Paphitis wrote:georgios100 wrote:fig head wrote:grrr whats wrong with paphos!!
wouldnt ever find laid back ppl as ppl in paphos, u must be avin a laugh hahaha
its bit boring YES
bit for old people YES
no wher to go out YES
dead most of the year YES
BUT i luuurrrvvvvv ittt
Paphos was and is the place for losers. Historically, Cypriots would avoid going to Paphos unless they had to. Paphos was the least developed region for as far as I can remember. It was considered "hillbilly" country... Paphites even spoke differently than the rest of Cyprus.
1974 war, forced many displaced people, especially from the Famagusta area to move there. Cheap land attracted foreign capital, hence the large Brit settlements.
All the action is happening in Limassol & Napa area. Nicosia is more business like life. If Varoshia is returned, along with it's great beach & hotels, the action would move there quickly... Paphos to be sidelined again. For you folks living in the Paphos area, let me just say, you are in the "retirement" region... bedtime 9:00 pm at the latest.
Georgios100
Let's turn this topic on its ear and find out who the real losers are!
You may say that Paphites are losers, but it was people like you who ran for their lives as the Turkish Army advanced towards Famagusta. That's right, people like you pissed their pants, packed as many belongings into your vehicles and left, allowing the TA to cordon off the city. So now, people like you look at the Ghost City through barbed wire!
But the Turkish Army was ruthless, killed and raped indiscriminately I hear you say! Well, were they more ruthless than the Nazis as they sweeped through Western Europe, the Balkans and towards Stalingrad? No they were not. Did the Poles, French, Greeks or Russians also abandon their towns and cities? No they did not. They remained, they resisted, and they prevailed. Would the Paphites abandon their towns? We will never know! But, Paphos was the only region that did not fall to the Coupists. Paphos was free, impregnable to the fascists, resisted alongside the President of Cyprus from 'Free Paphos'.
And this is why I respect the Karpasites. They stayed behind, and many to this very day remain enclaved in their little village. "This is where we were born, and this is where we will die" they say.
So who are the hillbillies now? The Varoshiotes, the Karpasites, or the Paphites?
You people need to seriously get over yourselves. Cyprus is a mere speck on the map. About the size of Kangaroo island as a matter of fact, or 1/7th the size of Tasmania. Cyprus doesn't have regions. You are way too small for that, since metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne just about would cover the entire area of the island. If you want to bash your fellow country men and women, labelling them as "hillbillies" then you better make certain that you Varoshiotes are capable of much more than lifting up the skirts of uninhibited and free tourists when the times were good, and then abandoning your own city and handing it over to the TA on a silver platter when faced with danger.
COWARDS!That's right sunshine! The Turkish Army did not
take Varoshia. You abandoned the city and
gave it to them.
So I ask you once more! Who are the hillbillies? The Paphitis, the Karpasites, or the Varoshiotes?
(To the many Varoshiotes on this forum, who might find this post hurtful, you have my sincerest apologies. To any other refugees who might be offended, I also apologise).
But sometimes, people like giorgios100 need a good kick up the backside, and also reflect and why it is he is now condemned at viewing Varosha through barbed wire.
So who are the real losers? The Paphites or the Varoshiotes?
giorgios100, if you had half a brain, you would answer the above by saying that ALL Cypriots are losers when you somehow managed to hand over control of your beloved Varoshia to the Turks!
What a loser!
