cymart wrote:Is that most of the politicians and supporters of such an unsustainable argument all drive around in luxury limousines and have very lucrative positions and wealth!
This is the same all over the world! What has this got to do with the Cyprus Problem?
Many of them do not even come from the north and in fact have done very well since 1974,largely because of the loss of the north!
Many of them don't come from the 'north' and some do!
I don't come from the 'north' either! My partner does, and has also lost property. What has this got to do with the Cyprus Problem?
It is also apparent to many people from Famagusta and other refugees,especially in places like Paphos that we are ridiculed by them because they perceive that with the establishment we have in power today will make sure that things stay as they are for as long as possible!
Most Paphites I know want a
workable solution.
If the Varoshiotes never abandoned their city in the first place, then they wouldn't even be refugees. Your wife would still have her property.
They don't want us here,but they don't want us to go back either because they wrongly perceive that if the north re-opens their financial and political interests will be affected in a negative way!
I don't know of any Paphites that have financial considerations towards the liberation of Cyprus. They have
security and political concerns on many things but ultimately, they want a workable solution!
Don't pretend this is not true because many of us have heard it and only last week,a very pleasant young guy in the traffic police who was helping me about something else,put his foot right in it when he said that most people on this side do not want a solution to the Cyprus problem because they have grown used to the present situation after so long and many think they have benefited!
You can't attribute what one Paphian Police Officer said to the entire Paphian population. This is quite offensive.
I could just as easily label all Varoshiotes as 'cowards' for abandoning their town in the first place. But that wouldn't be right!
When I asked why, he said that for example him and his family have no property in the north so how would they benefit?Of course he was very embarassed when I revealed where my wife is from etc!!
Just because non refugee Cypriots haven't lost property does not mean they don't want a solution. What they don't want is an Annan style "solution" and you need to respect that.
My partner also lost property. So what?
You can also find plenty of such people in the north,especially those from Turkey and a few Turkish Cypriots who were generously allocated property by the Denktash regime when they went to the north...
No one in the RoC was allocated TC property other for the purposes of accommodating homeless refugees that were ethnically cleansed. No one has benefited by selling off TC assets in the RoC, but this has occurred in the 'north'.
But as I have tried to make people understand so many times before,the situation does not stay the same and in fact with everyday that passes it is become worse in favour of the kind of people I have just described!
We will take our chances! With 100% control over 63% of RoC territory, we have far more to lose.
Cyprus,both north and south,is one of the most corrupt countries I have been to in Europe and the way things are going ,it will soon be as bad as Russia or the Ukraine,except with sunshine rather than vodka and snow!
Really? As far as I know, the RoC has the strongest economy within the OECD! It is shoulder to shoulder with Australia.
Maybe that's why some Cypriots have this sick gloating and admiration for the Russian mafiosi who bring their money here and think they are people to be admired???
Don't be stupid!
Your scare tactics are well known!
Famagusta people are well-aware that there is a resentment and jealousy against their town by some other Cypriots,particularly those who are peasants who became rich overnight jhere because it was well known for its progress in so many fields until 1974 and even after so many years,towns in the south have still not reached the cultural level it had,despite their building boom etc....
There is also massive disrespect against Varoshiotes because most of you behave like Spartan Warriors, and yet when it came down to the crunch, you all abandoned your homes and handed Varoshia to the Turks on a silver platter.
I can understand you wanting your property, but you won't get it at the expense of other Cypriots. So sit tight and behave in a manner that is to the benefit of all Cypriots instead of being so selfish!
