Viewpoint wrote:repulsewarrior wrote:Greed...If the Turkish Army had respected the Zurich Agreement, instead of causing the suffering of Cypriots ten fold, where would that have led us?... Probably a reformed Constitution, and a State where we could all respect one another without the bigotry both "sides" play so well, today. If the Turkish Army had not changed the toponomy of the land they occupy, if they had not sought to "Turkify" the surnames of its people, if they had not worked so hard at changing the demographics, it would be less obvious to the rest of the world, their aim. Had Turkey decided to be a representative of Mankind, by respecting International Law and the Treaties they sign (to the letter) then the "Turks" of Thrace would have had a credible representative who can speak for them, and the world would hold Turkey in much higher esteem.
So what you are saying is it was ok for you to hit me over the head with a hammer but you expected me to hit you with a feather. Well I am sorry but life does not go that way, as you were shooting hundreds of Mehmetciks dead on the shores or Kyrenia or mutilating Turkish officers, the response you provoked was the full blast reaction that any army would give.
You GCs had the opportunity to support and nurture Cypriotism yet you had other plans, now you complain about Turkey and the TCs because we stopped you from following out your dreams which to us would have cost us dearly a price we were not prepared to pay.
You had your chance and you blew it.
viewpoint, If you think the violence is wrong, what I'm saying is stand up, say it is wrong. Rather than doing wrong, find another way.
As for beating people with feathers, look across the shore to Isreal, or nearer still to Turkey itself, this attitude of violence, has it solved any issues? Think carefully about your adversary viewpoint, the border is open, thanks to Denktash, and it has shown quite clearly that Cypriots, people who live on this island are not so filled with hate and revenge as you imagine.
Had Turkey at that time shown its respect, and its commitment to a "Family of Man", then they would be sitting in the Security Council today. Their membership in the EU would not be stalled, and their citizenry, like the Kurds, would not have sympathy from the rest of the world.