WALKING THE PLANK
There is an almost eerie silence these days in Greece, only punctuated by sharp, angry demonstrations in the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki.
Greeks are numbed by the vicious austerity measures, and the apparent determination of their government to sink them and keep them in the worst economic plight since the end of World War II for an undetermined number of years, all of course in the name of "saving" the country.