Kikapu wrote: If you listen to VP, Zan, and more and more BigOz, they are all saying, "let the North build it's economy by removing any obstacles, such as embargoes, sport events, Direct Trade, and see the TC's wanting a solution". Well, that's what I tried to do, is to give the TC's 10 years to catch up to the RoC, but then the TC's will need to give something back in return, so that it does not become a one-way good gesture by the RoC, without any guarantees from the TC's, that at the end off 10 years, there will be Unification of some sorts. Therefore after the initial agreements with the 10 points that I mentioned, the rest are implemented on a step- by- step basis. This is what they are trying to do in Iraq by the Americans, is to give the Iraqis certain benchmarks to meet by certain dates, so that the Americans can pull out. OK, there's a lot of game playing that's going on in Iraq, but the idea is there.
Don’t worry my friend I got your spirit right from the start. In fact the job of a good President is not to make the whole plan himself but to put the general spirit down so that experts work out the details. I repeat it is a good idea.
wrote: I believe you said once, that AP was hundreds of pages long. It is that kind of a plan, that will get people confused and not really add clarity. I do not want to be instructed by AP, if I should eat with my left hand or with my right.!! I wanted the AP to tell me, that I'm free to eat anyway I want. The point being, lets not have a plan that dictates our every move. I told Zan once before, that the American Constitution is written on one piece of paper. Granted it was a large piece of paper, but one piece all the same. Lets follow this motto "KISS", "Keep it Simple Stupid". As with any Constitution, it is a "living and breathing" thing. It should be open for debates and changes, as dictated by time and events that may make some provisions obsolete, or else we would still have Slavery in America.
Yes the Anan Plan was 182 pages but the attachments more than 20,000.
As you said the original American constitution is indeed something the Americans boast about because it was so small and simple that allowed it to evolve naturally.
So thinking of it, your plan might do the same trick. A realitively simple plan that gives everybody what he wants. Nobody can say no, in fact even Zan said it’s generally ok. But, if we go into details then there will be objections here, objections there, everything gets stalled. Perhaps if there was someone to tell the 2 sides "I don’t care about the details, here’s what you have to do,
just do it. What difficulties you will come across, and what steps you will take, is your bussiness nobody cares. Just each one of you do what the plan says, negotiations are over, see you in 5 years", then we might just by miracle having the Cypriots working like hell towards a solution.