That's How It Happened

I hadn't been to Greece in more than a decade, and some things have changed. The Greek alphabet appears to be under heavy attack from the Latin alphabet on all public buildings, billboards, and street signs, perhaps as a direct result of the Olympics.
It only takes about 10 minutes to learn to read the Greek alphabet, (although admittedly stylised capital letters are slightly harder), so having to depend on Latin alphabet signs is really lazy. I couldn't help feeling that this was an unwanted cultural invasion. The situation is perhaps not being helped by the wearing of "Go Hard Big Dick" t-shirts. Maybe as a response to this, a rather iconic Abu Ghraib stencil is currently plastered across half the classical monuments in Athens.

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