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[phoenix]

I am not playing Devil’s advocate with this, because I know how deep the wounds are from the betrayal by the Greek Junta, and maybe various aspects of this point have been covered before, but I just need a little tweaking before I fully embrace the fancy that Cyprus can eliminate Turkish influence entirely alone.

The Synergy Between the Greeks and Cypriots.

. . Cypriot civilization was progressing with a formidable vibrancy in the millennia BEFORE the Ancient Greeks even set foot on Cyprus.

But this serendipitous find by the Greeks, was doubtless, also of monumental significance to the Native Cypriots.
The landmark injection of Greek cultures (Mycenaean, Achaean, Macedonian, Hellenistic, Byzantine) into Cyprus caused a powerful synergistic effect that has made the sum of the whole, magnitudes greater than the mere sum of the two separate parts. This powerful amalgamation helped shake off countless invaders .

We are today, however, still in the midst of the most recent invasion. Turkey’s honed skill of divide-and-rule, is perfectly suited to the rapid dissemination systems available today. It is my perceived notion, that Turkish propaganda’s task is to turn what was once our strength, into a weakness, by erosion of PART of our identity.

Cyprus is not another Greek island. Established fact .

But let’s not go to the other extreme and become apologists for our inextricable linkage with the Greek bloodline.

Otherwise, Cyprus may just become, another Turkish island.

[T_C]

[Nikitas]

Or by some miracle we wake up one day and realise we are actually a Cypriot island, where ethnic Greeks, Turks and others can live free of mainlander bullshit. And then we kick out bums who alter our history and promote division and indulge in crappy games like altering village names and other such petty shit.

We will then manage to exploit our strategic position for our own selfish aims. As opposed to everyone else's "noble aims" and we will make a pile of money on top.

Now that would be internal synergy? Intercommunal interfacing? Cypriot bambesia, you pick the name.

[EPSILON]

I am not playing Devil’s advocate with this, because I know how deep the wounds are from the betrayal by the Greek Junta, and maybe various aspects of this point have been covered before, but I just need a little tweaking before I fully embrace the fancy that Cyprus can eliminate Turkish influence entirely alone.

The Synergy Between the Greeks and Cypriots.

. . Cypriot civilization was progressing with a formidable vibrancy in the millennia BEFORE the Ancient Greeks even set foot on Cyprus.

But this serendipitous find by the Greeks, was doubtless, also of monumental significance to the Native Cypriots.
The landmark injection of Greek cultures (Mycenaean, Achaean, Macedonian, Hellenistic, Byzantine) into Cyprus caused a powerful synergistic effect that has made the sum of the whole, magnitudes greater than the mere sum of the two separate parts. This powerful amalgamation helped shake off countless invaders .

We are today, however, still in the midst of the most recent invasion. Turkey’s honed skill of divide-and-rule, is perfectly suited to the rapid dissemination systems available today. It is my perceived notion, that Turkish propaganda’s task is to turn what was once our strength, into a weakness, by erosion of PART of our identity.

Cyprus is not another Greek island. Established fact .

But let’s not go to the other extreme and become apologists for our inextricable linkage with the Greek bloodline.

Otherwise, Cyprus may just become, another Turkish island.

The problem is that the above mantioned apology is not requested by Turks but some clever NeoCyprots

[paliometoxo]

I am not playing Devil’s advocate with this, because I know how deep the wounds are from the betrayal by the Greek Junta, and maybe various aspects of this point have been covered before, but I just need a little tweaking before I fully embrace the fancy that Cyprus can eliminate Turkish influence entirely alone.

The Synergy Between the Greeks and Cypriots.

. . Cypriot civilization was progressing with a formidable vibrancy in the millennia BEFORE the Ancient Greeks even set foot on Cyprus.

But this serendipitous find by the Greeks, was doubtless, also of monumental significance to the Native Cypriots.
The landmark injection of Greek cultures (Mycenaean, Achaean, Macedonian, Hellenistic, Byzantine) into Cyprus caused a powerful synergistic effect that has made the sum of the whole, magnitudes greater than the mere sum of the two separate parts. This powerful amalgamation helped shake off countless invaders .

We are today, however, still in the midst of the most recent invasion. Turkey’s honed skill of divide-and-rule, is perfectly suited to the rapid dissemination systems available today. It is my perceived notion, that Turkish propaganda’s task is to turn what was once our strength, into a weakness, by erosion of PART of our identity.

Cyprus is not another Greek island. Established fact .

But let’s not go to the other extreme and become apologists for our inextricable linkage with the Greek bloodline.

