Greece: Taki versus the pyromanes

NAME the person least likely to have turned blogger, and somewhere near the top of my list would be the rich right-wing Greek hedonist Taki Theodoracopulos. But—a touch of the Huffington effect?— here is Taki's Top Drawer, with a scorching account of the recent fires in Greece, which Taki calls "a tragedy fuelled by greed' and explains thus:

After the war the [Athens] population exploded. It was like the Wild West.
Developers built wherever their fancy took them and the delightful
small city became the most hellish place in Europe. In the summer the
air was unbreathable. So what did the authorities do about it? They
imposed severe restrictions on building around the lungs of the city,
the foothills of Mount Parnis, Mount Pendeli, and Mount Hymettus, all
green and lush forests ... And what did the developers do? That’s an easy
one. Since the 1960’s they have annually set the forests on fire, and
after the land has been denuded of green, have built on it.

It's just that this year the fires got a bit more out of control than usual.

See also, while you're in the neighbourhood, Taki's attack on Britain, explaining why he's "better off in Gstaad". With which the Brits would probably agree.

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