{"id":1903,"date":"2011-04-13T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2020-08-30T19:36:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T16:36:23","slug":"aristotle-onassis-an-ideal-type-of-a-modern-neanderthal-epilogue-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/en\/aristotle-onassis-an-ideal-type-of-a-modern-neanderthal-epilogue-f\/","title":{"rendered":"Aristotle Onassis &#8211; an ideal type of a modern &#8220;Neanderthal&#8221;- Epilogue (f)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(I dedicate this part of my article which talks about the final days of young Alexander Onassis to all my former Greek students, male and female, who today are playing the fools in their everyday lives, pretending not to understand what is happening around them. Too bad for them!!!)<\/p>\n<p>Starting this part of our article on Aristotle Onassis, which provides more details concerning the &#8220;real circumstances&#8221; and the &#8220;real data&#8221; in relation to the airplane &#8220;accident&#8221; which cost the life of Alexander Onassis, we want to once again present the &#8220;official memorandum&#8221; of the expert technical findings which was introduced by the High Magistrate of Athens, Mr. Stephanos Matthias, who later on became President of the Supreme Court of Greece. It is a brief technical assessment produced through &#8220;consensus&#8221; by the three &#8220;legal&#8221; and &#8220;official&#8221; parties involved in the aeronautics technical investigation of the airplane &#8220;accident&#8221; which killed Alexander Onassis. These three &#8220;legal&#8221; and &#8220;official&#8221; parties were the Committee for Accident Investigation of Greece\u2019s Civil Aviation, the Committee for Flight Security of Greece\u2019s Military Aviation and British aeronautics technical expert, Mr. Adam Hunter, who represented legally the interests of Aristotle Onassis in the Greek courts. This &#8220;court document&#8221; which was made officially public in\u00a0\u00a0 July of 1973, formulated the following evaluations concerning the &#8220;real causes&#8221; for the specific airplane &#8220;accident&#8221;. It specifies that,&#8221;\u2026there was an abnormality to the normal functions of the airplane\u2019s steering gears which was caused by reversing the connecting wires to these steering gears(external wires because of the old construction of this particular amphibian aircraft). Other direct causes which contributed to the accident were the improper upkeep and inspection carried out by those responsible for maintenance services, as well as through negligence by the pilot(meaning Alexander Onassis) to detect the reverse placing of the connecting wires to the steering gears before flight inspection\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek) (p.3.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Based on this &#8220;technical court assessment&#8221;, 7 engineers of Olympic Airlines were accused of professional laxity concerning the maintenance and the supervision of this particular amphibian aircraft, while there was no concrete or even circumstantial evidence which could point to a &#8220;particular person&#8221; or &#8220;particular persons&#8221; who may have committed the criminal tampering on the connecting wires leading to the airplane\u2019s steering gears; with the purpose of killing Alexander Onassis &#8220;in flight&#8221;. Yet, on November 7, 1977, 4 years after the airplane &#8220;accident&#8221; and almost 3 years after the death of Aristotle Onassis, the Magistrates\u2019 Court of Athens declared those 7\u00a0\u00a0 engineers of Olympic Airlines innocent of all the charges. What had intervened during this period of time so that these 7 &#8220;experienced&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 engineers could finally be acquitted by the Greek courts? The answer is simple; right after the &#8220;official&#8221; technical assessment was drafted by the three &#8220;legal&#8221; parties representing the engineering expertise in aeronautics(which in due course was approved by the Greek courts) and used as the &#8220;legal basis&#8221; for the criminal charges announced against the 7 engineers, these same engineers and technicians, as well as other &#8220;experts&#8221; who did not agree &#8220;absolutely&#8221; with the &#8220;court technical findings&#8221; as well as the &#8220;official&#8221; explanations as to the &#8220;causes of death&#8221; of Alexander Onassis, undertook their own proper investigation. It was a very &#8220;detailed&#8221; and &#8220;thorough&#8221; investigation of all the &#8220;official&#8221; facts and data; soon calling these into question( this &#8220;official&#8221; set-up reality) by presenting &#8220;well substantiated&#8221; evidence and\u00a0\u00a0 confirmations. We shall therefore examine one by one all the &#8220;critical points&#8221; related to the airplane &#8220;accident&#8221; which took away the life of &#8220;young&#8221; Alexander Onassis, as well as the &#8220;real circumstances&#8221; under which this young man died.