Wow, I never expected to see this sort of reaction. What's interesting is that no one actually commented on the offensive post (
http://stravara.blogspot.com/2007/08/zei-zh.html). I e-mailed these bloggers and all I got was a reply saying: "leave a comment or leave us alone". Well, no I'm not going to waste my time with commenting on what I still insist is insulting.
But why do you guys simply take advantage of posts in this forum to just insult each other. Both sides of the argument have used inaccurate quotes and notions, not to mention that maybe some avatars used are a bit inappropriate. Within my family there were disagreements over the Annan plan. We argued and discussed. Once the results were in that was that. End of story.
But anyway, there are two points I would like to raise:
1. Whether or not Makarios III was liked or not, you must admit that it was very difficult coping with the sort of isolation and suspicion which he had to endure. I also don't agree with the theory that he tried to annex Cyprus to Greece. I think some people may forget what happened on July 15th 1974.
2. Isn't the presidential election a great opportunity for Turkish Cypriots to vote? Isn't it better to at least try and get heard and make a difference instead of doing what all Cypriots do and passively waut for a solution to be handed to them.
I must say, though, that it certainly gets interesting around here and I'm glad to have found this forum.
regards,
Mike