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[GorillaGal]

Gorilla Gal wrote:

"i sure as hell wouldn't feel safe in Cyprus. not at all."

OK GG want to take up a little Internet imposed challenge? I will walk any street in Cyprus at 3 am unarmed. Then I will name a street in New York where you are to do the same. Want to try?

Like most Americans you confuse the issue. We are talking personal safety here and you bring in a host of unrelated stuff like nuclear accidents etc. There are no nuclear reactors in the vicinity of Cyprus. 1974 was a military action and not an everyday occurence you are likely to meet with while driving to the supermarket.

Driving is no worse than many other places and certainly better than Italy or Spain.

Get a grip please!

furthermore, i DIDN'T "confuse the issue" of safety. the question was about safety. it was not specified what kind of safety. feeling safe includes feeling secure, and i would not feel safe or secure living in CY. and part of that includes the fact that i am an american, and there are alot of people out there, including some in this forum (gasp!--Cypriots????!) that do not like americans.

[purdey]

I don't hear this Anti American thing,I hear anti Bush,but never the American people.
I think you all need to tavel a bit more,visit different places,interact with locals.I see alot of American tourists in Syria,which is hard to understand as it is part of the evil empire..according to George.

[GorillaGal]

I don't hear this Anti American thing,I hear anti Bush,but never the American people.
I think you all need to tavel a bit more,visit different places,interact with locals.I see alot of American tourists in Syria,which is hard to understand as it is part of the evil empire..according to George.

Purdy, you haven't been on this forum long, judging by your amount of posts.
believe me, there is an anti american view out there in the world. the events of 9-11 are proof, but i don't want to hyjack this thread into a 9-11 thing.
as for traveling, i have lived in germany for 3 years, and have done some traveling to other countries. i think the USA is a fairly large country, and i do believe if one travels, they should first see what thier own country has to offer. i have lived all over this country, from NY to Hawaii....

[purdey]

No I am new,but I spend 10 months of the year travelling the world,USA included.I very rarely come accross anti American feeling,maybe some in the Middle East,but you also have friends there....

[Bill]

, and had some creepy guy following me around in a car trying to pick me up. THAT was scarey.

But I did redeem myself GG and take you to limassol a few days later

Bill

[webbo]

, and had some creepy guy following me around in a car trying to pick me up. THAT was scarey.

But I did redeem myself GG and take you to limassol a few days later

Bill

Now now Bill......naughty again?!?!?

Bubbles x

[Mills Chapman]

"You are more than welcome to join the British Commonwealth Nuisancespastic Forum, but be aware that there is a Real Nutjob Policy in force."

[Bill]

, and had some creepy guy following me around in a car trying to pick me up. THAT was scarey.

But I did redeem myself GG and take you to limassol a few days later

Bill

Now now Bill......naughty again?!?!?

Bubbles x

I'm old bubbles ~ I'm allowed to be naughty

Bill ~~ just a touch creepy ~~~ but nice really .

[Filitsa]

Get a grip please![/quote]
furthermore, i DIDN'T "confuse the issue" of safety. the question was about safety. it was not specified what kind of safety. feeling safe includes feeling secure, and i would not feel safe or secure living in CY. and part of that includes the fact that i am an american, and there are alot of people out there, including some in this forum (gasp!--Cypriots????!) that do not like americans.[/quote]

GG, I hear ya, girl. I too have experienced growing anti-American sentiment in my travels to Cyprus and Greece over the past 30 years ... despite the fact that I'm Greek American (the kind of American they tolerate the least ... ).

On my most recent visit to CY, my young but astute son said in jest, though underscoring the pithy response to the clandestine verbal abuse we were accosted with and the tension to which it gave rise, "Ma, I thought for sure we'd be going home in body bags." I had to apologize to him, explaining that Greek culture had changed, that at one time not too long ago, philoksenia was considered a virtue.

But the biggest mistake Greeks make when pegging Americans is to assume they don't understand the Greek language. I've had many a hearty laugh because of this.

[rawk]

"You are more than welcome to join the British Commonwealth Nuisancespastic Forum, but be aware that there is a Real Nutjob Policy in force."

If you want to see where this originated, then I invite you to the Sqamers (qamersland) and Dildo Baggins (BC Noncematic) Roadshow courtesy of the Politics and Elections thread from about page 37 onwards,

As it progresses, posters are accused of being hell bound Romanists, anti Islamic website posters, satanists, hobbits, MI6 agents, Al Qieda, nutjobs, and Limassol Mosque will never be the same again. You couldn't make it up!

By the way, old Sqamers (Qamersland) tends to churn out complete pages of complete twaddle, so just skim those, otherwise it gets quite heated and very funny.

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... &start=360

rawk