Alexios wrote:Hi everybody,
I have kept out of all this until i felt obliged to by Zan's post above.First of all i confirm Zan's stance on the ATCA forum.Don't go searching though, he used a different name.I was demonized in that forum and felt very much the way Zan feels now. But i didn't give up hope.
Kikapu's description of his holidays in Cyprus was a refreshingly different effort to relay to the rest of us his experiences as a T/C who lived for 40 odd years away from his homeland, having decided to spend some days in the South.Overall, to be honest, i don't see why we all concentrated on analysing how good the ordinary G/C people reacted and or behaved towards him! Do we have any doubts?? Do we G/Cs have any doubts as to the good character and hospitality of the majority of T/C ordinary people?? Why were some G/C members of the forum so overjoyed at reading how well the man was received?? Why do we need this re-assurance??!! I am not denying that some people on both sides spoil the general picture but the fact remains that Cypriots are in their huge majority kind hearted, generous people.I ask every single one of you. Do you think that even the "hardest liners" in political views amongst us, would not welcome the hardest liner from the other side on a personal basis?? I have met several partitionist T/Cs.With the exception of one single case, nobody else made me feel unwelcomed, or was hostile towards me.Of course i felt uncomfortable at times but that is only natural.I feel more uncomfortable with G/Cs when discussing politics, ESPECIALLY with dear friends and relatives!!! The point is to keep a cool head, not to get emotional, hard as it is, and try to see the other person's point of view.
There is no doubt, a lot of people, both G/Cs and T/Cs put personal gain, or what they consider as personal gain, above the common good.Not all can forsee the long term disastrous effects of partition.Not all can understand the negative impact of the introvert phase both at political and communal level we have entered into. Let us talk and disagree.This is the essence of forums such as this one. Let us not however undermine that very thing we are proud of as Cypriots.That deep down we are a decent lot, much as we can be infuriating and infuriated at times with our own shortfalls, which i believe are all too evident on this specific threat.
Zan and BigOz,
Are you both referring to this post, that I supposedly did not want to answer for what ever your brains were thinking. Alexios was telling the truth, that the Cypriots are nice and hospitable people. For me before going there, the "POISON" was fed by the Partitionist on this forum, that TC's and GC's cannot live together, therefore I did not know what to expect and how I would be treated. As it turned out, if you are nice to people, people are nice to you in return, despite our history on the island, whether you're in the South as a TC or in the North, if you are a GC.
What exactly were your points again, because I fail to see anything to the contrary to what I experienced in Cyprus.
If I got the wrong post please tell me what the correct one is. This post was on page 24.
