The situation in Greece grows violent.

[JDPriestly]

12. I remember the Detroit riots but never knew as much about them as you do.

The Greek riots are well organized and very violent, and in response to the economic austerity programs. I think that the French and German governments are very worried about whether the banks will be repaid. And I don't think that the Greek people have the desire to repay the banks by themselves. This is different from the Detroit riots and other riots of the 1960s because the American riots were the culmination of generations of discrimination and economic inequality. The Greek riots are an expression of anger at economic unfairness that arises from dishonesty not from centuries of repression and racial discrimination to the point of slavery.