Oh boy; I just saw this. I don't really collect that much Greek stuff, but it sure makes me want to buy a Greek coin! Don't these clowns have anything better to do? Such as maybe not imploding as a country?
Danggumit, my mp3 player died this week and I ordered a new one. An
owl, even though I'm not really into those, would have been a perfect sign of defiance, but I don't wish to dip further into savings at the moment. A
New Style Tet would be appropriate though. Kind of a double insult, since
Athens was under the
Roman thumb at the time, and the fact that the
New Style ones are awesome!
On second thought, I'd rather have a
Seleucid Tet. The mainland's not been very relevant since 338 B.C.
Do they claim Hellenistic things as well? If they're going to play that game, wouldn't the country of
Macedonia have the better claim on the great majority of Greek things outside of Achaea? Or even various Muslim countries? Oh well, we're not supposed to think about logic; we're supposed to shut up and do the feel
good thing. We're supposed to do like Mr. Van Driessen from Beavis and Butt-head, strum a guitar and sing 'climb a mountain." Well, sorry, I'm not a van Driessen. What about all the things plundered from
Greece by the
Romans? Oops, I'm thinking again..not supposed to do that.
I've long reached the point where I'm sick of it, and I am blatantly hostile towards people/institutions that want to take our coins away We're not hurting anything Leave us alone. Bullies need to be stood up to.
I think now would be a
good time to buy some Tets as a show of solidarity.
Forum has many nice ones. Better yet, buy the owls and mainland issues that will really drive the nabobs nuts.
Ah, if only Pompey
Magnus were in our State Dept., "Little
man..." He was quoting to an Athenian too How very ironic. Oh well, wishful thinking.
I have a feeling that nothing will happen in the end, but I'll support just about any cause for collectors.
I think
Italy and
Greece will be snubbed off for the time-being, but I will be very concerned if
Egypt,
Syria,
Persia, Jordan etc. suddenly want to get into the action.