Tommy Lee: proud to be Greek

Greek American rockstar Tommy Lee has hit back at all the bad press Greece has
been receiving by listing a full manifesto on why he is proud of his Greek
heritage via his facebook page.
The founding member of metal band Motley
Crue was born in Athens, the son of David Oliver Bass, a US Army serviceman of
Welsh descent, and Vassiliki Papadimitriou, a 1957 Miss Greece contestant.
Although, his family moved to West Covina, California one year after his birth,
Tommy has not forgotten his homeland in his recent facebook message.
Here is
Tommy's post on why he is proud to be Greek:
GREECE
Because we are a
small, poor country full of people with big hearts
Because we never visit
anyone empty-handed
Because there is no way to tell foreigners the word
"Kapsoura" to properly (burning desire for someone)
Because there is still
something valuable in Greek families
Because we always do, even if at the
last moment
Because we were slaves for 400 years, but never take this as an
excuse for our current state
Because we are scattered all over the
Planet
Because we have the word "filotimo" (Honor for his friend?) In any
other language
Because foreigners, if they can not find a word, use one of
ours
Because we share our problems and bad times with our friends and family
and not with psychiatrists
Because Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were
Greeks
Because we invented theater
Because we gave birth to
democracy
Because we discovered logic
Because we made the start in
science
Because we are proud of our culture, not our war
Because when we
started to make the Parthenon, the others still slept in trees
Because we
have all these lights, which have made efforts to create peace through
war
Because we see a difference between "eros" (in love) and "Agapi" (Love),
while we feel both passionately
Because Eros was a Greek God
Because we
gave the curse "Freedom or Death"
Because we already woven leash than any
other are still attracted to wolf skin
Because "Greeks do not fight like
heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks" (Winston Churchill, 1941)
Because we
gave our ancient alphabet to the Romans and our Medieval alphabet to the
Slavs
Because we are not ashamed to cry
Because we dance when we are
sad
Because we work to live, not live to work
Because 97% of the star
names are Greek
Because if we 'brother or cousin "on the road every scream
turns
Because our churches are not dark inside full of special
lighting
Because our parents do not forget that we exist when we are already
18
Because if we want to get a sun tan, we go to the beach
Because we
confront every difficulty with humor
Because the Olympics were born in
Greece
As we unite with our Olympic light the world and send the message of
peace
Because our sky is blue white
Because 40% of the Oxford dictionary
consists of Greek words
Because we know what "Kefi" (joy in the fun?) Means
and how to live it.
…..PROUD GREEK SOUL!