Now, what do "we" think about the Cypriots? ""Oh yeah, they are some "latin-greek people", probably as much screwed up as the greeks who have close to gipsy-standards when it comes to dealing with financial matters. The island is divided? You say so... Probably some old arguing, you can simply look at the map and you will see it's right outside the coastline of Turkey. So probably the turks aren't to blame. Of course we understend the EU reluctance towards EU, but heck, the "other" people on that island aren't probably much better either. Huh, greeks. Slobbish with their economy. Lazy. Depend on EU money. Noticed how the EU pumped money into paving the roads way up in the mountains. Yeah, that was the only way for these people to get anything done. Yeah, right!""
Do you know what "we" have in common with "you"? Well, for sure we think we are the center of the world!
Do you really think any EU state gives a shit about that miserable conflict of yours? Answer: Hardly, they want progress, progress and progress. Not endless waging over things that becomes more and more impossible to solve by time.
So why should one be surprised that the hard-liners of this forum get upset over such an article? The Economist must have studied the users at cyprus-forum.
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de facto partition suits many on both sides
Realize it the sooner the better: You're not the centre of the world either. Since the rest of the world consider you a bottomless pit of problems, the least you can do is to stop acting backwardish.
(By the way, for anyone who doubt it, I love Cyprus, but: I am able to see it from a distance...)
like any others forum, with its Oracles, CBBBs, YFreds and whatever.
