From the desk of George Handlery on Thu, 2011-12-29 14:14 The less you know about a matter, the more likely that you will be misled by distortions that mirror the news making clan’s prejudices. Your correspondent dislikes themes that involve his origins. There was a time when, coming from the “other” Europe, you were rated as biased by birth. Familiarity with the system proved a prejudice. You knew too much, you were too close to the case and that kept you from appreciating communism’s achievements. Firsthand knowledge counted a disqualifier and knowing the subject became a blemish. An objective witness had to be someone that read books about it or, if local, then he was a member of the Central Committee. Recent events demand that the silence be broken. Abandoning self-censorship is warranted, as the specific case of Hungary is indicative of the might of those that can skew the global media-rendition of occurrences. 
The Truth About Hungary
Thursday, 29 December 2011
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