No Piratis Cyprus was never part of Greece or ever a Greek island, you are deluding yourself, the island has been bastardized enough times to honestly claim that the remenents which are us the Cypriots have the same DNA but choose to seperate ourselves and call ourselves either Turkish or Greek before Cypriot, there are ofcourse people who truely believe they are just Cypriots. So as soon as you get of your high horse in claiming that Cyprus is more yours than mine the sooner we will see each other as equals not as as individuals but also as communities, this will help build a stronger balance and understanding between the 2 communities until a time comes where they wish to one and known just as Cypriots.
We fought against all the odds to survive against you enosis dream, your ignoring this fact makes you less a person in my eyes. The fear displayed by the older TC generation has to be experienced to understand that their concerns were bery real back in our dark history, maybe you need to speak to some of these people to wipe away your warped perception that we did nto suffer and that the numbers game you play will wash away guilt.
It is not about DNA Viewpoint. If it was about DNA then "Turks" would have been considered an extinct kind, unless you know many oriental looking people living in Asia Minor.
What makes somebody what he is, is his language and culture.
What you fought for was to keep Cypriots enslaved under British and Turkish rule. You have never been under any threat from the dream of Cypriots to be free. On the contrary it is you who attacked Cypriots and threaten them that you would annihilate them from the north part of their country if they dared to fight against the Colonialists. Apparently it was fine for you if Cyprus was under the Turks or the British, but not fine if Cyprus was part of a free Greek state which is what Cypriots themselves wanted.
If you wanted to live in Cyprus as equal Cypriot citizens, then why didn't you propose it? It was Makarios who first proposed independence for Cyprus, not you. And what Makarios meant by independance was one free Cyprus, with no foreign troops and where all Cypriots would be equal.
But you didn't accept that you are just Cypriots, did you? You said that you are different "peoples". And along with the UK and Turkey you forced division and segregation in Cyprus.
You have never accepted to be just Cypriots. I am several years in this forum and you have always claimed that you are different, not just Cypriots. This is the same thing you are saying since the 50s. Have you changed your mind now?
If you changed your mind and you are now ready to accept my proposal for one united democratic Cyprus where all Cypriots citizens would be equal without any discriminations then I would be more than glad to sacrifice my "Greekness" as long as you sacrifice your "Turkishness".
But what I am guessing is that you want us to sacrifice our Greekness, while you will continue to insist that you are not just Cypriots, but the "great" Turkish Cypriots who should be distinct and segregated from all the rest. Am I wrong?
