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[andreas123]

i agree Bill..i think it's just how people are i suppose,,,i found out however including me that when you live abroad and see two sides of things as you mentioned you do think differently,,,e.g when i drive in cyprus now (after driving in the UK) i am more vigilant and get pissed of on how people still drive there...depsite the fact that before i came to the uk i used to drive and think the same way...
i think we have this -it's not goign to happen to me- idea in our heads..until it happens...and yet some people dont appreciate the second chance they are given....on the other hand you may go out for a walk...trip over a rock,,,and bye bye so,,,its catch 22 end of day...

[Bill]

i disagree i have been a hunter for quirte some time...when walking guns are usually open and if closed they have the safety on (when i go hunting at least and i am walking i always have m gun open and so do the people i go with,,) closed guns are used only if you are waiting for pray in specific spots...

Not in my experience of hunting in Cyprus...

Me too

Bill

[Niki]

Just got back from taking daughter no 1 for her riding lesson and wouldn't you just know it, hunters less than 300 yards away, they could clearly see a riding lesson with children was going on!! Horses spooked and at one point something rained down on the field, Maybe just a coincidence but it happened a few seconds after a gunshot.

She ended up wearing a protective padded jacket.

They were probably within their rights as there were no houses for 300 yards but still!!!

[purdey]

Lead from a cartridge.

[Niki]

Lead from a cartridge.

That is worrying!

[Filitsa]

i think Filitsa and GorillaGal..should really really really get out more,,,watch less movies...drink a bit less... learn a bit of history so that at least they can understand the people and their culture.... obviously where you are from ther e is a lack of values,culture etc,,ask how many americans know where cyprus is? i cant wait to see how many people will know,,,people dont even know how many states there are,,not alone internationally....
ai m sorry to be like this,,and i have many american freinds,,,we are really good friend's but i really get annoyed when people that * dont know* to make conclusion and generalise issues...

cyprus is not safe,?,,what are you on about woman,,,how many murders happen in cyprus and how many in the US? racist attacks..? ok the driving is not great. it's getting better...also .if the police doesnt kill you in the US then you will prob be mugged or killed in a gang initiation incident,how many people have guns in the US and how many people have guns in cyprus? ,let's get real people... cyprus i think is one of the safest places on earth....at least if something happens to you people will stop and help you,,,if you drop dead in america,,or if someone attacks you no one,,,and i repeat NO ONE will give a *bip bip * bout you...

Dear Nikitas and Andreas (speaking of one's ability to make conclusions), the question of Cyprus being relatively safe or unsafe and the issue of anti-American sentiment abroad are two different issues. The latter doesn't necessarily imply the risk of danger. My previous post speaks to the issue of anti-American sentiment in Greece and Cyprus (and not to the issue of the relative safety of Greece and Cyprus). I've had similar experiences elsewhere. If you are not an American traveling abroad, then you have no understanding of what both Gorilla Gal and I have experienced.

Now, Andreas, on the subject of generalizations, would you care to discuss who's post, yours or mine, contains more? At least, I'm speaking from experience. You are merely parrotting what I've heared from Cypriots the likes of you (and thank goodness they are not all the likes of you) numerous times before. It's laughable to compare Cyprus to the U.S. as you do. Ancient Cyprus, a small island at the crossroads of the Middle East and Europe with its exclaves and enclaves, where only 5% of its population of 789,000 is something other than Greek or Turkish, with a net migration rate of 0.42 is 0.6 the size of Connecticut, the 48th smallest (in area) state in the 238-year-old U.S. of America with a population of over 3 million and a net migration rate 0f 3.05. Now, who needs to " really really really get out more,,,watch less movies...drink a bit less... learn a bit of history"?

Thus speaks a representative of the Big is Beautiful camp .....

Filitsa I take it you have now realised that you cannot criticise Cyprus for anything, and you have hit the lowest common denominator.
Criticising Cyprus for being smaller than a US state.

Right, now I have heard everything .....

Do you seriously comprehend this fact as being critical of Cyprus for its size? How silly! You missed my point completely. Why Phoenix, I'm surprised at you! Andreas, DT, okay, but you??? Part of Cyprus's beauty is its size.

[phoenix]

..... It's laughable to compare Cyprus to the U.S. as you do. Ancient Cyprus, a small island at the crossroads of the Middle East and Europe

Thus speaks a representative of the Big is Beautiful camp .....

Filitsa I take it you have now realised that you cannot criticise Cyprus for anything, and you have hit the lowest common denominator.
Criticising Cyprus for being smaller than a US state.

Right, now I have heard everything .....

Do you seriously comprehend this fact as being critical of Cyprus for its size? How silly! You missed my point completely. Why Phoenix, I'm surprised at you! Andreas, DT, okay, but you??? Part of Cyprus's beauty is its size.

.... you seem to have trouble reading your own words ....

[Filitsa]

Ah, perhaps you didn't miss point! It seems instead that you've taken it out of context. You do this quite well, by the way.

[phoenix]

Ah, perhaps you didn't miss point! It seems instead that you've taken it out of context. You do this quite well, by the way.

... just reminding you of what you said since you so quickly forgot.

A matter of context is also a matter of perception and when one has changed their mind on being reminded, it is very convenient to harp back to context.

Anyway Filitsa, I love verbal acrobatics with you, and I really enjoy your posts, so no offence.

[Filitsa]

Ah, perhaps you didn't miss point! It seems instead that you've taken it out of context. You do this quite well, by the way.

... just reminding you of what you said since you so quickly forgot.

A matter of context is also a matter of perception and when one has changed their mind on being reminded, it is very convenient to harp back to context.

Unfortunately, some people's abilities to perceive are rather limited. Perhaps intentionally, perhaps not?

Anyway Filitsa, I love verbal acrobatics with you, and I really enjoy your posts, so no offence.

Likewise, Phoenix, and no offense taken.