GREECE -- Thought out then written by the one and only Will Anson

Greece is a godforsaken mess of a country, which has got me thinking about where America will be in a couple thousand years. Greece was the centre of western civilisation two thousand

years ago and is now inhabited by beggars, buskers, pushy business people and others living day by day. I am left wandering, that if I were to have been born in Greece and knew about the opportunities elsewhere in the west, how hopeless I would be. I keep thinking where the way out would be. That’s the thing though, there is no way out. People living in Greece are stuck there, stuck in the chaos which only money can cure. But what really hits me is that Greece is not the worst country out there, there are worse so I’m told, so how bad must they be. If Greeks don’t seem to be proud of being Greeks then how can a skinny little black boy in a ditch in Africa be proud of his country. I bring this point up because I am proud to call myself a Kiwi, even more so after being to this white sea of apartment blocks.

I find it very sad indeed that people can’t have a sense of pride or respect of where they come from.

             I’m sure everyone else on this trip will tell you how amazing all the ancient ruins were, and I’ll agree with them on that. It’s incredible to marvel at structures which are thousands of years old and are still standing and which great people have set foot in, but I already knew this before I set foot onto that plane. What I didn’t know was that the people who live around these marvels are in a circle of life, which I didn’t even know existed a week ago. This circle is cruel. I saw a man with half his foot missing, an open wound embedded with disease, very obvious and no body stopped to help. They were all to busy surviving themselves, trying to make every one cent coin count. That man is more than likely dead now and I say prayer to god as I write this that he may be granted a better life after death.

            The animals here are even worse, beautiful dogs, which would be cared for lovingly back home, are left to fend for themselves on the streets. Born with disease, the only respite for these animals is that they won’t have to suffer for as long as a human.

What happened in that two thousand years that led to this final result, a country without hope or pride or any sense of unity. What hope is there for people like me who dream of a big future, what hope is there for the good people who want to make a difference. Maybe it’s just my youth and inexperience that makes me say this but, I don’t see how things could improve or get better for Greece. There stuck in a landside to destruction. But that’s just my opinion and you can take it or leave it as you please. Laters.