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[Get Real!]

Ahhhh I think we better swop flags lol

I’ll bet your uncle’s name is “Chalis” or something treasonous like that…

[Sophia1]

Yeah ok like you no me and them why coz they work for the police?

[Sophia1]

Yeah OMG!! you do know him lol No its not lol

[Get Real!]

Yeah ok like you no me and them why coz they work for the police?

Btw, stick with your union f*** for you are not worthy of the Cypriot flag.

[Sophia1]

Oh and you soooo are lol ha ha As we are on the sub of flags and Cy history did u know our Grandparents were bourn under the Union Jack? So dnt know what your chatting about CHARLIE!! lol

[Piratis]

Some GCs get their SECURITY from their Hellenism. It's obvious being just a Cypriot isn't enough for some....

It's almost as if they don't feel worthy of anything without being associated with Greece.

This is peasant mentality which ALOT of Cypriots are cursed with IMO. The need to belong somewhere...as if Cyprus simply isn't enough. There has to be more.

Like orphans trying to find their mothers....

It is not about security, but about history and identity (if it was about security and not about history and identity then we would say we are Americans)

How about if we force each English city to be a separate country and then tell them they don't need to be English any more, they just need to be Londoners and Liverpudlians etc.

[Piratis]

My Personal experience is that the people of the Greek islands that i have come into contact with while visiting have been open and friendly and helpful. There appears to be a different attitude than that i have found in (Roc)Cyprus.
The Greek islands were occupied by Germans and Italians during the war, but i didnt see any animosity towards them while i was there.
I have met some wonderful people here in Cyprus, warm and generous, but once i am out of my 'area of recognition' then it sometimes becomes a different story.

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[T_C]

Sophia I meant ALL Cypriots. I see why you thought that since I started with mentioning Hellenism but I wasn't just talking about GCs...

The peasant mentality applies to ALL Cypriots who feel the need to hang onto motherlands. We were all peasants in Cyprus. It's just that some of us made Cyprus their own and there were some who longed for something much more who eventually brought the motherlands crashing down on top of our heads.

We need to shake this terrible insecurity out of people. Otherwise God only knows what will happen if it continues to manifest...

[pappy_sydney]

Paphitis said

Some individuals however do undermine the Cypriot Strenght of character by adopting a defeatist ethos or from rejecting the islands Hellenism just to appease the Turks, or because they have some chip on their shoulder and blame Greece for our predicament.

This is so true, most Cypriots are smart enough to want to keep their Hellenic identity, this is who we are and we are proud to be Greeks. There are a few Cypriots however that do have this chip on their shoulder unfortunately...typically they have no idea about history..... We did want enosis with Greece but these days due to circumstances we have become content with Independence within the EU. The only chance for peace is for respect by both communities of the other's identity and not this stupid belief in a common Cypriot ethnicity...this is nonsense....One should respect differences..., this is the key...

[Oracle]

Yes I know....the truth hurts...

As a Turk, you would not know about "truth"; otherwise you would be in constant pain!

Clearly Cypriot was not enough for you, which is why you invited your bearers back!

As far as being Hellenic goes, we never stopped being Hellenic. We have always lived on a Hellenic island, be it under occupation or under rare times of freedom. You were the ones who left your "natural" homelands to invade others. So you are expert practitioners of the art of eroding the identities of those you parasitize!

In fact the only Freedom we ever enjoyed was when we had no reason to deny being Greek to please the Turks and later the Brits ... who at least accepted our common bonds enough that they tried to "bargain" us back to Greece.