FROM THE EDITOR

Dr. Emzar Djgerenaia

I hope that my reader has not felt bored of late. Yet, can it really be so with there being so many ongoing shows?

On the one hand, it is football show in the form of world championship, on the other one – political show in the form of elections and, what is more important, permanent show of our day-to-day life that seems to be infinite and full of surprises like in “Santa Barbara”.
Could anyone think that France and Portugal would let us down like this and would make Japan and USA happy? Or that “Citizen’s Union” would be defeated by Nationalists and “Socialists” would be defeated by “Labourists”? Who would ever think that electricity would be provided on schedule after so many numerous downfalls, or that after such a triumphant implementation of budget plans, pensions and salaries would not be issued and consumer basket would increase by 49%. Who could ever think that we would buy berry for 4 laris and meat for 6 laris in the middle of summer? No, we have not really expected it! To tell you the truth, what else could we expect from this lazy Zidan who imagined himself to be centre of the Universe. What could we expect from this multimillion Figo or from politicians who forgot about policy, professionals and reality? Or, perhaps, their methods became outdated so they do not notice things going on in reality because like Zidan they imagined themselves to be centre of the Universe.
They try to make policy by threatening people with fist. They live by slogans during elections as well as after them.
Certainly, they can deceive people and care about their own well-being, but there is a limit to everything that prevents one from being entangled in the web of intrigues. You should remember that making someone do what he is not accustomed to would turn him into your enemy as no one can be more wicked than a slave undeservedly dressed in a mantle of a free, educated and worthy Roman, the way a son who was given the whole world by a loving father, killed his parent because he did not know what he did. Neither Figo nor Zidan appreciated laurels and glory that were prematurely conferred to them. Yet unknown and devoted Japanese and Koreans struggled in the field and pleased both people and their country.
Georgia is divided into eight parts:
– Ruling elite of all levels – 1%;
– Elite of the rich (politician-businessmen) – 3%;
– Ballast of politician-amateurs – 4%;
– Professional political demagogues – 6%;
– Criminals with and without shoulderstraps – 5%;
– Nihilists – 1%;
– Discontent socialist-arsenist-revanchists – 50%;
– Kitchen politicians and more reserved people – 30%
Recently held elections, anatomy of country’s economic development were a clear example of it. The problem of Georgian nationhood is that its constructive force – kitchen politicians – think that a certain X would come and solve the problems they argue about in the kitchens. They cannot understand that they represent a main constructive force of the country and if they do not start
1) Issuing laws that they would themselves respect;
2) Building their own civil society, country, street (without it nothing would help us no matter how much we complain);
3) Creating moral code in accordance with which people would not extend a hand to thieves, deceivers, betrayers, and would not greet them;
4) Respecting other property, liberty of the subject as well as other people’s opinions.
We must do it ourselves, but not “see the speck in our brother’s eye”. We must begin to do it slowly and gradually being inspired by the idea that each child of Georgia is able to save the country and habitants.
Constructive-salvage force of Georgia was first concentrated in the kitchen instead of coming to the foreground and forcing professional politicians to make policy that is useful for the country, and not the one that discontent socialist-arsenist-revanchists expect. It is clear that they represent destructive forces; they will bring nothing else but destruction to the country. Only in this way can we discourage the rich elite to do “monopolistic business”, to chain “criminals” and entertain ourselves by listening to the twitter of nihilists and amateurs. On behalf of the people that have a three thousand years’ old history, I appeal to you with request not to miss the chance of building Georgian state and civil society, not to let the people of the world say that Georgians can only boast at tables, swear and live in slavery.
Heads of French and Portuguese teams will have to strictly reconsider places of their excited defenders – Zidan and Figo. I wonder what our politicians would do. Will they change their strategy until they have time or will they give up arena to the “kitchen” politicians? However, like Moulen Rouge, the show will go on in the world championship as well as in our policy and “Santa Barbara”.