<\/p>\n<p>Let us begin with the critical point of the &#8220;court technical assessment&#8221; which refers to a &#8220;deliberate&#8221; and a &#8220;conspiratorial&#8221; criminal act by &#8220;unknown persons&#8221; whose main goal was the &#8220;killing&#8221; of Alexander Onassis &#8220;in mid flight&#8221;; this through the mechanical sabotage of this particular aircraft by &#8220;reversing the connecting wires to its steering gears&#8221;, therefore causing &#8220;an abnormality to the normal functions of the airplane\u2019s steering gears&#8221;. As we had mentioned in the previous part of our article(Epilogue e ) concerning Aristotle Onassis, Mr. Nicolaos Pronoitis, who was then 26 years old, the engineer responsible for the proper maintenance of this particular Piaggio aircraft and the last person with whom Alexander Onassis spoke before embarking on this &#8220;deadly flight&#8221;, he personally undertook a technical investigation on a similar Piaggio airplane which Olympic Airlines had in its possession, discovering that it was &#8220;impossible&#8221; to reverse the connecting wires which controlled the aircraft\u2019s steering gears due to their &#8220;prescribed lengths&#8221;. Mr. Nicolaos Pronoitis\u00a0\u00a0 confirms that,&#8221;\u2026when we were informed about the thesis concerning the reversal of the connecting wires, we(the technical staff and the engineers of Olympic Airlines) started experimenting on the &#8220;sister airplane&#8221; of this particular Piaggio aircraft. I want to therefore inform you that it was impossible to reverse the connecting wires, since these wires have a particular length, and when one tries to crisscross these connecting wires and not place them parallel to each other onto the pulleys, the task becomes impossible because there is not enough wire\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.5.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>). Even if we assume that this type of &#8220;mechanical tampering&#8221; was possible\u00a0\u00a0 by some &#8220;unknown criminal\u00a0\u00a0 instigators&#8221;, in order to execute such an operation, they would have had to dismantle the body surface of the airplane which covered the connecting wires, a very specialized procedure which would have required a group of technical experts and would also be very time-consuming. This &#8220;iconic&#8221; and &#8220;lengthy&#8221; technical sabotage on this particular Piaggio aircraft was impossible not to have been detected by the personnel of Olympic Airlines as well as by the personnel of Greece\u2019s Civil Aviation, considering the fact that this Piaggio airplane was stationed outdoors at the Athens\u2019s International Airport for more than 3 months. This is also the reason why in 1974, the Athens Magistrates\u2019 Court was obliged to issue a legal supplement to its bill of indictment which referred to its latest evaluation concerning the &#8220;criminal act&#8221; of mechanical tampering on this particular amphibian aircraft. Part of this legal document (code no. 89\/1974) states the following, &#8220;\u2026If mechanical tampering(on the aircraft) had taken place, this would have been detected by the security staff of the airport, since in order to place the connecting wires the way they were later found(after the accident), one would have had to remove that part of the airplane\u2019s surface which covered these connecting wires; a task which would require a whole team of technical experts and a lengthy time\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.6.