suetoniuspaulinus wrote:Mr kifeas
I do not have a hidden agenda nor do I have pursuits that need rationalising.
I do believe that families who have been living on this island for up to three generations and who have been granted citizenship deserve to be treated better than the cattle that you seem to think they are.
Is your proposed "Ethnic Cleansing" more palatable than that which the GC's suffered in 74?
The fact that I admire the difficult decision of Mr cannedmoose for his hunanitarian ethics does not mean that I think that all GC's are inhuman.
If, however , you feel that this is the case, then Mr kifeas, If the cap fits, wear it.
Three generations?? Three generations last for 90 years. One generation lasts for 30 years. The Greek Cypriots are living as a Greek speaking entity, in the entire territory of Cyprus, for at least 117 generations (3,500 years.) And during all these generations but the last one, they were always the majority in every single corner of this island.
Therefore, they are the ones who have the moral right to agree how many settlers should stay, more than anyone else. And one generation of settlers is nothing compare to the 117 generations. The number of settlers that will remain, should be such that will safeguard in practice and not in theory, the divine right of those GCs who wish to return back to their ancestral lands.
Certainly, one should not expect that the GCs will ever accept that a bigger number of settlers should have the right to stay in the north, than the number of GCs that will be "allowed" to return back, as in fact it was envisioned by Annan in his “plan.”
And please stop this populistic and moralistic counselling regarding how people should be treated. We know very well how human beings should be treated, at least much better than your "motherland" Turkey knows and does. No one said that we want these people to be "kicked out" like dogs. There are many other ways. The best way is for Turkey to pay them in order for them to agree to be repatriated, and if they do not accept the amount, then Turkey should be kept increasing the amount up and up (like in auctions,) until even the last one in excess of the agreed number will decite to take the money and go back. Even if this will mean that it will cost to Turkey one billion dollars. She can easily choose to buy ten F-15s less in her next armament round and save this money.
