January 21, 2009

Rifles rifles rifles


So, for about four to five years Cypriots and pseudo-Cypriots have been crossing the "we don't want to say it's a border but let's act like it is, but not" every day in large numbers. To the gross disappointment of Freedom Fighters everywhere, mass graves were scorned for the sake of mass consumption and our respective struggles drowned their sorrow in frappuccino in the subtly and tastefully named Mall of Cyprus.

And then, on the day of a sporting event of the highest political order, some hoolifans of one of the teams, seeking to compensate for their bourgeois existential ennui by way of Byzantinohellenic heritages, go ahead and do this.

Pay attention to some of the comments from Famagusta Gazette's esteemed readership. My favourite is this guy:
HAS ANYONE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE 50 THOUSAND HUNTING RIFFLES THAT EXIST IN THE GREEK SIDE, IN THE CASE OF A CYPRUS PROBLEM SOLUTION?
CAN A HUNTING RIFFLE KILL A PERSON? OF COURSE IT CAN...
Caps aside, I can't help but wonder if this person thinks that a) our brave G/C weekend reservists [I can only assume that's what he's talking about] are likely to use their 50,000 rifles for hunting T/Cs rather than hunting rabbits, b) a significant percentage of said "hunters" can actually aim and c) any of those rifles are in actual working order.

January 20, 2009

The looneYKAN!


Can someone explain to me how the heck a person who gets repeated nervous breakdowns when the police tries to arrest him, can lead the Antinarcotic Squad in Cyprus ?

Assuming that Abraham is found not guilty, will someone question his capability to return back into action and lead one of the most serious divisions of the police ?
I bet 10 bucks that noone will...

But again, this is Cyprus... Why judge things based on reason?

January 01, 2009

Anyone who, of his own accord, lays down the weapons of criticism also allows his power of judgment and decision to decay. In the end, he should not be surprised by his existence as a fully transparent subject. His private sphere has long since disappeared. He always leaves behind the same traces. He no longer needs to be observed and investigated, since everyone knows what he is thinking and doing anyway.

Wolfgang Sofsky, Privacy, A Manifesto