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>). A third point which would &#8220;weaken&#8221; or even &#8220;invalidate&#8221; the &#8220;official thesis&#8221; of sabotage on the Piaggio airplane, always with the design to physically eliminate Alexander Onassis &#8220;in flight&#8221;, was presented by the then President of Greece\u2019s Civil Aviation, Mr. Sotiris Varvaroutsos, who was the person responsible for compiling the final draft of all the technical findings of his department, stating that since this particular amphibian aircraft had remained immobile and was stationed for almost 4 months outside at the Athens International Airport, the &#8220;alleged instigators&#8221; would have found it difficult to carry out their &#8220;criminal plan&#8221;; first of all because during these 4 months someone except for Alexander Onassis could have used this airplane. Second, a simple inspection of the steering gears by the company\u2019s(Olympic Airlines) engineers and technical staff would have cancelled the flight, and third, the whole &#8220;dastardly&#8221; plan of this &#8220;very specialized&#8221; and &#8220;time consuming&#8221; mechanical tampering on the airplane would soon have been detected by the security guards at the airport, as well as by the technical staff of Olympic Airlines who worked in shifts daily, 24 hours a day. Mr. Sotiris Varvaroutsos makes the following query by asking, &#8220;\u2026how could one substantiate a criminal act with the purpose of killing Alexander, when 3 months had elapsed since the last repair work on that airplane? Even so, a simple check-up of the steering gears would have nullified the plans of the &#8220;alleged instigators&#8221;. How could these ambitious and aspiring &#8220;saboteurs&#8221; have invested so much time and effort on an enterprise which they knew full well could easily be detected immediately; as a consequence not being able to accomplish their goal while at the same time exposing themselves irreversibly as criminals\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.7.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Looking now at the item which was presented by the &#8220;official technical findings&#8221; concerning the charges of professional negligence directed towards some of the engineers of Olympic Airlines(failure on their part to carry out the correct maintenance services and regular inspections on this particular aircraft) and which was identified as one of the main causes for the airplane &#8220;accident&#8221;, was soon &#8220;set aside&#8221; due to the &#8220;real data&#8221; and the &#8220;real information&#8221; which soon came to light. This is also exactly\u00a0\u00a0 the reason why the 7 engineers of Olympic Airlines accused of criminal professional negligence were declared innocent by the Greek courts on November 7, 1977. Some of the newly discovered facts in relation to this Piaggio amphibian aircraft were &#8220;officially&#8221; recorded in &#8220;official&#8221; reports, presented to the Greek justice authorities. The first new critical information specified that the last flight of this aircraft took place on October 7, 1972; 4 months before Alexander\u2019s tragic flight on January 22, 1973. In the same context(the aircraft was in service), even though this aircraft had remained immobile for four months at the Athens International Airport, &#8220;\u2026within the normal procedures of full maintenance, on November 15(1972), the steering gears and the connecting wires were removed and were replaced by new ones on November 25, 1972\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.4.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>). These facts were &#8220;officially&#8221; submitted by Mr. Dimitrios Piperakis, who was an aeronautics engineer working for Olympic Airlines but also the person who supervised these particular maintenance services on this particular aircraft. Similarly, this Piaggio\u00a0\u00a0 aircraft was often piloted by Alexander Onassis, by the american pilot Donald McGregor and by the greek pilot of Olympic Airlines, Mr. Stephanos Maglaras(p.4.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>). There were regular technical inspections carried out on this amphibian aircraft; this we know because after the replacement of the steering gears and the connecting wires in November 1972, there were further detailed inspections made of these recent repairs by 2 of the airline\u2019s engineers, Mr. Efthimiou Paschalis and Mr. Nicolaos Pronoitis, under the supervision of Mr. Stephanos Maglaras, one of the most experienced pilots of Olympic Airlines. The aeronautics engineer Mr. Efthimiou Paschalis, in a written testament sent to Greece\u2019s Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office made the following critical points, reiterating that &#8220;\u2026I personally checked the proper response of the steering gears and also verified that the wings of the aircraft moved in a proper way and with the prescribed ease\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(pp.4-5.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>) Finally, a few days before the tragic airplane &#8220;accident&#8221;, on January 18, 1973, the aeronautics technical expert Mr. Emmanouil Mavrophoros, representing the department of Greece\u2019s Civil Aviation Services, checked out the proper performance of the steering gears of this particular Piaggio aircraft and then issued an &#8220;official certificate of navigability&#8221;(p.5.