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[Expatkiwi]

Did it ever occur to you, AmericanGC, that the Turks probably feel the same way about the Greek Flag?

[Expatkiwi]

they look the same to me, we want a flag to represent ALL cyprus both tc and gc... that flag you posted is turkey turkish not cypriots..

The white background comes from the RoCy flag, standing for peaceful living on the island. The red star and crescent stand for the Turkish Cypriots' ethnic origins. The red bars stand for sacrifices made by the TC's in the past, and in the future, plus they differentiate this flag from the flag of the Red Crescent Society.

[Kikapu]

it wouldent mean that.. it would mean cyprus has no occupiers trying to steal their land

I don't think it would be that simple, Palio. In any case, this thread was supposed to be about the use of the TRNC flag as an avatar. You folks don't recognize it as a national flag, and that is your privilige, but nontheless, it also represents the Turkish Cypriots as a COMMUNITY. Denying that community the right to their own flag is just plain WRONG!

The only problem with your logic Expat, is that the TC community never had a flag just for themselves before 1974, therefore it is the flag of the "trnc" and not the flag of the TC community per se.!

[Expatkiwi]

The only problem with your logic Expat, is that the TC community never had a flag just for themselves before 1974, therefore it is the flag of the "trnc" and not the flag of the TC community per se.!

But the Turkish Cypriots embraced the design, and after all, it was a design chosen from a flag competition. It was not imposed by Turkey.

[Talisker]

I hate these ridiculous votes given that many forumers, including the initiator of the thread, support a situation in the 'real world' where a single vote for some is worth five votes of others. However, felt it was worth the bother just to reduce the chances of further propaganda (what else is the flag of an illegal, militarily-occupied region within an entirely legal independent state?) being littered around the forum by the arch-taunter Expatkiwi, the man who tells us he is not Cypriot, claims he has never been to Cyprus but boasts he has a hotline to a past TC leader, a man who says he lives in, and enjoys the advantages of, 'The Land of the Free' but does not support the principles of democracy and human rights for the people of Cyprus. What a complete and utter charlatan he is! I voted no.

[Kikapu]

The only problem with your logic Expat, is that the TC community never had a flag just for themselves before 1974, therefore it is the flag of the "trnc" and not the flag of the TC community per se.!

But the Turkish Cypriots embraced the design, and after all, it was a design chosen from a flag competition. It was not imposed by Turkey.

Stick with the topic Expat. The TCs never had their own flag until after 1974, therefore it is the flag of the "trnc" and not the TCs themselves per se.!

[Expatkiwi]

I hate these ridiculous votes given that many forumers, including the initiator of the thread, support a situation in the 'real world' where a single vote for some is worth five votes of others. However, felt it was worth the bother just to reduce the chances of further propaganda (what else is the flag of an illegal, militarily-occupied region within an entirely legal independent state?) being littered around the forum by the arch-taunter Expatkiwi, the man who tells us he is not Cypriot, claims he has never been to Cyprus but boasts he has a hotline to a past TC leader, a man who says he lives in, and enjoys the advantages of, 'The Land of the Free' but does not support the principles of democracy and human rights for the people of Cyprus. What a complete and utter charlatan he is! I voted no.

It was your choice to vote 'No'. I'm not knocking you for it. But I am kocking you for being a bad judge of character. You don't know me, so until you do, kindly don't make these judgemental conclusions...

[Expatkiwi]

The only problem with your logic Expat, is that the TC community never had a flag just for themselves before 1974, therefore it is the flag of the "trnc" and not the flag of the TC community per se.!

But the Turkish Cypriots embraced the design, and after all, it was a design chosen from a flag competition. It was not imposed by Turkey.

Stick with the topic Expat. The TCs never had their own flag until after 1974, therefore it is the flag of the "trnc" and not the TCs themselves per se.!

Kikapu, it is the flag of Both. Reject it as a national flag if you must, but don't deny the TC's right to have it represent them as a community...

[Oracle]

I hate these ridiculous votes given that many forumers, including the initiator of the thread, support a situation in the 'real world' where a single vote for some is worth five votes of others. However, felt it was worth the bother just to reduce the chances of further propaganda (what else is the flag of an illegal, militarily-occupied region within an entirely legal independent state?) being littered around the forum by the arch-taunter Expatkiwi, the man who tells us he is not Cypriot, claims he has never been to Cyprus but boasts he has a hotline to a past TC leader, a man who says he lives in, and enjoys the advantages of, 'The Land of the Free' but does not support the principles of democracy and human rights for the people of Cyprus. What a complete and utter charlatan he is! I voted no.

It was your choice to vote 'No'. I'm not knocking you for it. But I am kocking you for being a bad judge of character. You don't know me, so until you do, kindly don't make these judgemental conclusions...

All those characteristics Talisker listed are based on your forum "debates" to moral and ethical issues and his conclusions are shared by every decent poster here. Knowing you a bit better than Talisker does, I would add that you are also a complete and utter idiot.

Excellent character analysis, Talisker.

[DT.]

Lol haha I feel so sorry for VP and Expatkiwi. You guys are such complete morons. Morons that I have never seen before. You expect a rigged poll to prove something? This is exactly the same situation with the lands and the number of TCs.You guys honestly fail. And you expect us to respect you idiots? as i said create another poll and simply reply with a simple yes or no. If you CANNOT do that please ban this fools for misinforming the forum with their bullshit.

Idiots will always remain idiots.

I think there is nothing to laugh about. VP and expr...knew very well what the end result of the poll would be. You needed to be blind not to see this coming. The result will only strengthen his view that 'only partition' will suffice and nothing else'; further it proves that whatever happens in a unified democratic country, ONLY the majority will succeed in its aims. Simple. You all fell into his trap. Well done VP and expr...

What a load of plonkers@Miltiades

Thank you Deniz at last someone with common sense. This is exactly how it would be in a united Cyprus whatever the issue was, TCs would lose out everytime.

Not@VP but @Deniz

Congrats Deniz very little writing, but with super concentrated astute thoughts.

You're very wrong Deniz, if anthing this demonstrates the wisdom and neccesity of democracy. To stop a small minority of people committing actions that are against the unity of this island.