In this sense, the Greek referendum delivered an insult to 18 countries, including some that are in situations no less difficult than Greece’s, and yet have made considerable sacrifices to grant the country, in 2012 alone, €105 billion ($116 billion) in debt relief while remaining accountable to their own populations. What twist of the mind enables one to call that an “act of resistance” or the “defense of democracy?”
从这个角度讲，希腊公投是对18个国家的侮辱，其中一些国家情况不比希腊好，但它们做出了巨大的牺牲，光是在2012年，在仍然接受本国人民问责的情况下实现的债务减免就高达1,050亿欧元。怎样扭曲的思维才会让人称之为“抵制行动”或“捍卫民主”？