Kikapu wrote:Viewpoint wrote:That would be our business Kikapu which clubs or unions we join, if it were up to me I would accept 18%+ tomorrow and move on with our lives. All that is needed now is time for other TCs to see that there will never be a solution with GCs, then they will accept a reduction is land for agreed partition.
Then I would really suggest to you VP and all the Neo Partitionist is to first convince Turkey that EU is not in their best interest, therefore they should support your Partition Dreams and to forget about the welfare of their own 70 million who's individual average income is barely above $5,000 US Dollars a year. Have you noticed, despite Dollars decline in the past few months, the New Turkish Lira has declined more than the Dollar. This will add to inflation and loss of purchasing power. The North using the YTL as their main currency has no doubt seen prices go up in recent times. Just what is the inflation rate in the North anyway.??
If Turkey's EU hopes are permanently destroyed, expect far worse crises with their finances which will effect the North as well. So VP, what you may think is good for you, may not be in the best interest of Turkey. I would suggest that we all find a workable solution that is in the best interest of everyone, and if we are to live as part of Europe, then we need to adopt European values, which means we can't have a undemocratic system. Most of the Neo Partitionist enjoy True Democracy in other countries that they live/lived in, but when it comes to their own country, they do not want it.
What is wrong with this picture.
After AGREED partition why would Turkeys EU hopes fade (which are non existent) as this would be the solution that boths sides AGREED. You try to paint a picture of doom and gloom if we do not accept GC style union well we ain't gonna fall for that and negative developments we will have to deal with just like any other COUNTRY in the world. You can only bang your head against a brick wall so much, our views are totally different with regards to a united Cyprus, I would much rather accept 18% than be forced into minority status in my own country run by GCs. Although I was born and raised in the UK and love England it was not home, the TRNC is home to me, living in a GC state would just be living in the UK but with added dangers, discrimination and prejudices. This you will not understand as you have not lived amongst the people you claim you originated from for so many years, you have not even seen them in their own environment, all your views are based on what you remember from the past. You probably don't even have any plans to return that's how detached and cold you are towards TCs, this is reflected in your posts.
The inflation rate is 9% but Kikapu the tactic of economic scare mongering does not pay dividends because union on GC terms where we are a minority in a GC state will always lose, the doom and gloom however bad you may wish to paint it will always be preferred.