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid\">http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>We shall now examine the particular thesis which was recorded in the &#8220;official technical findings&#8221; assigning indirectly(without naming him) blame on Alexander Onassis for unprofessional conduct, since Alexander in this &#8220;last flight&#8221; had acted as &#8220;first pilot&#8221; while the two american\u00a0\u00a0 pilots, Donald McGregor and Donald McCasker were his copilots. This &#8220;court document&#8221; points out that a major cause for this airplane &#8220;accident&#8221; was &#8220;negligence by the pilot(meaning Alexander Onassis) to detect the reverse placing of the connecting wires to the steering gears before flight inspection&#8221;. The main operator or the &#8220;first pilot&#8221; of that particular aircraft at that particular day, was Alexander Onassis, and based on the &#8220;official technical findings&#8221;, Alexander did not function in a professional manner, since he had not followed the prescribed procedure of airplane inspection before boarding the airplane. Within the context of this accusation, meaning a &#8220;lack of professionalism&#8221;, one could ascribe more personal negative attributes to it, such as that Alexander Onassis was not &#8220;fully competent&#8221; to adequately pilot a small amphibian aircraft, especially if there were certain technical anomalies. In the final technical findings, it was crystal clear that the focus of responsibility in the &#8220;handling of the aircraft&#8221; laid on Alexander Onassis and not on his american copilots, Donald McGregor and Donald McCasker.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous text (Epilogue d), where we described the personality and the many abilities of Alexander Onassis, we had mentioned that &#8220;Even though Alexander had never acquired any basic school training, from a very early age, due to his intelligence and inborn talent, he had a deep and wide knowledge about cars and about all types of motors; a multidimensional aptitude which had greatly impressed even Gianni Agnelli(1921-2003) then, who was the president and owner of the Italian car company Fiat&#8221;. In this same text\u00a0\u00a0 we also emphasized the facts that &#8220;Alexander personally administered every detail of this subsidiary air-company(Olympic Air Navigation which he personally presided over), many times flying himself these small amphibian aircrafts when circumstances demanded it, such as difficult weather conditions&#8221;. After these 2 descriptions relating to the experience and the abilities of Alexander Onassis as a pilot but also as an expert in the construction of an aircraft, especially its mechanical components, it is impossible to believe that &#8220;he&#8221; during his &#8220;last flight&#8221; with this particular Piaggio aircraft, did not check if the steering gears were working properly, taking into account that this was just a simple routine for any pilot, before boarding such an airplane(a small and outdated amphibian aircraft).<\/p>\n<p>Now we shall compare 2 &#8220;legitimate&#8221; \u00a0versions of this particular airplane &#8220;accident&#8221;, coming \u00a0from well established mass media sources, examining \u00a0which of this information is \u00a0&#8220;real&#8221; \u00a0and which \u00a0is \u00a0&#8220;virtual&#8221; or \u00a0&#8220;exaggerated&#8221; \u00a0so as to service \u00a0the interests of a \u00a0&#8220;social \u00a0establishment&#8221; \u00a0in a general context \u00a0and more \u00a0specifically \u00a0to \u00a0service \u00a0the \u00a0&#8220;false \u00a0ambitions&#8221; \u00a0of \u00a0particular \u00a0&#8220;powerful \u00a0personalities&#8221;. The first \u00a0 news editorial \u00a0 describes the setting of \u00a0the airplane \u00a0&#8220;accident&#8221; as \u00a0follows.&#8221;\u2026The fatal \u00a0 day \u00a0 for \u00a0the young \u00a0Onassis \u00a0was a \u00a0Monday, on the 22 of \u00a0January, 1973. The \u00a0airplane \u00a0he was piloting, an amphibian &#8216;Piaggio \u00a0136&#8217;, crashed \u00a0at \u00a0the \u00a0International \u00a0Airport \u00a0of \u00a0Athens, a \u00a0few seconds after take-off. Alexander \u00a0 Onassis \u00a0was critically injured, while his two co passengers had \u00a0lighter wounds. Alexander Onassis was \u00a0taken to the hospital \u00a0KAT(main state hospital for serious physical injuries), where he expired on the 23 \u00a0of \u00a0January, at \u00a07 o\u2019clock \u00a0in the afternoon, due to \u00a0the \u00a0deep \u00a0skull \u00a0fractures he had \u00a0sustained(from the airplane \u00a0crash). He \u00a0 was only 25 \u00a0years old\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.1.http:\/\/www.sansimera.gr\/archive\/biographies\/show.php?id). The second news editorial gives the following description.