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You state that you were educated in the UK and yet you have failed miserably in your assessment of the British people , and I do not include British passport holders whose allegiance is to a foreign country ..
Brittain has the most civilized and caring people you are likely to find in the world , it also has the most uncivilized and uncaring people and those are the Brits that make the news , the hooligans , single mothers uneducated relying on the state for hand outs producing kids right left and centre , mostly < and expecting society at large to take care of their offsprings , it also has a very large contingent of third world illiterate mostly immigrants , asylum seekers scroungers that hate our guts but love our benefits.

The most generous people you will come across are the British , the silent vast majority who do not go to Spain and seek out fish and chips , who do not come to Cyprus expecting hand outs from the government , but are solid citizens , orderly , civilized and caring . Our poor animals in Cyprus , if they could talk they would be singing God save the Queen because so much influence has been exerted by the Brits on animal welfare , also let me add here that many thousands of Cypriots , if not EVERY Cypriot has derived some sort of benefit by the presence of the Brits on our island.
As far as the British involvement with Cyprus as a British colony then the governments of the day were entirely responsible for much of the events that followed the 30s , 40s and 50s. Stubborn as mules , totaly absorbed in their own destiny , ignoring the plight of the people of Cyprus but at the same time acting entirely within the frame work of Empire Rule .
Let us also remember that the UK is the home of more than 250 thousand Cypriots .

Well said M. Funny how everyone is always quick to point out the bad points of another country, but very rarely accept the good. It is good to be patriotic but not obsessive and in so becoming blind to see the facts.

When we go abroad, we do not visit the chip shops etc. We taste the local cuisine, do the trips and try to learn a bit more about the country, the language and its culture. It was very wrong of Phoenix to generalise in such a way. The chip shops are there as the countries still think that is what the Brits want. Just like Cyprus they are 30 years out of date!!

I doubt your educational background Phoenix, but you should put it to better use and stop with the wild accusations. That in itself just tells me just how uneducated you are!

Bubbles x

..... I've got you thinking haven't I?

What? No scathing reply/half witty riposte?

If you had spent so many years working in universities how come it is that you still do not fully comprehend the English language? I refer to an earlier post in which you said when talking about your mother - and this is not the exact quote - I cannot get her to stop, desist using the water? Why the need for two words with the same meaning when one is perfectly acceptable - or is that the Cypriot in you?

Bubbles x

You don't read much, do you Bubbles?

Contraditionally - or whatever word you made up on a prior post
Wrong again Phoenix mou
Bubbles x

[phoenix]

You state that you were educated in the UK and yet you have failed miserably in your assessment of the British people , and I do not include British passport holders whose allegiance is to a foreign country ..
Brittain has the most civilized and caring people you are likely to find in the world , it also has the most uncivilized and uncaring people and those are the Brits that make the news , the hooligans , single mothers uneducated relying on the state for hand outs producing kids right left and centre , mostly < and expecting society at large to take care of their offsprings , it also has a very large contingent of third world illiterate mostly immigrants , asylum seekers scroungers that hate our guts but love our benefits.

The most generous people you will come across are the British , the silent vast majority who do not go to Spain and seek out fish and chips , who do not come to Cyprus expecting hand outs from the government , but are solid citizens , orderly , civilized and caring . Our poor animals in Cyprus , if they could talk they would be singing God save the Queen because so much influence has been exerted by the Brits on animal welfare , also let me add here that many thousands of Cypriots , if not EVERY Cypriot has derived some sort of benefit by the presence of the Brits on our island.
As far as the British involvement with Cyprus as a British colony then the governments of the day were entirely responsible for much of the events that followed the 30s , 40s and 50s. Stubborn as mules , totaly absorbed in their own destiny , ignoring the plight of the people of Cyprus but at the same time acting entirely within the frame work of Empire Rule .
Let us also remember that the UK is the home of more than 250 thousand Cypriots .

Well said M. Funny how everyone is always quick to point out the bad points of another country, but very rarely accept the good. It is good to be patriotic but not obsessive and in so becoming blind to see the facts.

When we go abroad, we do not visit the chip shops etc. We taste the local cuisine, do the trips and try to learn a bit more about the country, the language and its culture. It was very wrong of Phoenix to generalise in such a way. The chip shops are there as the countries still think that is what the Brits want. Just like Cyprus they are 30 years out of date!!

