religiously) silent (Ευφημος ιοθι)
37. Do a favor for a friend (Φιλω χαριζου)
38. Nothing to excess (Μηδεν αγαν)
39. Use time sparingly (Χρονου φειδου)
40. Foresee the future (Ορα το μελλον)
41. Despise insolence (Υβριν μισει)
42. Have respect for suppliants (Ικετας αιδου)
43. Be accommodating in everything (Παςιν αρμοζου)
44. Educate your sons (Υιους παιδευε)
45. Give what you have (Εχων χαριζου)
46. Fear deceit (Δολον φοβου)
47. Speak well of everyone (Ευλογει παντας)
48. Be a seeker of wisdom (Φιλοσοφος γινου)
49. Choose what is divine (Οσια κρινε)
50. Act when you know (Γνους πραττε)
60. Shun murder (Φονου απεχου)
70. Pray for things possible (Ευχου δυνατα)
71. Consult the wise (Σοφοις χρω)
72. Test the character (Ηθος δοκιμαζε)
73. Give back what you have received (Λαβων αποδος)
74. Down-look no one (Υφορω μηδενα)
75. Use your skill (Τεχνη χρω)
76. Do what you mean to do (Ο μελλεις, δος)
77. Honor a benefaction (Ευεργεςιας τιμα)
78. Be jealous of no one (Φθονει μηδενι)
79. Be on your guard (Φυλακη προσεχε)
80. Praise hope (Ελπιδα αινει)
81. Despise a slanderer (Διαβολην μισει)
82. Gain possessions justly (Δικαιως κτω)
83. Honor good men (Αγαθους τιμα)
84. Know the judge (Κριτην γνωθι)
85. Master wedding-feasts (Γαμους κρατει)
86. Recognize fortune (Τυχην νομιζε)
87. Flee a pledge (Εγγυην φευγε)
88. Speak plainly (Αμλως διαλεγου)
89. Associate with your peers (Ομοιοις χρω)
90. Govern your expenses (Δαπανων αρχου)
91. Be happy with what you have (Κτωμενος ηδου)
92. Revere a sense of shame (Αισχυνην σεβου)
93. Fulfill a favor (Χαριν εκτελει)
94. Pray for happiness (Ευτυχιαν ευχου)
95. Be fond of fortune (Τυχην στεργε)
96. Observe what you have heard (Ακουων ορα)
97. Work for what you can own (Εργαζου κτητα)
98. Despise strife (Εριν μισει)
99. Detest disgrace (Ονειδς εχθαιρε)
100. Restrain the tongue (Γλωτταν ισχε)
101. Keep yourself from insolence (Υβριν αμυνου)
102. Make just judgements (Κρινε δικαια)
103. Use what you have (Χρω χρημασιν)
104. Judge incorruptibly (Αδωροδοκητος δικαζε)
105. Accuse one who is present (Αιτιω παροντα)
106. Tell when you know (Λεγε ειδως)
107. Do not depend on strength (Βιας μη εχου)
108. Live without sorrow (Αλυπως βιου)
109. Live together meekly (Ομιλει πραως)
110. Finish the race without shrinking back (Περας επιτελει μη αποδειλιων)
111. Deal kindly with everyone (Φιλοφρονει πασιν)
112. Do not curse your sons (Υιοις μη καταρω)
113. Rule your wife (Γυναικος αρχε)
114. Benefit yourself (Σεαυτον ευ ποιει)
115. Be courteous (Ευπροσηγορος γινου)
116. Give a timely response (Αποκρινου εν καιρω)
117. Struggle with glory (Πονει μετ ευκλειας)
118. Act without repenting (Πραττε αμετανοητως)
119. Regret falling short of the goal (Αμαρτανων μετανοει)
120. Control the eye (Οφθαλμου κρατει)
121. Give a timely counsel (Βουλευου χρονω)
122. Act quickly (Πραττε συντομως)
123. Guard friendship (Φιλιαν φυλαττε)
124. Be grateful (Ευγνωμων γινου)
125. Pursue harmony (Ομονοιαν διωκε)
126. Keep deeply the top secret (Αρρητον κρυπτε)
127. Fear ruling (Το κρατουν φοβου)
128. Pursue what is profitable (Το συμφερον θηρω)
129. Accept due measure (Καιρον προσδεχου)
130. Do away with enmities (Εχθρας διαλυε)
131. Accept old age (Γηρας προσδεχου)
132. Do not boast in might (Επι ρωμη μη καυχω)
133. Exercise (religious) silence (Ευφημιαν ασκει)
134. Flee enmity (Απεχθειαν φευγε)
135. Acquire wealth justly (Πλουτει δικιως)
136. Do not abandon honor (Δοξαν μη λειπε)
137. Despise evil (Κακιαν μισει)
138. Venture into danger prudently (Κινδυνευε φρονιμως)
139. Do not tire of learning (Μανθανων μη καμνε)
140. Do not stop to be thrifty (Φειδομενος μη λειπε)
141. Admire oracles (Χρησμους θαυμαζε)
142. Love whom you rear (Ους τρεφεις αγαπα)
143. Do not oppose someone absent (Αποντι μη μαχου)
144. Respect the elder (Πρεσβυτερον αιδου)
145. Teach a youngster (Νεωτερον διδασκε)
146. Do not trust wealth (Πλουτω απιστει)
147. Respect yourself (Σεαυτον αιδου)
148. Do not begin to be insolent (Μη αρχε υβριζειν)
149. Crown your ancestors (Προγονους στεφανου)
150. Die for your country (Θνησκε υπερ πατριδος)
151. Do not be discontented by life (Τω βιω μη αχθου)
152. Do not make fun of the dead (Επι νεκρω μη γελα)
153. Share the load of the unfortunate (Ατυχουντι συναχθου)
154. Gratify without harming (Χαριζου αβλαβως)
155. Grieve for no one (Μη επι παντι λυπου)
156. Beget from noble routes (Εξ ευγενων γεννα)
157. Make promises to no one (Επαγγελου μηδενι)
158. Do not wrong the dead (Φθιμενους μη αδικει)
159. Be well off as a mortal (Ευ πασχε ως θνητος)
160. Do not trust fortune (Τυχη μη πιστευε)
161. As a child be well-behaved (Παις ων κοσμιος ισθι)
162. As a youth be self-disciplined (ηβων εγκρατης)
163. As of middle-age be just (μεσος δικαιος)
164. Once an old man be sensible (πρεσβυτης ευλογος)
165. Reaching the end without sorrow (τελευτων αλυπος)

