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[pitsilos]

I've realised that there isn't a book on Cyprus' modern history that can claim with any credibility to present the period between 1963-2000 in an unbiased way.

If you have the time pay a visit to the Nicosia state library (next to the town hall) and say "Hi" to the existing 5,000 books on the subject so if you want yours to REALLY stand out get Pitsilos to handle the artistic side of things. He has more than proved his desktop publishing skills on this board wouldn't you say?

eat yeah heart out

i am thinking of doing a new one for paps and talat, i have some new interesting material

[reportfromcyprus]

in the cyprus problem an objective feel will be a biased view. what you present will swing either way and that in it self will be presented as a biased view.

for example, you were told a story, you print it...the opposite camp says you got it wrong coz they lied to you...that will make your objectivity biased to the opposite camp.

No human being can be objective, it's impossible given our cultural and educational differences. What I can do is include supported facts, quotes from at least two sides, and leave the rest to the reader.

[Get Real!]

I've realised that there isn't a book on Cyprus' modern history that can claim with any credibility to present the period between 1963-2000 in an unbiased way.

If you have the time pay a visit to the Nicosia state library (next to the town hall) and say "Hi" to the existing 5,000 books on the subject so if you want yours to REALLY stand out get Pitsilos to handle the artistic side of things. He has more than proved his desktop publishing skills on this board wouldn't you say?

eat yeah heart out

I gotta hand it to you Pitsile, the toilet paper was my favorite!

[reportfromcyprus]

Reporters report stories as they happen. History is for historians If you are a journalist the you should write true unbiased reports so the historian of tomorrow can use you as a reliable source

I agree with you, as long as there is an unbiased book that is written on the Cyprus issue, then there's no need for me to even think of writing one.

Is there?

[reportfromcyprus]

I've realised that there isn't a book on Cyprus' modern history that can claim with any credibility to present the period between 1963-2000 in an unbiased way.

If you have the time pay a visit to the Nicosia state library (next to the town hall) and say "Hi" to the existing 5,000 books on the subject so if you want yours to REALLY stand out get Pitsilos to handle the artistic side of things. He has more than proved his desktop publishing skills on this board wouldn't you say?

Thanks for the advice!

[reportfromcyprus]

but to be honest i do not want to discourage you and look like i am suffering from the cutting of tall poppies syndrome.

good luck

Thanks, it's just at the 'i'm thinking about it' stage, cos I'm fed up with being fed propaganda.

[reportfromcyprus]

And what I said above reminded me to remind you that if something was written by somebody in some newspaper it doesn't mean is true. So how will you be sure that your sources will be unbiased? Because you can't write something unbiased with biased sources

Absolutely, you're right. But facts in themselves are not hard to establish.

What you can do is make sure that the source is at least reliable, and if there's an outstanding bias - make it known. Is the newspaper owned by a political party? If so, that's an important fact that would affect their comment or statement.

[pitsilos]

but to be honest i do not want to discourage you and look like i am suffering from the cutting of tall poppies syndrome.

good luck

Thanks, it's just at the 'i'm thinking about it' stage, cos I'm fed up with being fed propaganda.

facts
1...turkey didn't live up to what she signed...guarantee the borders of cyprus, uphold the constitution...and this is what a quarantor country was meant to be

2...there is no propaganda with 250,000 ethnic cleansed people and colonization.

these are facts. anything else was intercommunal fighting with quarantor countries supposing quaranteing.

and what we see today again turkey not honouring what she signed with the eu.

[reportfromcyprus]

but to be honest i do not want to discourage you and look like i am suffering from the cutting of tall poppies syndrome.

good luck

Thanks, it's just at the 'i'm thinking about it' stage, cos I'm fed up with being fed propaganda.

facts
1...turkey didn't live up to what she signed...guarantee the borders of cyprus, uphold the constitution...and this is what a quarantor country was meant to be

2...there is no propaganda with 250,000 ethnic cleansed people and colonization.

these are facts. anything else was intercommunal fighting with quarantor countries supposing quaranteing.

and what we see today again turkey not honouring what she signed with the eu.

With all due respect, what you just posted were not facts, they were interpretations.

Examples of facts are:

1. Turkey is a signatory country in the Cyprus Treaty of Guarantee.

2. There were approximately 200,000 Greek and Turkish Cypriots who were displaced in the war between Cyprus and Turkey.

[free_cyprus]

and waht would you put in this book of yours what side will you take in the cyprus conflict