Tim Drayton wrote:More seriously, Zan, I have phoned your mates at the Turkish Cypriot Network on the advertised number of 07949806537 to try to find the year in which 26 Turkish Cypriots were allegedly beaten up by the police in Limasol. There was nobody there to answer the phone so I left a message. 24 hours have passed and they have not returned my call. You must admit that when this story is displayed on the home page of the website http://www.tcn-cy.freeuk.com/ under the heading "NEWS FROM THE TRNC", the implication is that this is recent news. This impression is strengthened when one reads the story and sees that this event is alleged to have occured on February 19, with no year provided. The reader is encouraged to believe that an event which - if it happened at all - must be over a decade old occured recently, which is a gross and malicious distortion. The fact that they are unable or unwilling to return my call and put a date on this news only strengthens the impression that these people are acting in bad faith. I am sure you know these people, so perhaps you could request that they pass on this information.
Having established that this group is acting in bad faith, one has to question their good faith in other matters. I see on the same home page this organisation is collecting donations for something called SOS village which is alleged to be on the outskirts of Nicosia and apparently "provides protection and home comfort to the children who are in need." When I see how little regard these people have for integrity when it comes to the news articles on their web site, one unavoidably wonders if this is some kind of scam. Can anybody provide me with directions to this "SOS Village" on the outskirts of Nicosia? I can't help thinking that I would like to see it with my own eyes.
I have just had a look at this site and haven't seen so much crap for a long time!!!
What the story about the Daily Mirror travel editor had to do with anything, I don't know!
