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    BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS (iii)
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    As he is drowning while Smyrna is in flames, a
    Greek character in BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS by Louis
    de Bernieres, is quoted as saying to an imaginary
    audience: “Don’t misunderstand me, it isn’t that
    I think Greeks are worse than Turks, what
    irritates me is that they think they’re so much
    better when really they’re exactly the same.”
    *
    Such admissions are made only in works of fiction
    written by foreign writers. I was born and raised
    in Greece and I now live in a Canadian city with
    a substantial Greek community, and I have never
    heard a Greek expressing sentiments remotely
    similar to these and I doubt if I will live long
    enough to hear an Armenian admit that Turks too
    are human beings who deserve to live.
    #
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