Oracle wrote:More importantly, it was part of the crucial way they addressed the importance of freedom. And as I said, they seeded the continuing search for civilisation; I didn't say they were given long enough to make it all happen, 100% perfect ... Even we, so long after, have still not completed the path they started ... and some present more obstacles than others!
Yes. The ancient Greeks were great. May I congratulate you on the immense contribution your mother's distant, distant ancestors made to humanity. You're clearly very proud.
And no doubt, if you were half-Egyptian you'd be waxing lyrical about how great the ancient Egyptians were and what wonders they'd achieved. And I'd congratulate you in turn.
I, of course, am fully Cypriot, with a fully Cypriot world view. So forgive me if I indulge myself; and swell with pride knowing that it was actually a Cypriot who seeded the idea of the immorality of slavery.
I only learnt that today. You'd have thought this sort of stuff would be taught to Cypriots in schools. It's almost as though some were deliberately trying to deny us important aspects of our unique heritage, and claim it for themselves.
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