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[Tim Drayton]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

Turkey and Cyprus have cut off diplomatic ties. There is no Turkish embassy.

Wrong. It is in the north of Nicosia just a stones throw away from the Ledra Palace crossing.

[DT.]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

Turkey and Cyprus have cut off diplomatic ties. There is no Turkish embassy.

Wrong. It is in the north of Nicosia just a stones throw away from the Ledra Palace crossing.

em·bas·sy Audio Help /ˈɛmbəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[em-buh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.
2. the official headquarters of an ambassador.
3. the function or office of an ambassador.
4. a mission headed by an ambassador.

Wrong. There is neither a sovereign nor a government in north Nicosia. It is currently under occupation by the Turkish army.

[Tim Drayton]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

There is a differance between beibg "gutsy" or brave and just plain stupid!

Why is it plain stupid? Particularly if it was focussed around a demand that could win the support of a section of the TC community and it was bi-communal in nature, it would have a massive impact.

Yes, people would get arrested and be beaten up. Those kinds of fears did not stop people from joining the fight against British imperialism in the 1950s, did it?

[Tim Drayton]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

Turkey and Cyprus have cut off diplomatic ties. There is no Turkish embassy.

Wrong. It is in the north of Nicosia just a stones throw away from the Ledra Palace crossing.

em·bas·sy Audio Help /ˈɛmbəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[em-buh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.
2. the official headquarters of an ambassador.
3. the function or office of an ambassador.
4. a mission headed by an ambassador.

Wrong. There is neither a sovereign nor a government in north Nicosia. It is currently under occupation by the Turkish army.

OK. It's a pseudo embassy, then. My point stands that it would be a far more effective place to stage a demonstration if anybody has the guts to do it.

[Oracle]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

There is a differance between beibg "gutsy" or brave and just plain stupid!

Why is it plain stupid? Particularly if it was focussed around a demand that could win the support of a section of the TC community and it was bi-communal in nature, it would have a massive impact.

Yes, people would get arrested and be beaten up. Those kinds of fears did not stop people from joining the fight against British imperialism in the 1950s, did it?

If such a demonstration were to go ahead, imagine the horrors from the north about us complaining, when in reality we "invited" the 40,000 Turkish troops!

[DT.]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

Turkey and Cyprus have cut off diplomatic ties. There is no Turkish embassy.

Wrong. It is in the north of Nicosia just a stones throw away from the Ledra Palace crossing.

em·bas·sy Audio Help /ˈɛmbəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[em-buh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.
2. the official headquarters of an ambassador.
3. the function or office of an ambassador.
4. a mission headed by an ambassador.

Wrong. There is neither a sovereign nor a government in north Nicosia. It is currently under occupation by the Turkish army.

OK. It's a pseudo embassy, then. My point stands that it would be a far more effective place to stage a demonstration if anybody has the guts to do it.

Why demonstrate in front of an illegal institution thereby giving it the legitimacy it seeks?

[Tim Drayton]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

Turkey and Cyprus have cut off diplomatic ties. There is no Turkish embassy.

Wrong. It is in the north of Nicosia just a stones throw away from the Ledra Palace crossing.

em·bas·sy Audio Help /ˈɛmbəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[em-buh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.
2. the official headquarters of an ambassador.
3. the function or office of an ambassador.
4. a mission headed by an ambassador.

Wrong. There is neither a sovereign nor a government in north Nicosia. It is currently under occupation by the Turkish army.

OK. It's a pseudo embassy, then. My point stands that it would be a far more effective place to stage a demonstration if anybody has the guts to do it.

Why demonstrate in front of an illegal institution thereby giving it the legitimacy it seeks?

Good point. So stage protests in front of Turkish military facilities instead. There are plenty to choose from.

[Oracle]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

Turkey and Cyprus have cut off diplomatic ties. There is no Turkish embassy.

Wrong. It is in the north of Nicosia just a stones throw away from the Ledra Palace crossing.

em·bas·sy Audio Help /ˈɛmbəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[em-buh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.
2. the official headquarters of an ambassador.
3. the function or office of an ambassador.
4. a mission headed by an ambassador.

Wrong. There is neither a sovereign nor a government in north Nicosia. It is currently under occupation by the Turkish army.

OK. It's a pseudo embassy, then. My point stands that it would be a far more effective place to stage a demonstration if anybody has the guts to do it.

Why demonstrate in front of an illegal institution thereby giving it the legitimacy it seeks?

Good point. So stage protests in front of Turkish military facilities instead. There are plenty to choose from.

Tim do you have any idea what that means?

A lot of Cypriots not only had "protests" with these troops, but not so long ago and fresh in the memory of a lot .. was the fact they were up against them in a war!

So you are asking a lot of people that are still traumatised from a war to face their armed aggressors once again ... but unarmed themselves and pleading for them to go away ... when they killed and raped their way to the island just 3 decades ago!

[boomerang]

We can all email a message to every turko embassy around the world causing a DoS, denial of service...flood the bastards and bring their system down...

Not an illegal act as all emails are coming from different individuals...and not a one source...

Someone draft a letter and pass it around...

[Paphitis]

When will somebody have the guts to stage a similar protest outside the Turkish embassy in Nicosia?

There is a differance between beibg "gutsy" or brave and just plain stupid!

Why is it plain stupid? Particularly if it was focussed around a demand that could win the support of a section of the TC community and it was bi-communal in nature, it would have a massive impact.

Yes, people would get arrested and be beaten up. Those kinds of fears did not stop people from joining the fight against British imperialism in the 1950s, did it?

It is stupid because we are talking about a regime that finds it acceptable to shoot an unarmed civilian for daring to even lay a finger on their precious flag. We are not talking about Australia or USA here, this is the "trnc".

It is also stupid conducting such a demonstration in front of this pseudo "embassy" because it could be deemed as de-facto recognition by the demonstrating citizens of Cyprus of this bogus embassy.