&#8221;\u2026The signal for \u00a0 take-off \u00a0was \u00a0given \u00a0at \u00a03.21 p.m.. On \u00a0 the \u00a0steering-gear of the \u00a0airplane was pilot \u00a0Donald \u00a0McCasker. The \u00a0Piaggio \u00a0took off making strange creaking sounds. The \u00a0flight \u00a0lasted \u00a0approximately \u00a02 \u00a0seconds. In the third second, the right wing turned downwards, the airplane moved to the right heading towards the ground, and in front of the employees at the airport and the employees of \u00a0Olympic Airlines, the plane took a dive \u00a0and crashed onto the ground. All three(passengers) \u00a0were pulled out(of the airplane wreckage) critically hurt. Alexander with terrible injuries and a mashed up \u00a0brain. The Piaggio aircraft \u00a0had been \u00a0completely demolished. The same happened \u00a0 with the heart of \u00a0Aristotle \u00a0Onassis\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.1.http:\/\/www.men.gr\/58\/onasis\/index8.htm). This information coming from &#8220;reliable&#8221; \u00a0and \u00a0&#8220;well \u00a0established&#8221; \u00a0greek news agencies, provides the &#8220;correct data&#8221; \u00a0concerning the date, the time and the location of the airplane &#8220;accident&#8221;, as well as the time duration between take-off and the actual airplane crash. Beyond this, we begin to notice some &#8220;gaps&#8221; \u00a0and \u00a0some \u00a0&#8220;distortions&#8221; \u00a0in relation to the real facts and the real circumstances of this air accident. First of all, we have to &#8220;isolate&#8221; and &#8220;pinpoint&#8221; to the &#8220;real fact&#8221; that \u00a0Alexander\u2019s two copilots , Donald McGregor \u00a0and \u00a0Donald \u00a0McCasker, survived the airplane crash with only a few light bruises.(p.3.http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid). How could this be, when \u00a0the second editorial \u00a0mentions that this particular aircraft &#8220;took a dive \u00a0and crashed onto \u00a0the ground&#8221;, while \u00a0Alexander was retrieved \u00a0from the airplane wreckage with &#8220;terrible injuries and \u00a0a mashed up brain&#8221;. Why such \u00a0differences in the seriousness of the injuries among the passengers \u00a0when we know that this Piaggio amphibian aircraft was very small and there was very little space, especially at the cockpit of \u00a0the airplane. Second, none of the two editorials mentions the \u00a0&#8220;real \u00a0fact&#8221; \u00a0that when \u00a0Alexander Onassis was retrieved from the airplane wreckage, he was first taken to the hospital of the American Military Base, located next to the International Airport of Athens, then \u00a0he was transported to the greek state hospital KAT, where he died the next day (p.3.http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid). This particular &#8220;omission&#8221; \u00a0of the \u00a0&#8220;real events&#8221; \u00a0is \u00a0very critical as to the &#8220;cause \u00a0of death&#8221; \u00a0of \u00a0Alexander \u00a0Onassis, which &#8220;officially&#8221; the greek forensic doctors responsible for the case had diagnosed as being the &#8220;serious craniocelebral skull injuries&#8221; Alexander had sustained during the airplane crash. Nevertheless, there are also contradictory views concerning the &#8220;cause of death&#8221; of Alexander Onassis starting from what Alexander\u2019s private pilot and friend, Mr. Grigoris Kouris, who emphatically \u00a0says that &#8220;\u2026this injury(on top of the skull) cannot be justified considering \u00a0the type of fall of the aircraft on the right side \u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek) (p.9.http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid). There are also &#8220;legitimate&#8221; accounts \u00a0by well-known journalists who have written and have reported on \u00a0&#8220;the life and times&#8221; of \u00a0Aristotle Onassis, proposing that the &#8220;real \u00a0facts&#8221; related to the &#8220;cause of death&#8221; of \u00a0Alexander Onassis \u00a0 are completely different from those communicated &#8220;publicly&#8221; by the various well established news-agencies, whether in Greece or abroad. &#8220;\u2026In \u00a0fact, some writers who \u00a0have \u00a0dealt with \u00a0the life of \u00a0Aristotle \u00a0Onassis, have gone as far as saying that in reality Alexander was physically \u00a0beaten at the hospital of \u00a0the \u00a0American \u00a0Military Base(located \u00a0near the International Airport of \u00a0Athens), without at the same time \u00a0providing any \u00a0specific or concrete evidence\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.9.http:\/\/www.tovima.gr\/default.asp?pid).