tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8666008868051581555..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Mykonos: A Place Much in Need of OrderOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52810485736376573272019-07-07T02:44:33.973-04:002019-07-07T02:44:33.973-04:00Yes, Tim, Mykonians still talk in reverential tone...Yes, Tim, Mykonians still talk in reverential tones of your visit. <br />"Impunity" is the perfect word for summing up the essence of the problem. Thank you for that. Now it's up to the Mykonians to come up with the appropriate antonym. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45553511680356548052019-07-07T02:37:31.352-04:002019-07-07T02:37:31.352-04:00I agree completely that it's up to Mykonians t...I agree completely that it's up to Mykonians to shape and preserve their future. As for what locals say, I respectfully disagree. The reason I wrote this post, and indeed my very premise for writing "The Mykonos Mob," is because virtually every Mykonian bemoans its beloved island's current situation...one which has attracted hordes of off-island profiteers who come to recklessly mine the island's rich three-month-long tourism season for all that it's worth, leaving those who consider Mykonos home to live with the consequences. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-11935550773780912082019-07-07T02:22:19.563-04:002019-07-07T02:22:19.563-04:00Yes, Kaldis next stop is Naxos. As for its future...Yes, Kaldis next stop is Naxos. As for its future, who's to say, but it has several things going for it other Cycladic islands do not. It's economically self-sustainable without tourism, has an active and (at times) successful indigenous opposition to ill-thought out infrastructure projects, and a newly elected mayor who's vowed to lure tourism by focusing on what Naxos has to offer with its storied past, and working with that, rather than trying to emulate Ibiza or Miami Beach. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-15645318098585327432019-07-06T20:12:46.242-04:002019-07-06T20:12:46.242-04:00This kind of breaks my heart. I had an enchanted c...This kind of breaks my heart. I had an enchanted couple of weeks there back in the Pleistocene, and nothing good lasts forever, or even for very long. As one who has lived in Thailand, I know that the worst word in the world is "impunity." Awful people have it in Thailand, too.<br /> Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-51305935932688349802019-07-06T10:14:51.610-04:002019-07-06T10:14:51.610-04:00Jeff,
In order to change what's happening on t...Jeff,<br />In order to change what's happening on the island you'd have to change the mentality of the people who live there and of many Greeks. My guess is if you talk to locals they'll tell you the island and the people have survived thousands of years and this is just a time to be lived through. Sadly, they'd be like the philosophers of ancient Greece who might've said or thought the same thing but were unable to change the mentality of the people. I believe they live knowing the island will survive any onslaught, as it has done, and will live on maybe not as the glorious vacation spot it now enjoys but as an island with people rooted to its history.Jim Sogotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322297556123905644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84086882344511722222019-07-06T08:35:48.431-04:002019-07-06T08:35:48.431-04:00Wall Street Journal today had five islands feature...Wall Street Journal today had five islands featured, among them, Naxos. I just saw two other tourist publications touting Naxos, . . .sigh. . .it may not be long and it too will be sounding a bit like Mykonos. Didn't you say, Kaldis is already going to work there?Jackie and Joel Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074129927177165084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-85442033553187823112019-07-06T07:11:52.973-04:002019-07-06T07:11:52.973-04:00That's a very good attitude, Tonette, though I...That's a very good attitude, Tonette, though I sense it's one you've developed through first hand experience.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78260869269594295902019-07-06T07:09:48.638-04:002019-07-06T07:09:48.638-04:00I'm hearing that a lot these days ... and Naxo...I'm hearing that a lot these days ... and Naxos should take heed. :)<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-51367517518880268032019-07-06T04:43:59.567-04:002019-07-06T04:43:59.567-04:00I'll see you on Naxos!I'll see you on Naxos!Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-90123189545282616182019-07-06T01:15:33.964-04:002019-07-06T01:15:33.964-04:00Sounds like where I live...without the beauty and ...Sounds like where I live...without the beauty and culture. I wish you the best in things improving. In the meantime, enjoy the greatness that remains and surrounds you. Tonette Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282619985489614075noreply@blogger.com