utu wrote:Piratis wrote:Those countries were created long before the UN and before International Law, at a time when slavery and other nasty things were all "legal". So what doesn't hold water is your lame excuse, because in fact the UN does not and will not recognize any "state" created by means of foreign invasion and ethnic cleansing.
Piratis,
So I guess that what you're saying is that as long as the invading/colonizing/ethnic cleansing thing was done BEFORE a certain date, then it is perfectly all right...
What I am saying my friend is that the world progresses. At some point we said "No more slavery". Does this mean that slavery that was going on before was "perfectly all right"? Does this mean that Turks can today start a slave market and say "Hey, this was going on before as well" ??
You'd better stop drinking decaffeinated coffee and realize that this type of thing continues to this day in other parts of the world, and it is basically tolerated on a tacit level. Oh, you'll hear a few empty words of protest, and a few symbolic sanctions which don't much interfere with the business of the day, but that's about it. Why should the Cyprus situation be any different? With the world as messed up as it is now, it's not going to matter much in the grand scale of things...
Yes utu, many crimes are committed, and many times the criminals get away with their crimes. So what? If somebody committed a crime against you, would you not seek justice, because some criminals get away with crimes?
Also, you didn't tell me of an example since the establishment of the UN, that a country was created by means of foreign invasion and ethnic cleansing. Do you have any such example from anywhere in the world?