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Romana Turina - 10.11.2011 - 14:31
“If we want things to stay as they are,things will have to change”,writes Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957) in the The Leopard (1963). Is this the kind of manoeuvrings Mr. Papandreou had to pull to finally see some capable people working together for Greece? Maria seems to be sure about it;I am keen on thinking she is right. Then,the worse of me gets the upper hand and I recall Lampedusa,again:“We were the leopards,the lions,those who take our place will be jackals and sheep,and the whole lot of us –leopards,lions,jackals and sheep –will continue to think ourselves the salt of the earth.” He spoke about politicians. [...]