Milo wrote:Paphitis wrote:miltiades wrote:Paphitis , toy are talking utterly out of context , it appears to me you have a major problem in comprehending issues involved here.
Preserving our unique Cypriot culture does no entail carrying on riding donkeys instead of driving cars , does not mean wearing vrakes instead of trousers . You are out of context entirely mate .
I comprehend very well Miltiades.
First of all, Cypriots and Australians loathe England.
There are more than 4 million Surveillance Cameras in London alone. You can't do anything without someone watching you on CCTV.
They have legislation for just about everything. Everything in England is so structured that if I had the misfortune of living in England I would be looking for the first plane out.
You come here and lecture Cypriots over their treatment of animals or their driving skills. You seem to think that the UK is the pinnacle of the civilised world and that we lowly Cypriots must emulate them. Miltiades, there are over a million British migrants in Australia right now and none of them have anything nice to say about Britain.
The last thing you should be doing is getting on your high horse and lecturing Cypriots as if you know better. Cypriots will maintain their unique characteristics and the last thing we want is to end up like England. I like the way Cypriots drive. I like the way Cypriots argue and carry on. I like their honesty and this never offends me.
We will maintain our unique characteristics, just like other Southern Europeans and Middle Eastern Countries because that is who we are as a people. We are not England, Germany or Singapore, and they can stick their rules and fake politeness, because THIS IS CYPRUS!
Think the 'fake politeness' was directed to me so here goesNot all Cypriots loathe the UK, some do, as with the Australians, many people believe or not judge all Cypriots on their animal welfare and driving skills which most 'normal' people don,t, wherever they originate.
You (Cyprus that is) should NEVER end up like the UK, first of all you can,t, it took em centuries to become UK plcmaintain your unique characteristics, most eu countries do and have but progression in life is what Cyprus has adopted, even before the eu, and is fulfilling albeit slowly.
Stronger much stronger traffic laws are going to be implented here wether you agree or not. Its about saving lives NOT changing cultures.
I do though hope that it does,nt adopt every stupid brussels opinion like the UK has.
Miltiades mentions smoking this will also become a stringent law for smoking inside, and the statistics on passive smoking around young children will change minds NOT some authority from another country making it all up. As will banning smacking children these sensible laws are common throughout the eu and will EVENTUALLY be a part of Cyprus culture.
I fail to see how this will change your lives, it will just enhance them once you get used to it
And again LONDON is not all of the UK
Training up paramedics to be in ambulances is yet another good thing for Cyprus especially as the first hour of a patients life at the roadside can be so easily saved with the right training and equipment. Its all paramount, and you should embrace and demand it as a people.
Did,nt I read that the May bird shoot here had to be banned, that was never going to happen was it. But money talks and heavy fines from the eu stopped it. That was a change, did,nt hurt too much did it?
I directed nothing towards you.
Who the hell are you btw? On second thoughts I don't care too much.
I just say this, if you think the Cypriots are going to change their ways, then you have another thing coming.....Cypriots have personality and character and will not be dictated on how they should conduct themselves thank you very much, especially from Poms who have done a fine job of screwing up what was a perfectly good country many years ago.
but about Cyprus you don,t care enough IF you think that the random slaughter on the roads here is ok as long as Cypriots keep their personality and character.
character and personality. How can that possibly change just cause new laws come in stopping the numpties from driving badly and moreover dangerously. You still bang the same drum with no answer to the death on Cyprus,s roads 
only successive governments do that especially ones that ignore the needs of their people plus archaic laws allowing the few as always to spoil things for the majority.