Additional lines from article (page 76) as found inscribed on different stones or papyrus sources:

4. Obey the virtuous
11. Live without sorrow
13. Avoid the unjust
14. Testify what is right
15. Control pleasure
22. Praise virtue
27. Train your relatives
55. Believe in time
56. Receive for the pleasure
57. Prostrate before the divine
60. Do not boast in might
62. Use/be acquainted with the one who has the same interests as you.
64. Be embarrassed to lie
66. If you believe in something do not be scared to act for it
68. Be firm on what has been agreed

http://www.jstor.org/pss/20185842
http://www.flyallnight.com/khaire/DelphicMaxims/DelphicMaxims_CB63-1987.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfWR9cHNswc

ΠΛΑΤΩΝ -ΤΙΜΑΙΟΣ, απόσπασμα

Τίμαιος
πάνυ μὲν οὖν, καὶ κατὰ δύναμίν γε οὐδὲν ἐλλείψομεν: οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν εἴη δίκαιον, χθὲς ὑπὸ σοῦ ξενισθέντας οἷς ἦν πρέπον ξενίοις, μὴ οὐ προθύμως σὲ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἡμῶν ἀνταφεστιᾶν.

Σωκράτης
ἆρ᾽ οὖν μέμνησθε ὅσα ὑμῖν καὶ περὶ ὧν ἐπέταξα εἰπεῖν;

Τίμαιος
τὰ μὲν μεμνήμεθα, ὅσα δὲ μή, σὺ παρὼν ὑπομνήσεις: μᾶλλον δέ, εἰ μή τί σοι χαλεπόν, ἐξ ἀρχῆς διὰ βραχέων πάλιν ἐπάνελθε αὐτά, ἵνα βεβαιωθῇ μᾶλλον παρ᾽ ἡμῖν.

- Plato (Timaios 17b καὶ ἑξής)

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Seize The Day


Seize The Day

Soon all of us will be food for worms. We all thus ought to make life extraordinary; make every moment count, for the clock is ticking, and we are using up moment by moment this valuable gift called life. Do not spend a moment in idle counting or useless speech; lest everything is in vanity after all, we must make this life count, all before this possibly conceitful 'after' comes... which, i hope is not conceitful or in vanity after all, thus making all the moments that were not spent in idleness, count even more... in the 'after-all'. If, you know what I mean.. : )

In the vastness of this universe, it is doubtful that our average-seventy-year lives even count at all, or even if the presence of the mere millions of years humanity collectively has existed makes a difference after all either, since whatever is made on this planet by us, the building and the monuments and else we have labored to create, might well end up of no use in spite of everything in the end, or once the sun has swallowed it all for instance, if nothing else happens before of course. If earth is seen from far away, it seems a blue dot, then from even further, it vanishes into insignificance; with just nothing to keep this fragile vessel intact from the universe's power, from becoming a minute prey to its overwhelming magnitude at any instance, our daily lives and what we worry for and fight amongst ourselves so often, carrying so much about all these desires, are such piteous acts of vanity and a waste of this most-precious, but very short gift, called life.

