Viewpoint wrote:miltiadesMy total commitment to a united Cyprus has a tendency to occasionally offend those with differing views , I make no apologies for wanting my grand daughter to grow up with out the fear of conflict and I believe that a divided Cyprus will sooner or later erupt with dire consequences.
Yes you do as I show respect for you viewpoint on unfication and only argue the pitfalls you shoudl show the same respect for those that believe that division is the best solution. I try to keep an open mind about unification and argue pros and cons all you do is attack and belittle the poster not the arguements.
Do you truly want to throw your grand-daughter into danger in a united Cyprus? The likelihood of fanatics from both sides having free range over the whole of Cyprus becuase they were not happy with paragraph 3 of chapter 72 is very high and I do not want to throw my children into such a situation without lots of safe guards. How will you console parents when a bomb goes off and we create another Israel/Palestine situation all because you wanted a united Cyprus when the experience of the last 33 years shows you that division guarantees a peaceful exsistence. 2 states where all Cypriots can go and live where they wish is imo the best way forward.
And how do you intend to pacify those 200 thousand or so whose homes and properties are being sold to foreign investors , what do you say to all those people that lost their ancestral homes , homes that their grandparents and beyond lived in. No VP , Cyprus belongs to us all , not only do you own the North but you own the West , East and South. My Cyprus and your Cyprus . Tell the fanatics to go to hell , tell them to return the churches back to what they used to be , places of worship for those that believed and praised God. I for one will create hell if a mosque in Cyprus is turned into a casino or a pigsty. Defend civilization by insisting that these 100 or so churches are returned to what they once were . You want the division of our island in order to preserve peace and stability , but you are living in a fool's paradise. Peace and stability will be real when our island is again one.
My allegiance is to my birth country , my Cyprus , not a foreign nation such as Turkey or Greece. You have a right to your esteemed views regardless how corrupt and divisive and full of malice they may be. Let the future generations judge you .