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.
Unfortunately, we are full of politicians of little ability (politician = the polis, i.e. a person dealing with the affairs of the community) both here and in the West. Dilettante, small-minded, stupid people are trying to impose their own frustrated world view on us. Our Crows are domestic copies of Europeans.
The purpose of politics is the welfare of the people. This includes, among many other things, freedom and sovereignty, that is, being masters of our own lives. Why do we long for this independence? First of all, so that foreigners don't take our crops and raw materials, we don't have to adopt other people's customs and systems, we don't become slaves to other people's ideologies and occupations, we don't get cold and hungry, we don't have our sides shot through, etc. If, for example, we sanction the Russians in order to avoid restricting our freedom, but in the process we restrict ourselves (we adopt ideologies, get cold and hungry, other armies invade, take away our weapons and possibly our soldiers), is it worth it? The Union would now immediately exchange possible future difficulties arising from a potentially threatening Russian influence for equivalent present difficulties.
Those who, out of stupidity, malice, or simply representing foreign interests, drive Europe to ruin, are doing the same as Herostratus. They destroy, destroy, burn, because it is much easier than building.
But we should not erase their names, but record them as an eternal reminder that we know who is responsible for all of this.
Source: Vasarnap.hu/Zsolt Ungvárí
Featured image: MTI