Seize the Day,
everyone ought to be dedicating themselves thus to higher deeds, in order to even show gratitude for their very existence; not necessarily show gratitude to a god, or any metaphysical power if someone does not believe in those, but show gratitude to their existence itself: to demonstrate kindness, and selflessness is a start, and also thereafter one ought to dedicate one's self into a love for wisdom, before all else, because this activity grants a conscientiousness for all other activities. Finally, one should never live solely to work, but merely work enough to live, whereby one can afford the time to dedicate their self to higher deeds. Life is too short to be slaves of a social system, or for chasing after material goods. Produce excellence in anything you deal with. Time is always enough for those who use their time wisely, and seventy years thus, can be enough for those who seize the day.

A very good way to begin to seize the day right now, would be to stop using facebook; it is the definition of absolute procrastination: and partially the reason why i wrote this. If you realize the time you've wasted on this site, during which you could have produced anything more than an absolute zero in all endeavors, then you would also think of the multitude of other idle moments you've spent doing nothing in different ways. Perhaps it is time for me to stop writing and for you to get off this useless site and do something important.

pozers, religion, nation, identity...and frogs


posers, religion, nation, identity...and frogs







I hate posers and I want to hit anyone who acts like one . People doing these signs with their hands and acting all cool in a photo - full of attitude as though they are the shit.. I hate all that crap. I would slap you if you were in front of me, just to bring you back to your senses and reality; especially dudes that learned to do this nonsense by watching MTV. Its such pretentious dumbness. So, to all of you posers: fuck off and calm the fuck down. life isn't a video clip

race is bullshit. biologically all people are the same with only minor variations in the very same DNA code, differences which cannot amount to anything significant as far as the definition of 'human' goes; and that aint me sayin' it, it's science. Socialization is something completely different than race, and both unfortunately have managed to be reasons for making people define their identity. To group people together based on race is severe paralogy. And to give them a national identity based on it is even worse than madness. We all live on a ball in the middle of nowhere somewhere in a galaxy. To say that I'm Greek or Italian or Canadian or white or black or yellow or purple is stupid. We are all humans on a planet. We should all be cosmpolites, citizens of the world. Our identity, should be based on our character, not abstract notions based on where were born... what if i was born in Antarctica, lived there for two years, then went to Canada for two years, and continued on to China, Egypt and ever changed places until my deep age? what would i be? But truly, a human being of this planet. So go on, fight your wars, Turks against Greeks, Pakistanis against Indians, Albanians against Serbians, all of you fight for this right to a fake identity and an idea of race that is sillier than being a poser.

religion is bullshit. It is so stupid to believe that in this universe any assigned methodology of worshiping the divine is more correct than the other, or that a methodology of worship is necessary at all for that matter. Buddhism is a "do it yourself kit", Christianity and Islam are" fear and believe cos you might face eternal damnation", and Judaism tells you to cut a piece of skin of your penis or not eat certain foods.. like god really gives a shit about all this nonsense. Burn incense, kiss the icon, go to the temple light the candle, and so on. Man has tailored the divine to his own proportions of logic. Religions more divide humans than they unite them.. and that is because they play such an immense role as means of defining our identity, alongside language, and nation. The innate human need for spirituality need not be organized into religion.

aint nothing but a frog ... no Greek, for 'greek' is just an abstract idea.

I won't append "greek/canadian" to my name no more. I am free. You can remain one of the posers. Christian? hmmmm maybe.. but do you really need to know? Muslim? Fuuuuaaack No. Buddhist ? Lol, save that for the pretentious wanna-be intellectuals.



Whether you identify with MTV culture and do these weird, dumb nonsensical signs with your hands, and stick your tongue out acting all cool and crazy (WTF is cool anyway?), or whether you are a religious fanatic clown and bend down to the ground and think god cares that you fall on your knees or that you don't eat certain foods, (as if all food doesn't turn to shit anyway, why would god care about how you are going to eat and then produce this large turd? So is the turd Kosher? or Blessed by Jesus during the Fast, or Hollyfied by Allah during Ramadan?), or should anyone care about how you have sex and when, especially god (cos god really wants you tell tell everyone on your blog and page that you are a Christian (if you don't you go to hell) or a Mulsim (cos Allah is the true god because Allah said he was the true god because Allah said he was in the holly book ..ahh fuck) and all kinds of idiotic superstitious or ritualistic activities and ways of life, you are just the same: an idiot, non-thinking; with just sludge in your dumb skull instead of a brain. 


So what is identity? Not sure yet. But at least we all know who posers are. AND I FUCKIN HATE HATE THEM. Like my friend who never wore a turban in his life in his country, but when he came to Canada he did, because it was cool. Clown? YES. Yes he is. Big clown too, with a turban. Next time you see some idiot walking with his pants down below his ass cheeks tightly held in place just barely by his belt which also dangles around in front of his crotch, so that you can see his boxers just slap him upside the fuckin head. Ah fuck you. And fuck you too if you are reading this and you are thinking of regurgitating the same old shit you've been fed all your life about freedom of expression and all these donkey balls. Suck on 'em instead.


FUCK POSERS. All of them.

(read more on religion in one of my other posts).

