I love History. Both military and cultural history. My favorite subjects are Ancient Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, Egypt. Byzantine Empire, Dark Ages, Crusades. WW II. I have many books and magazines for the above subjects and read them many times. If i wasn't a Comic designer or a Civil Engineer then i would definately be a historian. I find history fascinating and a good source for stories and drawings. Living in Greece is helpfull since a lot of very interesting archeological sites are near. I have been to Delphi, Knossos in Crete, Akrotiri in Santorini, Akropolis in Athens, Ancient Olympia and many others.
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br /But according to many people again i am a fascist. Because i read about Ancient Greece and war. A very close friend of mine said "Military History? Fascists read that man!". Someone can be and IS called a fascist if he hangs a Greek flag on his balcony for no reason (if showing that you love your country and are proud to live in it is not a reason). I cannot explain it. It is a Greek thing. It's like i was raised to believe that through secret subconcious messages.
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br /And so in 2004 comes the Eurovision Song contest. For those who don't know it is a contest for European countries. In my opinion it is something overrated but people here have taken it a bit too seriously (if we don't win they hace sabotaged us). Anyway this year we selected our local SUPERSTAR Sakis Rouvas to represent us with a really "cool" song (in English heaven forbid if we honour our native language). Sakis performs with....... a T-Shirt with the Greek flag on it!
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br /And suddendly EVERYONE is proud to be Greek and wears the same t-shirt. And all that fascist stuff are forgotten! Magicaly! It took only one Contest, one Singer, a tea spoon of Greek flag and suddendly you are not a fascist! What do you get? A national symbol treated as a fashion statement.
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br /I have a headache.........
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