Oracle wrote:
Bananiot, as usual, made a put-down re. the Greeks expressing their disgust at the behaviour of Turks (and yes, it's mostly Governments at fault, but they do not always get in power on their own ... especially for quite as long as in Turkey's history, without something bad in the background amongst the general population! ) ..... Yet he remained unchallenged by any outside interlocutor! Strange! ...
To be fair to Bananiot, he didn't denigrate the entire 'Greek' nation, just people who, rightly or wrongly, he perceived as fascists.
Oracle wrote: But as soon as Yialousa made a negative comment about the Turks ... he is scolded! In defence of the 'unable Turk', so it seems
And Yialousa... (if a poor village could speak, her houses, her school and her church would cry out with one voice: "in the name of all that is good, relinquish my name") ...then confirmed Bananiot's "fascist" accusation by labelling Turks without distinction as "blood-thirsty".
Oracle wrote:Interesting ... why rush to the defence of the Turks if it's not because we want to apologize for their behaviour ... as though they were unfit to make Human, mature decisions, which draw criticism (albeit it extreme)?
Do we see them as infantile? Unable to defend themselves because they have febrile brains?
Just so we're clear, I am not defending Cypriots of Muslim extraction on the CF. They are more than capable of doing that for themselves. And as for Turks? They are not my concern.
No, O mu, I am defending the honour of Cyprus – as a whole – and the memory of our beautiful lost village of Yialousa in particular. That one of her sons (I assume it's just a boy) should lower himself to label a whole nation of people 'blood thirsty' – without distinction – in public shames us all.
What are we, animals? No different to the drugged-up scum that forced us to flee our homes? Who stole our land? Who raped our women?
No, O. Whatever was taken from us in those black days of 1974, our dignity must not be included. Our island may be divided but our self-respect must remain intact.
Oracle wrote:I'm not criticising The Cypriot for his comment. Au contraire, it demonstrates his caring, sensitive side
Thanks, O. But let's be clear about what I care for and what I am sensitive too.