Author: Alex. Nemoianu
September 22, 2008
The formula, “culture of fear” is a good example of an argumentation that is overused and abused.
It is most often used by individuals with questionable morals, a dubious past and with even more dubious present intentions, who choose this formula in order to silence others who, in good faith, have justifiable reservations or downright doubts, in regards to dealing with the present day Romanian authorities, lay or ecclesiastic.
We must be well understood on this point. In today’s Romania, wherever there is anything of consequence, the political class and its associations, lay people or ecclesiastics, all face a terrible “kleptocracy”. In the way everything is done, in the way all things are understood, this “modus operandi” is being continuously repeated, and all this has contributed to the creation of this “culture”. In this context, those who reject a dialogue with today’s Romanian leadership do so, not because of the “culture of fear” promulgated by the ruling classes, but because of a fear of this “culture”.
Thus, to even contemplate having dealings with, unity under, or subordination to, the representatives of this “kleptocracy” is very dangerous, particularly for those not “schooled” in this new “culture”.
Alexandru Nemoianu
September 22, 2008