I sincerely hope that folktales and sayings about groups are not the common source of judgement on HN. Nice also that you also have "leftist lunatic" as an explanation for any possibly contrary opinion.
Are you implying that folktales have absolutely no merit?
Also I am not implying that there are no honest Greeks. But from my anecdotal experience their moral standards are quite... flexible.
Edit: Goes the same for people of southern Italy and whole of Balkans. Have you ever been to Balkans? Are you intimately aware of moral and ethical backgrounds of peoples living here? If not - then you might be guilty of "everybody is a good person deep inside" type of thinking yourself.
Disclaimer: I am Slovenian, as you may have noticed discussions that we might be next in line to join PIIGS. And I have to admit that our nation is guilty quite of some of balkanisms ourselves (no matter how some might try to deny it).
