askimwos
You don't answer a question by simply asking the same question vp. I believed you are smarter than this.
I asked the question so that you can make your own mind up as I do not like labelling people traitors or commiting treason, if you feel Kikapoulous is more GC than TC and adamantly supports GCs with as 1 word positive towards TCs then surely it doesnt take a degree to work out what he is. He has sold is soul to GCs and in my eyes is one of them whats wrong with that he braggs about being brothers and spoon feeds them what they want to hear why is everyone so against this, you should behappy you have converted 1 TC into a fully fledged GC.
At the end of the day you could have plainly said that you disagree with the picture presented by kikapu and that's it. I do not see why you choose to attack a guy that happens to have a different opinion than you simply because in your mind you created a stereotype of what TCs are supposed to think about GCs.
This is so rich when you recallall the stick I get for having ideas that differ from the GC norm, yet you run to the defence of someone who obviously is in bed with you. Hypocrites at best.
The fact that you are prepared to go to that length to discredit a TC that happened to have a different opinion than you says a lot about your character and motives. You did not point out which bits of Kikapu's account you believe is not true. In fact you agreed that GCs are quite nice hospitable people as TCs are. You also did not deny that there are quite a number of TCs that benefited by the buying and selling property that does not belong to them and stand to lose a lot in the case of a solution.
Thats where you have all rushed to grab the wrong end of the stick, I have not tried to discredit his little story which may all be true, the only part which I personally feel is a transparent lie is the meeting with his family the rest is a rosey picture of someone on his hols no more no less.
My other point is that visiting only the south of the island does not allow him an unbiased viewpoint and only added to his GC worship and transformation into one of them, thats his personal choice and he shoudl not ttry to force it upon us. I live on the island and have interacted with GC people and am exposed to GC policies and political will and let me tell you it is not a very inviting or gushes the Cypriotism you wish to think it does.
askimows people both side of the divide in general are very friendly and hospitable, some are genuine some put on a facade and would sooner stab you in the back at the first opportunity than look at you. As for the land issue there are of course people who have gotten very rich from both sides who will lose if their is ever a solution but let them worry about that in the current climate and taking this forum into account they appear pretty safe to me as we are no closer to a solution than we were 47 years ago.
As for your claim that you never said that GCs aree bad people don't make me laugh. You have be claiming all along that partition is the only solution since you do not want the TCs to be masacred by GCs. You have all along been painting a picture of doom for the TC community in the case that a solution that unifies the island is agreed and that GCs cannot be trusted. Well sorry to say but these arguments do paint a dark picture about the GC people. You were also quick to point the finger to the GCs for anything bad that may have happened to any TC that visited the free areas and in your attempt to strengthen your arguments in numerous times you generalised single incidents to apply to the entirety of the GC community. So please next time you say that you have never said anything bad about the GCs, have in mind that you are not talking to 5 years olds. People are smart enough to see the whole picture and what you actually represent.
Supporting division does not automatically mean all GCs are bad, wanting sepearate states for me is the only viable solution under the circumsrances as our differencies are so wide and getting wider by the day that this appears to be the only alternative our 2 communities deserve as they are unwilling to compromise. You refer to 121 meetings/interatons what I always refer to is the eveil "RoC" with its aim to turn the whole of Cyprus into a GC island with us as just another minority, can you understand the difference?