Identity

ΖΕΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥ ΤΑ ΜΕΝ ΕΣΘΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΧΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΕΥΚΤΟΙΣ ΑΜΜΙ ΔΙΔΟΥ
ΤΑ ΔΕ ΔΕΙΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΧΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ ΑΠΑΛΕΞΕΙΝ

ἐπισκέπτη, ἐπιτέλους ἤλθες.
φίλτατε, νυναεί φῴτην· σφὠ φίλοιν ἀρεταῖν ἐτελωνείσθην τε καὶ τελεέσθην φανέσθαι.


Athens. Panepistimiou str.: Pedestrian Walk ------------------ Αθήνα. Οδός Πανεπιστημίου: Πεζόδρομος

                                                         Photo by me. Pictured is the National Library...after they cleaned it yet again from spray paint.






Πεζοδρομείται η Οδός Πανεπιστημίου; Γιούπι.

Προς: Έλλην.
Γιούπι; Φίλτατε, σφάλλεις οικτρά, διότι, ενώ ο κόσμος καίγεται, η πολιτεία χτενίζεται. Μας έμαθες και το "γιούπι"... το "ζήτω" τουλάχιστον το Ελληνικό δεν σου κάνει;

Υπάρχουν πολύ σημαντικότερα ζητήματα που είναι αναγκαίο να βρίσκονται επί τραπέζης προ των αρχόντων της πολιτείας από αυτό το θέμα. Όμως, μιας και αναφέρθηκε, η πεζοδρόμηση της οδού Πανεπιστημίου θα επιτρέψει σε αναρχικούς και κουμμουνιστές και κάθε είδους αριστερούς και άλλα λυπηρά ανθρωποειδή στοιχεία και υποκείμενα να καταλαμβάνουν τον εν λόγω χώρο για πλήθος διαδηλώσεων με θέμα τον μόνιμο εγκεφαλικό αυνανισμό, εφόσον ουσιαστικά θα καταστεί πλέον ως μία μακροσκελής πλατεία. Δεύτερον, παρότι συζητήθηκε το αντίθετο, βεβαίως και τα χρήματα για την πεζοδρόμηση του λεωφορειόδρομου θα μπορούσαν να χρησιμοποιηθούν για την διαπλάτυνση μεγάλου μέρους των υπαρχουσών φρικτών πεζοδρομίων στο κέντρο της πόλεως, καθώς το σεβαστό αυτό ποσό που απαιτείται είναι επαρκές για την καλλιτέρευση ενός επίσης αρκετά σεβαστού τμήματος της στενής ή ανύπαρκτης πεζοδρόμησης στην περιοχή, όχι μόνο κατά μήκος της ιστορικής οδού Πανεπιστημίου, αγαπητέ.

Τρίτον, η πόλη ήδη στερείται σημαντικών κυκλοφοριακών αρτηριών, και δεδομένου ότι το κέντρο μίας πόλης είναι η καρδιά του οικονομικού της συστήματος, η παύση κυκλοφορίας οχημάτων σε αυτό θα επιφέρει περεταίρω μείωση συναλλαγών, και αυτό όχι τόσο για την οδό Πανεπιστημίου, που ίσως θα ωφελήσει οικονομικά κάποιους παλαιότερους ή και νέους καταστηματάρχες, αλλά περισσότερο για τους καταστηματάρχες στις γειτνιάζουσες περιοχές και οδούς της οδού Πανεπιστημίου, όπου θα είναι αρκετά ζημιοφόρο, να είσαι σίγουρος (βλέπε πεζοδρόμηση οδού Ερμού μέχρι της οδού Αυλητών, κατά μήκος σχετικά καλά τα πάει η Ερμού αν και έχει επέλθει παρακμή, στους παράδρομους και παράλληλες οδούς όμως, χάλια για καταστηματάρχες.) Και αν η οδός Πανεπιστημίου πεζοδρομηθεί, το κόστος ενοικίασης να δεις πόσο χαμηλό θα είναι για καταστηματάρχες, που μόνο μεγάλα εμπορικά κέντρα και διεθνείς οίκοι μόδας θα μπορούν να ανεχθούν το κόστος, πάει δηλαδή η αποκέντρωση και η αυτονομία του μικρού καταστηματάρχη εδώ κι εκεί στην οδό Πανεπιστημίου. Και πόσο θα βοηθήσει και τις τιμές των προϊόντων που θα πωλούνται εκεί, να σκεφτούμε η αύξηση του ενοικίου.

