PERSECUTION FOR BEGINNERS (April 26, 2011)
Friends and acquaintances have been telling me for a couple of weeks already that they have enjoyed the trailer of a documentary film about golf, which is supposed to be screened on television this evening (“Golf for Beginners,” April 18, 2011). It has been long in coming (“The Screening,” February 1, 2011). Made last August, my interview is rather vague in my recollection (“The Television Interview,” August 20, 2010). “You look so good,” people tell me with big smiles on their faces. “And you sound so convincing,” many of them add. Of course, no-one remembers what I actually have to say in the trailer. Which worries me a bit, I must admit. “I only wonder whether another court case will come out of it…,” I mumble humbly in return. More than four-billion euros are involved in golf development in Croatia, and many of my enemies will be watching the screening, too (“Being Admired for Your Courage,” February 18, 2010). Although I know that I will eventually win in Strasbourg all the court cases coming my way in this corrupt country, court appearances are not my cup of tea. Having been persecuted by the mayor of Motovun since the fall of 2008, I am pretty tired of the whole thing (“Welcome to Motovun!” November 13, 2008). Predictably, this is how I will be watching the film this evening. “Hmmm,” I will be weighing every word, “is this enough for another blue envelope from the court in Pazin?” (”The Country of Blue Envelopes,” January 17, 2011). Persecution for beginners, of course.