Final Word from Thursday, October 18, 2012
Like his boss Václav Klaus, Petr Hájek is someone Czechs either
love or hate. It's a pity that Hájek is so readily dismissed by so
many, because he has something to teach anyone willing to
listen. His world view is unusual for someone so high up the
hierarchy. In a book to be published on the anniversary of the
Bolshevik Revolution (Nov. 7), he'll talk about how the Velvet
Revolution was a broad conspiracy against freedom and about
how Václav Havel was a Marxist who was groomed over a long
period to help carry out a further attack on Christian values, like
the French and Bolshevik "revolutions" before it. The Soviet
version of totalitarianism was a piece of cake compared to what
stands before us, he told Parlamentní listy. The obvious question
is why he is telling us this. After all, he has been part of this
"conspiracy" for years, as deputy head of Klaus's office. Has
Hájek finally seen the light? Or, more likely, will his book Death
in Velvet be a guide to how Klaus and his post-presidential team
plan to deliver us from this conspiracy?[Czech Republic Christianity Russian Smrt v sametu]
Glossary of difficult words
deliverance - the action of being rescued or set free;
to dismiss - to treat as unworthy of serious attention;
to groom someone - to prepare or train someone for a particular purpose or activity;
piece of cake - something easily done;
to see the light - to understand or realize something after prolonged thought or doubt;
to deliver from - to save, rescue or set free from.