Τέταρτον, το ζήτημα της Πλατείας Ομονοίας και των οδών που την περιβάλλουν δεν είναι αισθητικό μόνο, όπως αναφέρεις, και διόλου δεν έχει λύσει το κυκλοφοριακό χάος, αλλά παραμένει καθολοκλήρου κυκλοφοριακό –η αισθητική είναι παντελώς δευτερευούσης σημασίας, και η περιοχή είναι πλέον κατειλημμένη από ναρκομανείς και κακομοίρηδες μετανάστες που τους θέλουν μέσα στο κράτος μας οι αριστεροί ενώ το κράτος ήδη ασφυκτιεί οικονομικά. Μάλλον φίλε οδηγείς μόνο βράδυ όταν είναι να πάς για καφεδάκι. Για προσπάθησε να περάσεις την πλατεία Ομονοίας σε ώρα αιχμής ή βράδυ Σαββάτου και θα καπνίσεις μισό πακέτο τσιγάρα αν είσαι καπνιστής, ή θα μασουλήσεις όλες τις τσίχλες που φυλάς στο συρταράκι αν δεν είσαι. Τέλος, να είσαι σίγουρος οτι η Μετρό ΑΕ τρίβει χείρας για την πεζοδρόμηση της οδού Πανεπιστημίου, καθώς πρόσβαση κατά μήκος της οδού θα γίνεται πλεόν μόνο μέσω του υπογείου σιδηρόδρομου. Και φυσικά, τουναντίον της αδύναμης αναλογίας που έκανες, δεν είναι ίδια η περίπτωση της οδού Πανεπιστημίου με αυτήν της οδού Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου, όχι μόνο λόγω τοποθεσίας, αλλά και λόγω οικονομικής εμβέλειας καταστημάτων και επιχειρήσεων. Να είσαι σίγουρος ότι οποιεσδήποτε μεγάλες επιχειρήσεις που δεν πωλούν λιανική, αλλά κυρίως προσφέρουν υπηρεσίες, (εκτός από κάποιες τράπεζες) θα μεταφερθούν σε σημεία όπου υπάρχει οδική πρόσβαση, και θα γεμίσει όλη η οδός Πανεπιστημίου με καταστήματα σπατάλης για ηλίθια θηλυκά που θέλουν το τριακοστό υπόδημα ή σάκο και κοσμήματα. Τίποτα σημαντικό από θέμα παροχής υπηρεσιών, που είναι το μόνο που παράγει πλέον αυτή η χώρα, μιας και τον τουρισμό τον διαλύσανε και αυτόν με τις απεργίες, ποιοι άλλοι, οι αριστεροί πάλι, οι οποίοι θέλουν και πάρκα και χαζές πεζοδρομήσεις όταν η οικονομία της χώρας παραμένει σφαγάρι. Αναφορικά, σκέψου ότι πέραν των στερεότυπων που έχουν οι ίδιοι οι Έλληνες για την Αθήνα, στους ξένους τα κέντρο δεν φαίνεται καθόλου έτσι. Πάρκα υπάρχουν πολλά στο κέντρο, από τον βασιλικό κήπο, τον λόφο του Φιλοππάπου, και τον Λυκαβυτό, και άλλα μικρότερα σημεία, καθώς και πάμπολλα δένδρα και θάμνοι κατά μήκος σχεδόν όλων των δρόμων, αλλά είναι πολλά γεμάτα από κακοποιά στοιχεία και αρκετές φορές μη προσβάσιμα νύχτα-μέρα, και παραμελλημένα. Ας τα φτιάξουν, λοιπόν, και ας τα περιποιηθούν, προτού δημιουργήσουν και άλλους τέτοιους χώρους και ξοδέψουν για άλλη μία φορά τους φόρους του λαού. Και ακόμα ένα επισημαίνω: η Αθήνα θα είχε σημεία παρόμοια της Βενετίας αν δεν μπαζώνανε και τους τρείς ποταμούς της πόλης αγαπητέ και αν καθαρίζανε τα ποτάμια και επένδυαν στις περιοχές γύρω από αυτούς. Αλλά είμαστε ζώα γιατί χτίζουμε κουτιά αντί νεοκλασσικά κτήρια, και τα χτίζουν οι Γάλλοι και οι Εγγλέζοι. Αντ’ αυτού εμείς συζητάμε πώς θα δημιουργήσουμε περισσότερη κυκλοφοριακή σύγχυση στην πόλη, διότι φυσικά και ασφαλώς αποκλείεται να έχει σκεφτεί ο ηλίθιος που πρότεινε να πεζοδρομηθεί η οδός Πανεπιστημίου πραγματικές εναλλακτικές αρτηρίες και λύσεις που θα μπορούν να αντέξουν τον φόρτο τον οχημάτων που παλαιότερα περνούσαν από την οδό Πανεπιστημίου, αλλά να είναι και εναλλακτικές αρτηρίες που θα μπορούν να φέρουν τον ολοένα αυξανόμενο φόρτο οχημάτων στα επόμενα χρόνια. Με άλλα λόγια είναι τρίχες.

