Athens is preparing for the Olympic Games, and it seems to have gotten to their head.
First, the U.S. issues a report claiming that secuity in Athens is bad. Spokesman and (future Iraqi Minister of Information) Christos Protopapas responds: “These scenarios have no relation to reality. We have a perfect plan for the security of the Olympics… There seem to be (foreign) interests that want to pressure us, but we will not cave in. We will organize the safest Olympics.”
Those “foreign interests” must be Spain, Germany, Britain, the United States, Israel, Australia and France, who Greece has asked to consult on the $600 M security operation.
A week later, Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos told an international conference the $600 million security blueprint for the Olympics was even better than similar plans drawn up by cities and countries faced with bigger threats.
“It is hard to find another city in the Western world that has such extensive security measures like Athens,” Venizelos said.
“Security is based on a new dogma, a holistic dogma and not one based on random checks to deal with any potential problem,” Venizelos said. “The Games will be perfect.”
…again with this “perfect” thing. “Hubris” is Greek, isn’t it?
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