15.10.2010 - 20:35 Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks

A group of leading historians held a press conference Monday at the National Geographic Society to announce they had "entirely fabricated" ancient Greece, a culture long thought to be the intellectual basis of Western civilization.



The group acknowledged that the idea of a sophisticated, flourishing society existing in Greece more than two millennia ago was a complete fiction created by a team of some two dozen historians, anthropologists, and classicists who worked nonstop between 1971 and 1974 to forge "Greek" documents and artifacts. "Honestly, we never meant for things to go this far," said Professor Gene Haddlebury, who has offered to resign his position as chair of Hellenic Studies at Georgetown University. "We were young and trying to advance our careers, so we just started making things up: Homer, Aristotle, Socrates, Hippocrates, the lever and fulcrum, rhetoric, ethics, all the different kinds of columns—everything."

"One night someone made a joke about just taking all these ideas, lumping them together, and saying the Greeks had done it all 2,000 years ago," Haddlebury said. "One thing led to another, and before you know it, we're coming up with everything from the golden ratio to the Iliad."

"That was a bitch to write, by the way," he continued, referring to the epic poem believed to have laid the foundation for the Western literary tradition. "But it seemed to catch on."

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13.10.2010 - 17:25 Macedonia in NATO immediately: FYROM

The first mediator in the Greece-Macedonia name dispute, ambassador Robin O'Neil, recommends:

Macedonia to be admitted to NATO
under “FYROM” reference

The Article 11 of the interim agreement opens door to Macedonia towards NATO and EU membership under FYROM reference. If the Macedonian government wishes to join the NATO and EU, my advice is to do this through use of interim agreement i.e. by applying FYROM reference, first mediator in the Greece-Macedonia name dispute, ambassador Robin O'Neil, recommends in the interview with programme “Voice of people.”

O'Neil said:
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- It is of significant importance the fact that agreement was negotiated by Cyrus Vance, US representative led by the UN. This means responsibility rests on the US government and UN Secretary General to support this agreement to be obeyed.


- I do not know whether NATO Secretary General is quoted correctly. Interim agreement is any case is obligatory to Greece. It is true that NATO works according to consensus principle but we must have in mind what does it mean consensus. It is opposite of vetoing. During the negotiations for a consensus, the governments discuss about their common interest so they achieve agreement based on that common interest. If a country opposes the common interest, then other members should make pressure on this country to make her to urge for common interests. In this case, no one can deny that Macedonia’s membership in
NATO will strengthen the Alliance and the international stability, and especially the stability of the Balkans. Also Macedonia’s membership will not weaken Greece in any case nor will endanger Greece’s position in relation to name issue of Macedonia, if this membership is negotiated under FYROM name.

- The Macedonian government will undoubtedly call attention to NATO members to point out that interim agreement provides way to which Macedonia would become member of the Alliance under FYROM name without endangering the position of Greece related to name issue. If Greece opposes Macedonia to join NATO under FYROM, then other NATO members will undoubtedly consider this behaviour as a proof of hostility towards Macedonia and not only as an attempt to keep the Greece’s position in the name dispute.

-If you are small country, you cannot resolve such problem by being aggressive in the international relations. Active and persistent, yes. But always to try to make friends and to obtain friends due to common sense and flexibility. And just right here the interim agreement can be used. My advice is now to apply for NATO and EU membership under FYROM name. Nothing is endangered in this way and the reaction of the Greece’s government relation to application will show the real position of Greece to the other members of the two organisation in relation to the interim agreement, signed by Greece.

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(Why does not respect and implement the Interim Agreement by the EU?
Well, it can not expect anything smart from those who had such of sense to adopt a Lisbon resolution- of them can be expected just something silly and arrogant - in a Greek-style!)

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