Και ως απάντηση στις έξυπνες απαντήσεις σου, καθώς είπες ότι δεν δύναται κάποιος να κάνει την διαδρομή Ηλιούπολη-Κέντρο σε δύο ώρες ακόμα και με κίνηση, ρώτησε και κάποιους ταλαίπωρους που φεύγουν στις επτά το πρωί από εκείνες τις περιοχές για να είναι στη δουλειά στο κέντρο στις δέκα. Εγώ έμενα στην Δάφνη, που είναι σχετικά κοντινότερα από την Ηλιούπολη, και όποτε έκλεινε την οδό Πανεπιστημίου κάποια ασέβαστη ασήμαντα μικρή ομάδα αριστερών για κάποια σαχλή δικαιολογία, γινόταν χαμός και οι τρείς ώρες ήταν απλά λίγες μέχρι τις στήλες του Ολύμιου Διός, φίλτατε, καθώς βουλιάζαμε όλοι στο χάος της λωφόρου Βουλιαγμένης. Η πεζοδρόμηση του κέντρου, θα δημιουργήσει ένα λαιμό που θα προκαλέσει σύγκλιση της κυκλοφορίας των οχημάτων στις υπόλοιπες αρτηρίες, καθώς η πόλη θα έχει αποστερηθεί μία ακόμη κύρια κυκλοφοριακή αρτηρία. Είμαι σίγουρος οτι έχεις υπομείνει την εμπειρία σε όλη την πόλη κάθε φορά που κάποιο μικρό παρεάκι έχει κλείσει την οδό Πανεπιστημίου με λάβαρα για κάποια ηλίθια διαδήλωση που δεν ενδιαφέρει κανέναν παρά το παρεάκι; Τώρα το γιατί τους αφήνουμε και δεν τους σκίζουμε το κορμί στα δύο είναι άλλο θέμα, αλλά έχεις καμιά πενηνταριά τέτοια παραδείγματα μόνο από το περασμένο έτος αγαπητέ. Αυτό είναι το πιό τρανταχτό παράδειγμα τού τί θα γίνεται αν κλείσει η οδός Πανεπιστημίου. Μετέπειτα, αν κλείσουν και οι υπολοιπες λίγες αρτηρίες στο κέντρο λόγω πάλι κάποιας ηλίθιας αριστερής παρέας που κάνει κέφι διαδήλωση γιατί είναι Τετάρτη και θέλει να κόψει την εβδομάδα στα δύο, ή είναι Παρασκευή και θέλει να επεκτείνει το Σαββατοκύριακο, τότε να δείς τί θα γίνεται αγαπητέ πολυμαθή φίλε καθώς φθάνει μέχρι τους Αμπελοκήπους στο τέλος της Λεωφόρου Αλεξάνδρας η κίνηση. Αυτό μάλλον δεν το έχεις αισθανθεί. Τέλος, σκέψου τι γίνεται ήδη στο μετρό και στον ηλεκτρικό σιδηρόδρομο που είναι πατείς με πατώ σε και δεν δύναται φυσιολογικός άνθρωπος να αναπνεύσει από την πήχτρα και το ανθρωπομάνι, τι θα γίνεται αν ακόμα περισσότεροι άνθρωποι πρέπει να ταξιδεύουν με αυτό το μέσο, εφόσον πλέον δεν γίνεται να πάνε στην οδό Πανεπιστημίου. Χάος φίλε.

Σημαντικότερα, πρέπει να γνωρίζεις οτι η Αθήνα έχει στην ουσία μόνο δύο-τρείς κύριες οδούς πλέον, μία είναι η Λεωφόρος Βουλιαγμένης που έχει μόνο δύο λωρίδες σε όλο της τη μήκος (την τρίτη που έχει σε κάποια σημεία άσε την, είναι χώρος στάθμευσης αγαπητέ), Η λεωφόρος Κηφισίας, που είναι επέκταση της Βασιλίσσης Σοφίας, η οποία με την σειρά της είναι η επέκταση της Λεωφόρου Συγγρού, και η οποία απλώς αλλάζει καμιά δεκαριά ονόματα μέχρι την Κηφισιά. Άντε να βάλουμε και την Λεωφόρο Ποσειδώνος, αλλά δεν περνάει από το κέντρο, και έτσι δεν χρειάζεται να την συμπεριλάβουμε. Μήπως θέλεις να μετρήσουμε την Λεωφόρο Πατησίων; Αυτά έχουμε φίλε. Αν δεν δημιουργηθεί εναλλακτική ροή για την διοχέτευση της κυκλοφορίας από την πεζοδρομημένη οδό Πανεπεστημίου, η συμφόρηση θα είναι πλέον καθημερινή, και όχι μόνο σε κάθε σπασμωδική διαδήλωση που έχει γίνει παράδοση πλεόν κάθε Τετάρτη και Παρασκευή, χώρια τις άλλες διαδηλώσεις, στην πλειοψηφία από αναρχοκούμμουνα, ΓΣΕΕ, ΑΔΕΔΥ, Σύριζα και σία. Κάθε στέρηση αυτής της πόλεως από μία ακόμη οδό είναι εγκληματικό για την κυκλοφορία.