<\/p>\n<p>Two stereotype texts from Greek journalists describing &#8220;the tragic element in life&#8221;(in the context of a Greek Virtual Reality) in relation to the physical and psychological state of Aristotle Onassis after the death his &#8220;one and only son&#8221;, explain that &#8220;\u2026Nevertheless, life\u2019s fate had other plans for Aristo(Aristotle Onassis). In 1973, he lost his son Alexander when he crashed with his airplane. This tragic death signaled the beginning of the end not only of himself but also of Olympic Airlines\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.1.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greeknewsonline.com\/modules.php?name\">http:\/\/www.greeknewsonline.com\/modules.php?name<\/a>). The second text also maintains that &#8220;\u2026Onassis had never believed that his only son was killed in an accident, and had offered 1 million dollars to anyone who could provide some type of information which would prove that all this was a matter of &#8216;sabotage&#8217;. In actuality, Aristotle Onassis &#8216;expired&#8217; with the loss of Alexander. And a &#8216;financial mogul&#8217; who dies from pain for his lost child, ceases to be a mogul and becomes just another HUMAN BEING\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.6.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodosport.gr\/enlefko\/onasis.htm\">http:\/\/www.rodosport.gr\/enlefko\/onasis.htm<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>After the tragic death of Alexander Onassis, all of the journalistic editorials dealing with the life of Aristotle Onassis, whether they came from Greece or from abroad, describe with the same &#8220;grey colours&#8221; the &#8220;tragic figure&#8221; of this powerful Greek Shipping Magnate. It is the portrait of a &#8220;broken hearted man&#8221; due to the loss of his only son; not having the personal will anymore to fight for his vast financial interests or even for his own existence. Was this a &#8220;the true picture&#8221; or was it once again &#8220;a virtual reality&#8221;?? A &#8220;virtual reality&#8221; which accommodates almost everyone, especially those people who support directly and take advantage of a &#8220;conservative&#8221;, &#8220;undemocratic&#8221;, &#8220;inhuman&#8221; and &#8220;one dimensional&#8221; social reality. We shall soon try to prove that it is the second case; meaning that all these &#8220;tragic descriptions&#8221; of Aristotle Onassis after the death of his son, were to large a degree a &#8220;pre fabricated&#8221; montage not &#8220;reality&#8221;!!!<\/p>\n<p>Even though everywhere we are presented with \u00a0an \u00a0Aristotle \u00a0Onassis \u00a0who \u00a0&#8220;is in pieces&#8221; \u00a0after his son\u2019s \u00a0tragic death, we see that he suddenly remembers that he has a daughter, Christina, whom he wants to \u00a0immediately become \u00a0her brother\u2019s \u00a0replacement as &#8220;the future trustee&#8221; of his vast financial empire, his name and his legacy to &#8220;immortality&#8221; in the historical \u00a0annals of \u00a0all of humanity. &#8220;\u2026Weak \u00a0and exhausted, Aris(Aristotle Onassis) \u00a0realizes that the only &#8216;thing&#8217; he has left \u00a0is his daughter. So naturally, he sends her packing to New York to be near his trusted friend and partner, Mr. Costas \u00a0Gratsos, in order to teach her(the name of the business game)\u2026Aristotle \u00a0Onassis \u00a0sees to it that he is constantly kept informed about his \u00a0daughter\u2019s \u00a0progress, and when he decides that she is ready, he introduces her to \u00a0important people in the oil business. &#8216;Gratsos \u00a0tells me that you are very intelligent and very competent. For him to say this, he must be right'(Aristotle had admitted to Christina at that time)\u2026&#8221;(trans. from greek)(p.2.www.men.gr\/58\/onasis\/index8.htm). Similarly, the various news editorials had \u00a0stated then and later on, that due to his son sudden death in an airplane &#8220;accident&#8221;, Aristotle \u00a0Onassis \u00a0had lost the &#8220;zeal&#8221;, the &#8220;stamina&#8221; \u00a0and the \u00a0&#8220;interest&#8221; \u00a0to defend his vast financial interests, whether in \u00a0Greece or abroad. Nonetheless, Aristotle just