Greek Crisis Exacts the Cruelest Toll

"HERAKLION, Greece—The first time he despaired of his debts, Vaggelis Petrakis drank a poisonous brew of beer and gasoline.

A note he left didn't mention the financial woes of his fruit and vegetable business, of which his family was well aware. Instead, he left instructions for his children on how to look after his animals. "Put mother rabbit in a different place from the little rabbits," the note began..."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904199404576538261061694524.html

 

The US is headed in the same direction. Greatest at risk are the elderly.

 

"Loan Sharks Worsen the Bind for Some Greeks

Greek entrepreneurs, denied bank credit, sometimes turn to loan sharks.

But their high-interest loans often just worsen the squeeze, and have played a role in at least six suicides in the city of Heraklion on Crete, says its public prosecutor...."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904265504576569211331012054.html

 

Josephus Describes the Mass Suicide at Masada
Some scholars maintain that Josephus' account of the tragedy at Masada is contradicted by archaeological evidence. Read the conclusions from Shaye Cohen's article "Masada: Literary Tradition, Archaeological Remains, and the Credibility of Josephus"

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/Masada1.html

 

pretty sad..but what to do...