I doubt your educational background Phoenix, but you should put it to better use and stop with the wild accusations. That in itself just tells me just how uneducated you are!

Bubbles x

..... I've got you thinking haven't I?

What? No scathing reply/half witty riposte?

If you had spent so many years working in universities how come it is that you still do not fully comprehend the English language? I refer to an earlier post in which you said when talking about your mother - and this is not the exact quote - I cannot get her to stop, desist using the water? Why the need for two words with the same meaning when one is perfectly acceptable - or is that the Cypriot in you?

Bubbles x

You don't read much, do you Bubbles?

Contraditionally - or whatever word you made up on a prior post
Wrong again Phoenix mou
Bubbles x

So why are you so uncomfortable with word-play?

You're easily unnerved by wordsmithery ....

[purdey]

No Phoenix is right I did make a wild accusation and I was wrong.I appologise.My proof was mistaken,it should have referred to the thread on the Turkish soldiers,I believe the word FREAK was used and others.I appologise for my mistake,I still stand by my accusation of racist.No I am not picking on you,so please don't play the victim.
I have heard it all before the old victim I was called a racist card,how many times has history taught us that lesson.

[phoenix]

I don't think it is racist. I checked "racist" in dictionaries: "a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others" or "Racism is a belief system or doctrine which postulates a hierarchy among various human races or ethnic groups. It may be based on an assumption of inherent biological differences between different ethnic groups that purport to determine cultural or individual behaviour". It doesn't say "Racist is the one who hates those that occupy his country"!

Good boy Sotos .... you tell that ignorant Copperline...

I think he might be busy trying to understand memes now ....... and then he will have to change his whole outlook, because Turks are definitely inferior when it comes to memes ... and not just because the UN say so ....

[purdey]

What injustice has Phoenix suffered in the UK.She states she is Cypriot,she has stayed in our country for thirty years and then starts to complain.Please show at least a little respect.

[phoenix]

No Phoenix is right I did make a wild accusation and I was wrong.I appologise.My proof was mistaken,it should have referred to the thread on the Turkish soldiers,I believe the word FREAK was used and others.I appologise for my mistake,I still stand by my accusation of racist.No I am not picking on you,so please don't play the victim.
I have heard it all before the old victim I was called a racist card,how many times has history taught us that lesson.

Yes you did make a wild accusation and as you admit you were wrong .... So why and how do you stand by an accusation of racist ?...

Again you have not provided any proof for your imaginings .... I am not playing the victim, but there are countless posts where you are accusing me of racism ... and it seems even this one .... and yet you have not come up with an iota of proof that I am racist.


Really ... you believe I called Turkish soldiers freaks? ... that is racist?

You clearly do not have a clue.

As I said to CopperLine .... come up with some proof or shut up. Simple.

Stop trying to mitigate yourself.

Let's see how big you can be and we can all happily move on ......

[phoenix]

What injustice has Phoenix suffered in the UK.She states she is Cypriot,she has stayed in our country for thirty years and then starts to complain.Please show at least a little respect.

What are you ranting about now ?...

Out of the frying pan into the fire

You really should just shut up and give us all a rest from witnessing the creaking of your rusty cogs ....

[Niki]

What injustice has Phoenix suffered in the UK.She states she is Cypriot,she has stayed in our country for thirty years and then starts to complain.Please show at least a little respect.

What are you ranting about now ?...

Out of the frying pan into the fire

You really should just shut up and give us all a rest from witnessing the creaking of your rusty cogs ....

Phoenix sometimes it is better to admit you've gone too far and step back. Don't dig that hole any deeper!

[boomerang]

Yes we did,that is how it worked in those days.Times have changed,people have changed.If we always refer to the past we will never move forward.Is that any reason to dislike or hate another human being,for what there ancestors did.

I say you can't teach an old dog a new trick...how many WMDs have you found in Iraq then purdey?

[Niki]

Yes we did,that is how it worked in those days.Times have changed,people have changed.If we always refer to the past we will never move forward.Is that any reason to dislike or hate another human being,for what there ancestors did.

I say you can't teach an old dog a new trick...how many WMDs have you found in Iraq then purdey?

Ahhh - so Purdey is really Tony Blur??? Clever!!!