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| Below the Line world edition with kizbot: 'In the thick of it all' | Below the Line world edition with kizbot: 'In the thick of it all' |
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| BTL (below the line) is a regular profile of a particularly delightful, prolific or controversial member of the Guardian comment community. Care to introduce yourself? Fill out our World news commenter questionnaire. Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about our Cif commenters! You can still fill out the original version of our BTL survey. | BTL (below the line) is a regular profile of a particularly delightful, prolific or controversial member of the Guardian comment community. Care to introduce yourself? Fill out our World news commenter questionnaire. Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about our Cif commenters! You can still fill out the original version of our BTL survey. |
| Need to know: kizbot | Need to know: kizbot |
| Joined: 5th June 2008 Comments to date: 32,134 Abuse reports: 418 | Joined: 5th June 2008 Comments to date: 32,134 Abuse reports: 418 |
How did you choose your username? What does it mean? | How did you choose your username? What does it mean? |
| It's a nickname I've had since I was a teenager and it also fits in nicely with the internet because it sounds like I'm a bot ... which I'm not, of course. Well, I don't think I am? | It's a nickname I've had since I was a teenager and it also fits in nicely with the internet because it sounds like I'm a bot ... which I'm not, of course. Well, I don't think I am? |
| Where do you live (country and/or city)? | Where do you live (country and/or city)? |
| I live in Athens, Greece. I've lived in central Athens for nearly 20 years. | I live in Athens, Greece. I've lived in central Athens for nearly 20 years. |
| Tell us a secret about yourself: | Tell us a secret about yourself: |
| I've given far too many secrets away online over the years and I'm not giving any more up. Unless it's under torture, in which case I'll tell you anything you want to hear. | I've given far too many secrets away online over the years and I'm not giving any more up. Unless it's under torture, in which case I'll tell you anything you want to hear. |
| What country or region do you pay attention to most? If it's not where you're from, why do you follow news in this part of the globe? | What country or region do you pay attention to most? If it's not where you're from, why do you follow news in this part of the globe? |
| The news on Greece. I spend most of my time on the Guardian following the Eurozone Crisis Business Blog as it has the best reporting on what's happening in the crisis and, living in Greece, I'm pretty much in the thick of it all. | The news on Greece. I spend most of my time on the Guardian following the Eurozone Crisis Business Blog as it has the best reporting on what's happening in the crisis and, living in Greece, I'm pretty much in the thick of it all. |
| Name a world leader you'd like to: travel with for a week on state business / ask for a drink / knock some sense into: | Name a world leader you'd like to: travel with for a week on state business / ask for a drink / knock some sense into: |
| There's not a world leader I'd particularly care to be seen in the same room with, to be honest. I tend to think that anyone who enters politics at all has some kind of 'issue' and even if they start out in any way idealistic, it doesn't last long and they are all corrupted in the end. I was always pretty cynical about politicians but after 20 years in Greece, and also seeing the behaviour of the EU leaders and the Troika during the crisis, I have the same rock bottom opinion of the lot of them. | There's not a world leader I'd particularly care to be seen in the same room with, to be honest. I tend to think that anyone who enters politics at all has some kind of 'issue' and even if they start out in any way idealistic, it doesn't last long and they are all corrupted in the end. I was always pretty cynical about politicians but after 20 years in Greece, and also seeing the behaviour of the EU leaders and the Troika during the crisis, I have the same rock bottom opinion of the lot of them. |
| Do you have a crush on a Guardian journalist? If not a crush, which Guardian journalist do you think you'd be good friends with? | Do you have a crush on a Guardian journalist? If not a crush, which Guardian journalist do you think you'd be good friends with? |
| I kinda got over having crushes in my early teens over 35 years ago! But I do love lots and lots of journos. Top of my list, though, are Graeme Wearden and Jon Henley, who have both done fantastic reporting on Greece. | I kinda got over having crushes in my early teens over 35 years ago! But I do love lots and lots of journos. Top of my list, though, are Graeme Wearden and Jon Henley, who have both done fantastic reporting on Greece. |
| Which Guardian commenters would you invite to a dinner party in real life? What would you cook for them? If I invited all the commenters I find interesting, I'd have to hire a hall and call in catering. If we restrict it to some of the other 'Greek' commenters, who are those who are either Greek or live(d) in Greece, these include: equusmulusoctopus, helianthe, TheThistle, StrathAllen, siren45, seaandshells, sylvester and many more. If I could fit them all onto my balcony I think I'd just have to throw some souvlakia on the barbie and do a Greek thing. I'm a decent cook but when feeding the five thousand, souvlaki is great. | Which Guardian commenters would you invite to a dinner party in real life? What would you cook for them? If I invited all the commenters I find interesting, I'd have to hire a hall and call in catering. If we restrict it to some of the other 'Greek' commenters, who are those who are either Greek or live(d) in Greece, these include: equusmulusoctopus, helianthe, TheThistle, StrathAllen, siren45, seaandshells, sylvester and many more. If I could fit them all onto my balcony I think I'd just have to throw some souvlakia on the barbie and do a Greek thing. I'm a decent cook but when feeding the five thousand, souvlaki is great. |
| What international story do you think deserves more coverage (from the Guardian or the media in general)? | What international story do you think deserves more coverage (from the Guardian or the media in general)? |
| There isn't enough about the real effects of austerity on Southern Europe, particularly in Greece and Portugal. Jon Henley did a great series last year but there's been virtually nothing since. I don't think people in Britain and other parts of Europe really have a proper picture of what it's done to ordinary people. | There isn't enough about the real effects of austerity on Southern Europe, particularly in Greece and Portugal. Jon Henley did a great series last year but there's been virtually nothing since. I don't think people in Britain and other parts of Europe really have a proper picture of what it's done to ordinary people. |
| What is your favorite word in a foreign language (you can give us a word in English if it happens to be a second language)? | What is your favorite word in a foreign language (you can give us a word in English if it happens to be a second language)? |
| Malakies. (Μαλακιες). Rough translation would be 'a load of wank'. It's a word that can be used to describe many aspects of life in Greece over the past few years. | Malakies. (Μαλακιες). Rough translation would be 'a load of wank'. It's a word that can be used to describe many aspects of life in Greece over the past few years. |
| Tell us something about the city/country you live in that only locals would know: | Tell us something about the city/country you live in that only locals would know: |
| All those riots in Athens took place in only a very small, limited area of Central Athens (around Syntagma and in Exarcheia). Everyone in Britain was telling me to 'keep safe', when I was never in any danger whatsoever. | All those riots in Athens took place in only a very small, limited area of Central Athens (around Syntagma and in Exarcheia). Everyone in Britain was telling me to 'keep safe', when I was never in any danger whatsoever. |
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