Εάν θέλεις αλλαγή στο κυκλοφοριακό χάος της Αθήνας, σου δίνω εγώ ωραιοτάτη λύση, αλλά ποιος πολιτικός έχει τους όρχεις να την υλοποιήσει: Με νόμο δρακόντειο όλες οι πυλωτές πολυκατοικιών σε όλη την πόλη να πάψουν να είναι καταστήματα, αλλά να επαναπροσδιοριστούν ως χώροι στάθμευσης ιδιωτικών οχημάτων, με μακροπρόθεσμο σχέδιο που να επιβάλλει, σε ιδιοκτήτες ή ενοικιαστές των εν λόγω καταστημάτων κατά την έξοδο από το εργατικό δυναμικό με την συνταξιοδότηση ή μετά το πέρας του συμβολαίου ενοικίασης, την απαγόρευση επαναχρησιμοποίησης του χώρου της πυλωτής ως κατάστημα, αλλά μόνο ως χώρο στάθμευσης. Επιπλέον, ακόμη πιό αυστηρή νομοθέτηση για υποχρεωτική δόμηση χώρων στάθμευσης σε όλα τα νέα κτήρια, που να καλύπτουν πλήρως την ανάγκη για στάθμευση σε όλους τους ενοίκους και υπογείως, ακόμα και με ένα ημιώροφο. Δεύτερον, κάτω από κάθε πλατεία, υπογείως και με έξοδα του κάθε δήμου, αντί να ξοδεύονται χρήματα για πάσα μαλακία και σπατάλη, ή πλακοστρώσεις και τοποθέτηση μαρμάρων και κολωνών σε κάθε περίοδο εκλογών για το καθιερωμένο ρουσφετάκι και την εξαγορά ψήφων με δήθεν το πρόσχημα μπουρδίτσας έργων, να δημιουργηθεί χώρος στάθμευσης δωρεάν για δημότες, με κάρτα, και έναντι κόμιστρου για δημότες άλλων περιοχών. Τρίτον, χάραξη έκ νέου, με μακροπρόθεσμο προγραμματισμό, καινούριων κεντρικών αρτηριών, σε σχήμα τετραγωνισμένου ρυμοτομημένου πλέγματος που να καλύπτει όλη την πόλη, με καταναγκαστικό νόμο του κράτους που να ορίζει οτι μετά το πέρας της διάρκειας μίσθωσης κτηρίου, ή μετά θάνατον ιδιοκτητών της γής και των κτηρίων τα οποία βρίσκονται σε θέση όπου ενδέχεται να τέμνουν τη νέα χάραξη οδών, την απαλλοτρίωση και αποζημίωση αυτών σταδιακά, όπως και με την Αττική οδό. Όποιος τύχει και είναι στη μέση στα κομμάτια, κάτι πρέπει να γίνει δηλαδή. Θα συνεχίζεται αέναα αυτό το χάος για να μην χάσουν μερικές εκατοντάδες τα σπίτια τους, ενώ η πόλη κοντεύει τα έξι εκατομμύρια κατοίκους; Τέταρτον, να επιτρέπεται σε ποδηλάτες η χρήση λεωφορειολωρίδας, και να δημιουργηθούν περίπτερα δωρεάν ενοικίασης ποδηλάτων σε πάμπολλα σημεία της πόλεως με την χρήση ταυτότητας και μόνο, ώστε οποιοσδήποτε να έχει την δυνατότητα να πάρει ένα ποδήλατο από ένα σημείο και να το αφήσει σε κάποιο άλλο σημείο, και ού τω καθ' εξής. Πέμπτον, να απαγορευθεί η κίνηση σε φορτηγά αυτοκίνητα, όλων των ειδών, όχι μόνο τις λεγόμενες νταλίκες, τις ώρες της ημέρας, 6πμ έως 11μμ σε όλα τα σημεία της πόλεως. Έκτον, δρακόντεια μέτρα έναντι οποιασδήποτε στάθμευσης σε όλες τις οδούς με βαρύτατα πρόστιμα, μισό χρόνο μισθοί, να δούμε θα σταθμεύσει εκεί ο γιωργάρας ο ελληνάρας ο νεοέλλην; Έβδομον, πλήρης απαγόρεψη κατάληψης οδών σε όποιον σαχλό και τεμπέλη θέλει να κάνει απεργία, με φυλάκιση και ασυζητιτί μάνικα με πίεση και νερό για διασκορπισμό σύρραξης καταστροφής βαβούρας και πάσας μαλακίας. Τα αιτήματα με αντιπρόσοπο επί τραπέζης και νομικά, και όποιος θέλει να κάνει απεργία, να πάει σε πεζοδρόμειο και πλατείες, και όχι να κλείνει τις οδούς, όπως κάνουν όλοι σε όλα τα πολιτισμένα κράτη, και χωρίς πολλές φασαρίες, οχλαγωγία και καταστροφές. Όγδοον και κυριότερο, να γίνει επιτέλους ηλεκτρονική η φωτοσήμανση με αισθητήρες στο οδόστρωμα που να αποτιμά την κυκλοφορία οχημάτων από κάθε κατεύθυνση και να εκτιμά αυτόματα την αλλαγή των φωτοσηματοδοτών από κόκκινο σε πράσινο ανάλογα με την κίνηση, κάτι που μέχρι και η Τουρκία έχει κάνει στις παράλιες πόλεις και όλα τα μή-μπανανιστάν κράτη έχουν πλέον. Ένατον, να επιτρέπεται η στροφή στα δεξιά σε κόκκινο σηματοδότη όπως σε πολλά πολιτισμένα δυτικά κράτη, ώστε να αποσυμφορείται περεταίρω η κυκλοφορία των οχημάτων. (ναι γίνεται, αλλά σαν ηττοπαθής Έλλην, καθώς σου το έχουν περάσει αυτό πλεόν, να πιστεύεις ότι δεν σου αξίζει κάτι περισσότερο, παρά πλατείες και πεζοδοστρόματα, καγχάζεις και λες σιγά να μην γίνει εδώ αυτό, κατά τα άλλα εφηύραμε τον πολιτισμό, αλλά όταν είναι να κάνουμε τέτοια δεν μπορούμε εε;). Δέκατον, πέραν της αυστηρότερης εφαρμογής του δακτυλίου, να δημιουργηθούν διόδια εισόδου στο κέντρο της πόλεως σε προσιτή τιμή αλλά και με δωρεάν κάρτα εισόδου για κατοίκους και εργαζομένους στην διάρκεια της ημέρας από 7πμ έως 5μμ τις ημέρες εργασίας, που εκτός από κερδοφόρο, θα είναι και σωτήριο για τον περιορισμό άσκοπων μετακινήσεων με οχήματα. Ορίστε. Έχεις όρχεις; Κάνε το. Αυτοί που δεν έχουν όρχεις κάνουν μαλακίες έργα, όλοι οι ανίκανοι δήμαρχοι και πολιτικοί πεζοδρομούν και φτιάχνουν πλατείες, αγαπητέ. Με άλλα λόγια πολύ ντόρο, μηδέν λύση και στο τέλος τρύπα εις το ύδωρ.

