Oracle wrote:insan wrote:Oracle wrote:What I don't understand is how anyone can possibly call GCs racist for not wanting to concede any of their land to some tribe from Mongolia that has not been pushed back East, yet, as much as they were in some other European countries.
Not that there is anything wrong with Mongolians (present day ones are great), or e.g. French etc ... but just as the English would not want to fragment the UK and gift a piece to some Norman (French) remnants, just because for 350 years the French ruled England, and their descendants suddenly want independent recognition, for no apparent reason, other than their ancestors invaded Britain some one thousand years ago ....
Why should we be forced to do something the UK would not do under semi-comparable circumstances?
No one would accuse the Brits of racism against the French, for not recognizing, let's say Kent, as wholly French!
Gratz Oracle! It's the first time that you've built the correct analogy to put forward your opinions. The answer lays within your opinions because all other existed and existing circumstances of the world were/are just partly or semi-compareable to the circumstances of Cyprus. That's what makes the Cyprus Problem still unique to it's own circumstances.
The semi-comparable element is the fact that the Norman-French have been assimilated in Britain for nearly 1000 years, whereas you Mongolian invaders have only been here for a few hundred years ... and even then, the French, do not have any reason to demand a piece of the UK ... so why should you demand a piece of Cyprus, having come from further afield and having been around for less time?
Another semi-comparable factor, is that the French are closer to the Brits in migration routes and religion, and ... even language, than the Greeks are to the invading Mongolian Turks!
Basically, the hint is that you do not belong in Cyprus as a separate entity! ....
If, in 2 years time; Cyprus problem is not solved either on the basis of "political equality of 2 communities" or "agreed partition", I'll have to move to a Mongolian village or Kazakistan village. I can't wait anymore than 1-2 years to initiate my long awaited large family project.