Paphidis wrote:
What is disgraceful post. You call DIKO and EDEK nationalists because they do not accept a BBF solution, which is really not a BBF solution but is a BBC solution or "Confederacy". You believe that they are nationalist because they wish to implement the EU Acquis across the whole island, should a solution occur, and because they stand and fight for basic human and democratic rights such as 1 man one vote, and proportional representation. You call them nationalist because they do not accept any external influence and control by Turkey, and oppose any Treaty of Guarantee from Turkey. You call them nationalist because they reject the Annan Plan, as did 76% of the electorate, as it undermined conventional human and democratic rights as accepted all over the world.
Unfortunately for you, President Christofias also rejects the Annan Plan. He did say only recently that this plan was "dead and buried". I guess this makes President Christofias a nationalist as well.
As for the events of 63, no one has ever denied mutual culpability. However, you need to put things into context. It was the TCs that withdrew from the RoC Government when Makarios tried to introduce a 13 point constitutional amendment plan. This plan was introduced because Cyprus did not have effective Governance. The TCs had veto rights which effectively resulted in 18% of the population controlling the whole Government. Where is the justice in that?
You also forget, quite conveniently, that it was the TCs that FIRST engaged the GCs in intercommunal violence in 1958. You also, quite conveniently fail to mention that in 63, the TCs were FORCED into enclaves by their very own TMT, to make it easier for them to further their partitionist plans from the 50s.
Recently, a constitutional expert described the Cyprus Constitution of 1960 as "the most ludicrous and ineffective document". He described it as "unworkable" and also stated that Makarios was justified in trying to overhaul the constitution. These are the words of neutral Australian analysts and experts on Cyprus, and who are acting as advisors to the UN Envoy on Cyprus.
Those of us who live in this island know who the nationalists are and furthermore, know and comprehend the irreversible damage they have done to Cyprus. These people cover their nationalism in a veil of patriotic talk which is nothing more but fancy words with no content whatsoever and point to palatable targets which are not feasible.
I would be the first to cheer for a unitary Cyprus but we have lost the right for such a solution because of the stupidity of our nationalists. History tells us that every time we ent for the desirable we ended up crying over debris. The ONLY PATRIOTIC THING TO DO IS TO GO FOR THE FEASIBLE! Anything else will destroy us for good this time round. Thus, all those forces that are still high on the clouds are nothing else than sick nationalists who will destroy Cyprus once and for all, if they get it their way again.
Your history sucks, Paphitis, big time. Did you know, for example, that the bomb at the Marcos Drakos statue in September 1963 was planted by the "Organisation" in order to incite hatred against the Turkish Cypriots? Did you know that the burning of the Ayios Kasianos Gymnasium, around the same period was also the work of the "Organisation"? Did you know that Makarios gave his constitutional changes to the Turkish Ambassador but when the Ambassador came back to see him he would not accept him? In other words, the changes were not for debate but they were to be imposed on the Turkish Cypriot community. Did you know that our patriots played into the hands of the TMT by intimidating, murdering and displacing ordinary Turkish Cypriots and thus sending them to the warm embrace of TMT and Turkey for protection?
We played the same game as TMT and we paid the penalty because the Turkish nationalism is much stronger than ours, but of course, our bigots, like all bigots, do not consider rationality. We thought that by taking sick people out of their hospital beds and throwing them down wells, we were serving our national cause. Guess what Paphitis. We know all too well who these people are. At the time they sounded very much like you and it goes to prove that when these people get into a position of power they are capable of the worst crimes.
said that "you had come to the conclusion"!!!!!!! I have come to the conclusion also.......What I want and what I think is achievable or maybe even what should be done just so the TCs can at last get on with their lives is common sense.....If that makes me a nationalist in your eyes then so be it.......I have been called worse!!! 
