Paphitis wrote:Byron wrote:Paphitis wrote:Byron wrote:Paphitis wrote:Byron wrote:Piratis wrote:You are responsible for contirbuting to the division of this island and signing an agreement you had not intention of honouring.
And why do you think we signed something for which we had no intention to honour? The only answer can be: Because we were forced.
We are the 80% majority of this island, and still instead of being allowed to decide ourselves in a peaceful and democratic way what we want for our own island, we were forced to sign something which some foreigners made, and which would serve the interests of those foreigners along with the interests of some small minority that helped them achieve their aim, and not the interests of the Cypriot people as a whole.
We are not bound by any "agreements" which are forced on us by foreigners against our human and democratic rights. We are only bound by what is right and just, which is nothing else than freedom, democracy and human rights.
So Mr Pirate,
What is your proposal for a solution to the Cyprus Problem? I woul be interested in reading it.
Gunaydin Byron,
since you got your response from Piratis, I would now be very interested to see where you stand on the Cyprus Problem and what YOU deem to be a fair and viable solution.
What is Gunayadin ?
It is a Turkish Greeting. I was being polite.
Someone who fought in the war would have known this.
Will you know enlighten us with your views?
You are not Turkish, so why greet me with that word. You were just being sarcastic.
I was not being sarcastic. You don't have to answer the question if you don't want to.
My view is quite simple. The vast majority of the GREEK Community wishes for a reunified Cyprus with a majority/minority rule similar to the ROC constitution or slightly modified without guarantor powers.
Unfortunately the TURKISH minority do not wish to be governed by a GREEK majority. Please refer to the comments posted on this topic within the Cyprus Forum.
When the majority of the other side does not wish to participate in a joint governorship because they either mistrust the GREEKS or because they have nothing in common : be it language or religion, then we should listen and perhaps adjust our proposals. However you and others on this site do not wish to listen but continue to provide the TURKISH side with more reasons why we should all live together happily ever after. When the other side says NO after 34 years, I believe we should adjust our game plan. Alternatively the EU and the rest of the world will sooner or later recognise the TRNC. The reason that it hasn't happened at the moment is because it has a very low priority. Within the next five years the EU will move to a majority voting and the Cyprus veto will mean nothing.
What we have at the moment is complete deadlock and "unofficial partition". Maybe we should be content with this, I do not know. Perhaps we should revisit the ANNAN plan and modify it to include precise and clear information regarding a) the return of turkish troops, b) return of the settlers and c) return of the refugees to their rightful homes or adequate compensation.
Whatever happens we need to continue to look for alternatives because the TURKS will not budge and have no intention of budging. That I have understood.