zan wrote:utu wrote:If nothing else, it at least shows those folk who have integrity and the conviction of their beliefs... I might not like a number of people on this forum, but I can respect them for sticking to their guns and defending what they think is right...
You have behaved like a gentleman all the way utu.....Then you are not emotionally involved.
One thing I leearned very quickly on this forum - and others - is that being emotionally deteched over Cyprus is extremely difficult. At times writing my thesis on Cyprus, emotions have been rather hard to keep in check... There has been so much wastage and hate on both sides, it is a disgrace! Nationalism, realpolitik, and ethnic rivalries made Cyprus into a madhouse! That makes me angry most of all, and the fact that people - rational people - end up taking sides in this dispute convinced of the righteousness of their stand only perpetuates things!