Otherwise, Cyprus may just become, another Turkish island.

well said... no way will that happen we will get rid of the turks eventually

[Nikitas]

Not apologizing to anyone, but there is a limit to what a person can hear, and things like "we could not defend Cyprus, it is too far" after years of "we will take Cyprus" and the constant refrain that it was not Greece that betrayed Cyprus but the Junta, sort of rub me against the grain.

The statement "we will take Cyprus" was spoken in my presence by a senior official, when I asked him "you will take it from whom and give it to who?" he called me a mongrel saracen. He could not conceive of a Greek community living outside the Greek borders and doing well. And that has been the problem all along, the Athens centered state cannot see that Hellenism is not just the people you have inside the borders.

Synergy starts with the prefix syn, meaning equal work by equal parties, and in the Greek scheme of things Cyprus was never considered equal. When it is then we talk synergy.

[zan]

I don't think we should be here T_C. It looks like we have walked into a Nazi bunker..................RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kifeas]

I am not playing Devil’s advocate with this, because I know how deep the wounds are from the betrayal by the Greek Junta, and maybe various aspects of this point have been covered before, but I just need a little tweaking before I fully embrace the fancy that Cyprus can eliminate Turkish influence entirely alone.

The Synergy Between the Greeks and Cypriots.

. . Cypriot civilization was progressing with a formidable vibrancy in the millennia BEFORE the Ancient Greeks even set foot on Cyprus.

But this serendipitous find by the Greeks, was doubtless, also of monumental significance to the Native Cypriots.
The landmark injection of Greek cultures (Mycenaean, Achaean, Macedonian, Hellenistic, Byzantine) into Cyprus caused a powerful synergistic effect that has made the sum of the whole, magnitudes greater than the mere sum of the two separate parts. This powerful amalgamation helped shake off countless invaders .

We are today, however, still in the midst of the most recent invasion. Turkey’s honed skill of divide-and-rule, is perfectly suited to the rapid dissemination systems available today. It is my perceived notion, that Turkish propaganda’s task is to turn what was once our strength, into a weakness, by erosion of PART of our identity.

Cyprus is not another Greek island. Established fact .

But let’s not go to the other extreme and become apologists for our inextricable linkage with the Greek bloodline.

Otherwise, Cyprus may just become, another Turkish island.

Right!!!
Can you now translate to us what you have just been talking about!

[EPSILON]

I am not playing Devil’s advocate with this, because I know how deep the wounds are from the betrayal by the Greek Junta, and maybe various aspects of this point have been covered before, but I just need a little tweaking before I fully embrace the fancy that Cyprus can eliminate Turkish influence entirely alone.

The Synergy Between the Greeks and Cypriots.

. . Cypriot civilization was progressing with a formidable vibrancy in the millennia BEFORE the Ancient Greeks even set foot on Cyprus.

But this serendipitous find by the Greeks, was doubtless, also of monumental significance to the Native Cypriots.
The landmark injection of Greek cultures (Mycenaean, Achaean, Macedonian, Hellenistic, Byzantine) into Cyprus caused a powerful synergistic effect that has made the sum of the whole, magnitudes greater than the mere sum of the two separate parts. This powerful amalgamation helped shake off countless invaders .

We are today, however, still in the midst of the most recent invasion. Turkey’s honed skill of divide-and-rule, is perfectly suited to the rapid dissemination systems available today. It is my perceived notion, that Turkish propaganda’s task is to turn what was once our strength, into a weakness, by erosion of PART of our identity.

Cyprus is not another Greek island. Established fact .

But let’s not go to the other extreme and become apologists for our inextricable linkage with the Greek bloodline.

Otherwise, Cyprus may just become, another Turkish island.

well said... no way will that happen we will get rid of the turks eventually

You can not get rid of them but you can keep them separate,saving what remained

[Kifeas]

Not apologizing to anyone, but there is a limit to what a person can hear, and things like "we could not defend Cyprus, it is too far" after years of "we will take Cyprus" and the constant refrain that it was not Greece that betrayed Cyprus but the Junta, sort of rub me against the grain.

The statement "we will take Cyprus" was spoken in my presence by a senior official, when I asked him "you will take it from whom and give it to who?" he called me a mongrel saracen. He could not conceive of a Greek community living outside the Greek borders and doing well. And that has been the problem all along, the Athens centered state cannot see that Hellenism is not just the people you have inside the borders.

Synergy starts with the prefix syn, meaning equal work by equal parties, and in the Greek scheme of things Cyprus was never considered equal. When it is then we talk synergy.

And??? Conclusion??? Is this our problem today? That "in the Greek scheme of things Cyprus was never considered equal?"