Δυστυχώς οι νεοέλληνες είναι ως γνωστόν έυκολα φανατιζόμενοι με μία άποψη και ιδεολογία, που αφού την έχουν ασπασθεί, δεν πρόκειτε να πιστεύψουν κάτι άλλο ή να αλλάξουν γνώμη, ακόμα και με τα πιό λογικά επιχειρήματα έναντί της. Στην δική σου περίπτωση, πιστεύω πως είσαι τυφλά υποστηρικτής κάθε κίνησης που έχει προβληθεί με το περιτύλιγμα της προστασίας του περιβάλλοντος. Δεν είναι όλα τα αυγά όμοια αδελφέ.

Επίσης θα σε συμβούλευα να διαβάσεις κάποιες μελέτες συγκοινιωνιολόγων πολύ μεγαλύτερων πόλεων, όπως αυτή της Νέας Υόρκης, του Τόκυο, του Λονδίνου, και άλλων, όπου έχου δοκιμάσει πολύ περισσότερες "λύσεις", και εναέριες οδούς και γέφυρες, με μηδαμινή επιτυχία. Το απόφθεγμά τους είναι ένα: Από τότε που υπήρχαν κάρα και άμαξες με άλογα έως σήμερα που έχουμε βενζινοκίνητα οχήματα, το κυκλοφοριακό χάος στις μεγαλουπόλεις παραμένει ίδιο και απαράλλακτο. Και αυτό διότι το κυκλοφοριακό χάος είναι δείγμα υγιούς οικονομικής κίνησης, καθώς τα δύο είναι αλληλένδετα, αγαπητέ. Και επομένως, διάλυση του ενός, σημαίνει και διάλυση του άλλου. Μάλλον θα πρέπει να σκεφτείς οτι τίποτα δεν είναι τυχαίο που γίνεται στην Ελλάδα φίλτατε, πλέον. Υπάρχει γενικότερο σχέδιο αποσταθεροποίησης και πρέπει να πονηρεύεσαι με όλα, από το πιό μικρό φαινομενικά, έως το πιό μεγάλο σχέδιο. Λέει ένα παγωνοφουσκωμένο κοκόρι πολιτικός «πεζοδρόμηση της οδού Πανεπιστημίου» και μετά όλοι μαζί τα προβατοειδή «άιντε γιούργια πάμε».

Αυτά, για την πεζοδρόμηση. Για να μήν ακούγονται και πολλές μαλακίες. Διότι από εγκεφαλικό αυνανισμό πάμε καλά στο Ελλαδιστάν. Ούτε σκεφτόμαστε τις επιπτώσεις ούτε τίποτα. Αχ, και μη μου πείς σε πλήγωσα νεοέλληνα. Κρίμα τα συναισθήματά σου, με την σκληρή μου γλώσσα. Είμαι απολίτιστος επειδή μιλάω καυστικά εε; Τρέχα τώρα να φωνάξεις στους δρόμους «ψωμί μπριζόλα κοκακόλα», να σπάσεις, να κάψεις και μετά να παραπονιέσαι γιατί όλα είναι μπουρδέλο και δεν λειτουργεί τίποτε.