Oracle wrote:Omer Seyhan wrote:repulsewarrior wrote:...indeed Omer.
there are extremists here too, who have taken the position that they are a Nation apart, insisting on their Statehood. in Quebes they have taken the expression, "Vivre le Quebec Libre", much has been made of this statement by DeGaulle, as he stood on a balcony in Montreal overwhelmed by the joy of the crowds that day.
...i think he was more interested in the liberty which all Quebecers were celebrating that day, in Peace and Together, but that doesn't make good copy in the news does it.
Certainly Francophones reside over the whole of Canada's geography, where numbers warrant schools, hospitals etc. are established. Canada recognises their Linguistic Rights, like the Anglophones, being Officially bilingual. Every citizen has the right to be served in one of these two languages. But, like in Cyprus Intolerance is there and it is still a struggle outside the Federal Government for those who embrace this future against those who wish to resist any change.
I'd like to add that Rene Levesque may have sought Sovereignty-Association, not as a Seperatist however, but as a Canadian, unlike some in his Party who eventually drove him out.
Well, its a great country to live in. One I admire very much. However imperfect it is, I wish Cyprus could be in Canada's position. Our current position is very bad and everybody I speak to, mostly apathetic people, dislike the status quo.
Cyprus is NOT in "Canada's position" because both the Colonialist French and Colonialist English arrived at similarly recent times and usurped the natives. So your fellow Anglophones and Francophones are NOT the equivalent of the native Greek Cypriots and the wanna-rule minority TCs, much as you would like it to be to pretend "partnership".
I'm also sure you wish there was "historical equivalence" so that you can
neutralise the real long-term Grecophone nature of the island.
But colonialists you are and colonialist you will remain if you do not integrate with the long-term established nature of Cyprus and stop Ottoman-like grabbing what is most firmly NOT yours to grab, claim and change!
[Of course, once again if you cannot counter what is logical and true, you can laugh and pretend it's not serious!]
Once again, I don't like it when you make such statements.
It really is quite amazing the progress and achievements of the very young nations such as Canada, Oz and NZ. If the GCs are not like them, then perhaps they should try to be exactly like them.
