THE HELLEMANIST
The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhaur wrote in his Magnum Opus, "There are
three kinds of Greeks" the Hellenes, the Philhellenes [those who truly love the Greeks and
their culture] and the Hellenists [those who imitate the Greeks]. The philosopher of course
was referring to the ancient Greeks.
The Gerkoman of Macedonia has been called and described as a Hellenist. But Hellenist
properly refers to ancient people who imitated the achievements of the ancient Greeks, in
sculpture, poetry, philosophy, etc. The Gerkoman who imitates the Greeks of today cannot
truly be called a Hellenist, simply because he does not have the pleasure to imitate any kind
of modern Greek achievement.
What the Gerkoman of today does, is imitate the Greeks in speech, dance, mannerisms
behaviour and many other Greek characteristics. Considering these facts, we confidently
state, that the Gerkoman is not a Hellenist, but an impersonator, an imitator, like a stage
performer.
Unfortunately for the Gerkoman, his impersonation of the Greeks is life long. The stage
performer's imitation is of short duration, unless, the performer loses control of his identity
and personality and merges with the characters he imitates, when that happens, you can rest
assure, the impersonator is a candidate for medical attention. Similarly, the Gerkoman, when
compared to the impersonators, identity crisis, he can be considered a basket case that suffers
the effects of a disease called Gerkomania.
The Gerkoman in fact, seems to be content with his condition. He uses the mechanism
of conscious repression to deal with his Macedonian reality which threatens his psychological
security. In effect, he tries to do away with his wishes and desires by constantly refusing
to acknowledge his Macedonian origins. In order to minimize the effects and conflict of his
identity dilemma, he has perfected, the mental process of introjection, by grafting on to his
own self, attributes that belong to the Greek character. As a result, he dilutes and confuses
his Macedonian identity altogether. Finally, he identifies himself as a Greek. It must be admitted,
this constant identity crisis is not shared by all Gerkomani.
Fear is also a motivating factor that renders many of these Macedonians as Gerkomani.
They cannot be considered true Gerkomani. They are victims to the natural instinct for
survival. With the interest of the Gerkoman in mind, we have focussed our attention to the
dreadful disease of the mind we call Gerkomania, an obsessive and manic desire to be Greek.
This disease was brought upon the Macedonian people by Greek Draconian policies that
inflicted thousands of Macedonians, Vlahs, Albanians and others. One may ask, "How was
it possible for the Greeks to mentally paralyze so many Macedonians calling themselves
Greeks?.
After the Balkan wars in 1912-1913, the Aegean part of Macedonia became isolated from outside influence. The Macedonian population subjected to Greek brutality that deprived the Macedonians of their
freedom to assert and develop their Macedonian national character. The Greeks having complete
control of the inferior position of the Macedonians, instituted a policy of full scale terror and
propaganda. The Mcedonians being deprived the freedom to even speak their own language, were
forced to identify as Greeks or suffer the consequences. This being the position of the Macedonians
naturally large numbers submitted reluctantly to the brutal foe.
The most significant factor that influenced the Macedonian population especially Macedonian youth
was, ancient Greek culture. No one can deny the majesty of this amazing period in human civilization.
The Macedonians, being deprived of their identity, at the same time brain washed with propaganda
ancient Greek history and terror, they could not resist the assumed superiority of their forced identity.
Ancient Greek culture proved to be addictive to vast numbers of the Macedonian population, that
we identify as Gerkomani, thus resulting in a full scale epidemic of Gerkomania.
Being a victim of this addiction, which the Gerkoman is fully aware, and refuses to acknowledge,the
Gerkoman has become a target of curiosity and pity,
God willing, some of the Gerkomani will save themselves from this shameful condition. Unfortunately
great numbers will carry this disease to their graves.
To ease the burden and torment of the Macedonian Gerkoman, we have a few suggestions that might
elevate the private anguish they go through. We have included to the philosopher's list a fourth kind
of a Greek- [A HELLEMANIST.]
To become a Hellemanist, it is a very simple procedure of consent
by the Gerkoman and a Greek preferably from the island of Crete or a Greek from the region called
Mani.
These Greeks are considered to be descendents from pure ancient Greek blood.
By introducing
pure Greek blood into the Gerkomans blood stream through blood transfusion, the Gerkoman will finally
legitimize his obsession of becoming a Greek. He can proclaim with total confidence, that Greek blood
flows in his veins. He will terminate the name Gerkoman. He will become a proud Hellemanist and thus end the shameful saga of the Gerkoman once and for all.
S.O.M.A
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