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by **Paphitis** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:31 am

Isn't it interesting that the ethnicity of Greece and Cyprus is the same.

The ethnicity in Corsica is predominately Italian even though the island belongs to France.

I think that the above proves that ethnicity is shared between many peoples of differing nations. Nationality of course is an entirely different matter.

So why should Cypriots deny their heritage and identity?

by **DT.** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:40 am

Paphitis wrote:

Isn't it interesting that the ethnicity of Greece and Cyprus is the same.

The ethnicity in Corsica is predominately Italian even though the island belongs to France.

I think that the above proves that ethnicity is shared between many peoples of differing nations. Nationality of course is an entirely different matter.

So why should Cypriots deny their heritage and identity?

Out of curiosity what are the Swiss shown as?

by **Paphitis** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:46 am

DT. wrote:
Paphitis wrote:

Isn't it interesting that the ethnicity of Greece and Cyprus is the same.

The ethnicity in Corsica is predominately Italian even though the island belongs to France.

I think that the above proves that ethnicity is shared between many peoples of differing nations. Nationality of course is an entirely different matter.

So why should Cypriots deny their heritage and identity?

Out of curiosity what are the Swiss shown as?

Well low and behold, they are mostly German! But about 20% of the population is French and about 6% is Italian.

But they are all Swiss nationals. They just don't suppress their identity and heritage like the Choirokitian Hellenes do.... :lol:

by **Oracle** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:56 am

You are quite correct to move away from the outdated view of "race" since Humans are genetically too similar, no matter the ethnicity, to be classifiable as different "races".

But we can trace the migrations of the one race of Humans which left Africa about 150,000 years ago and migrated East and West into two main, initial, branches.

From the main European (West) branch, a series of minor branches and migrations patterns over the last 20,000, years have left about seven groups which roughly fall into the main ethnicity groups.

Interestingly most recently, finer migrationary markers reveal a correlation to country boundaries, roughly as we have assigned them according to the different ethnicities (cultural/linguistic habits).

Genetic study of the relatedness of DNA for Europeans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/science/13visual.html

by **observer** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:47 pm

I don't think that anyone has ever denied that there are people in Cyprus of Greek ancestry. Cyprus' problem has been those of Greek ancestry who have denied and tried to exclude those of Turkish ancestry.

by **EPSILON** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:08 pm

observer wrote:I don't think that anyone has ever denied that there are people in Cyprus of Greek ancestry. Cyprus' problem has been those of Greek ancestry who have denied and tried to exclude those of Turkish ancestry.

They sold the Island to British, they got the money and they left behind their sheats -T/cs,, what for hell they want afterwards? At list they must return the money to British.

by **insan** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:03 pm

Weird

In 1916 Cyprus was ethnically Turks. :lol:

by **Paphitis** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:36 pm

observer wrote:I don't think that anyone has ever denied that there are people in Cyprus of Greek ancestry. Cyprus' problem has been those of Greek ancestry who have denied and tried to exclude those of Turkish ancestry.

I don't think it is possible to deny those of Turkish ancestry as it is also not possible to deny those of Hellenic ancestry.

The key and emphasis should be on tolerance and to accept the cultural diversity that is unique in Cyprus.

But do the Turks tolerate a predominately Hellenic Cyprus?

by **insan** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:59 pm

Paphitis wrote:
observer wrote:I don't think that anyone has ever denied that there are people in Cyprus of Greek ancestry. Cyprus' problem has been those of Greek ancestry who have denied and tried to exclude those of Turkish ancestry.

I don't think it is possible to deny those of Turkish ancestry as it is also not possible to deny those of Hellenic ancestry.

The key and emphasis should be on tolerance and to accept the cultural diversity that is unique in Cyprus.

But do the Turks tolerate a predominately Hellenic Cyprus?

Sorry Paphitis, either a consociational democracy which allows equal ruling power for 2 main communities of Cyprus or 2 seperate states. We have never been a minority in Cyprus and we don't want to be...