a short time after Alexander\u2019s tragic death, had the &#8220;spiritual fortitude&#8221; \u00a0and the \u00a0&#8220;entrepreneurial inspiration&#8221; to blackmail the Greek government with the shutting of \u00a0Olympic Airlines, which meant the loss of \u00a0thousands of jobs(at a period of high unemployment in \u00a0Greece), in order \u00a0to extract more benefits and privileges from the Greek State, such as large financial loans at very low interest rates. Finally, Aristotle Onassis carried out his threat, ignoring the &#8220;financial state&#8221; of \u00a0Greece \u00a0and of its inhabitants, for whom at every possible opportunity \u00a0he declared privately and publicly his &#8220;absolute adoration&#8221; and his &#8220;absolute devotion&#8221;. &#8220;\u2026So in 1974, Onassis resorted to one more extortion, implementing a &#8216;lock-out&#8217; (for Olympic Airlines) while asking for financial grants (from the Greek State) worth 45 million american dollars (with the dollar value then). On December 10, 1974 (a few weeks before the Christmas Holidays), as a very competent businessman (Neanderthal), he sent an &#8216;out of court&#8217; memorandum to the Government \u00a0of \u00a0Greece where he denounces all the legal agreements \u00a0he \u00a0has made with the Greek State and declaring a termination of all services by \u00a0Olympic Airlines. The \u00a0then \u00a0Greek government of \u00a0Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis had no other choice but to nationalize the company(Olympic Airlines)\u2026&#8221; (trans. from greek) (p.4.http:\/\/www.sek-ist.gr\/EA\/home.php?). The financial compensation paid by the Greek State to Aristotle Onassis at that time was 68 million american \u00a0 dollars, a very profitable deal \u00a0for the \u00a0&#8220;heart broken&#8221; but &#8220;clever&#8221; Levantine merchant (p.4.http:\/\/www.sek-ist.gr\/EA\/home.php?article_ID=976). \u00a0Lastly but not least, we have a biographical note provided by the &#8220;most reliable&#8221; Encyclopedia on the Internet concerning rare information about the lives of famous personalities. This note describing &#8220;the state of affairs&#8221; of \u00a0Aristotle Onassis after the death of his son Alexander, makes the following remarks, &#8220;\u2026Many people have said or \u00a0written \u00a0that \u00a0Alexander\u2019s death was the end \u00a0of \u00a0Aristotle, in terms of his desire to go on living; that he died in all but fact along with Alexander. He(nevertheless) also expressed a desire to divorce Jacqueline Kennedy and marry a woman young enough to bear him another son\u2026&#8221; (p.3.http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Onassis). Finally, with all the information and all the data which we \u00a0have presented in our texts concerning &#8220;the life and times&#8221; of Aristotle Onassis, who do you presume might have wished for &#8220;the physical \u00a0extermination&#8221; of \u00a0Alexander???<\/p>\n<p>George Souris (1853-1919) is the most famous satirical poet in \u00a0Modern Greek Literature, especially in political satire, like Aristophanes \u00a0in \u00a0Classical \u00a0Greece. The following few verses I \u00a0believe describe perfectly(metaphorically) our modern human condition(virtual reality), \u00a0even though they were written many, many years ago. In its english translation this short satirical poem goes as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; All the amount of sugar powder<br \/>\nyou may sprinkle onto pieces of shit,<br \/>\nthey will never turn into<br \/>\nsweet cakes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1536\" src=\"https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/three-wise-monkeys1.jpg\" alt=\"three-wise-monkeys1\" width=\"325\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/three-wise-monkeys1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/three-wise-monkeys1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/AlexOn7.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Onassis\" width=\"325\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/AlexOn7.jpg 325w, https:\/\/meta-morphosis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/AlexOn7-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alexander Onassis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(I dedicate this part of my article which talks about the final days of young Alexander Onassis to all my former Greek students, male and female, who today are playing the fools in their everyday lives, pretending not to understand what is happening around them. Too bad for them!!!) 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