The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Brilliant designers, hard-working contractors, a triumph of the human mind and skill. However, there are always those who, if they can't build, want to get noticed by destroying. There was an unfortunate sick man who found pleasure in destruction and set fire to the church so that his name would live on. Because history records both the good and the bad, unfortunately sometimes we mention the bad even more.
Posterity then decided to condemn the perpetrator of the disgraceful act to oblivion, and erased his name from everywhere, so that he could not achieve his goal. Somehow he remained, his name was Herostratos. Although I suspect this name sounds too good to be true; perhaps by spreading the fake name, the original was completely forgotten.
The above story reminded me of the rant of László Varju, a member of the DK, who kicked Csaba Böjte in connection with the molestation scandal at the Déva children's home. The Franciscan monk - who took thousands of orphans and/or children with a difficult fate under his wing, saved them and started them in life - is not burdened with personal responsibility in the embarrassing case, but he still gave the opportunity for the unworthy attacks. Unfortunately, it is difficult to prevent if one of the dozens of employees makes a mistake despite the conscientiousness of the very prudent manager. There was even a Judas among the 12 disciples of Jesus.
Varju and his companions now chose the path of Herostratus. If they don't succeed in creating anything great, if they haven't added anything useful to the world, then the easier solution remains: destruction.
Power, strength, influence is a gift, and its value is determined by who uses it for what. This is what distinguishes the commoner from the noble. The mission given to control the community and shape things can be useful, indifferent or harmful. The opposition chose the last, as he is unfit for the first and too excitable and haughty for the second.
the full article of Sunday here.
Author: Zsolt Ungváry
Photo: Tamás Kovács
