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[Acikgoz]

LOS ANGELES: Jennifer Lopez called off a controversial birthday show in the breakaway north of Cyprus, provoking celebrations on Friday by Greek Cypriots while Turkish Cypriots denounced the move.

The furore over a luxury hotel inauguration showed how easily bitter rivalry can flare up between Cypriots across the ethnic divide, even as the two sides are locked in fruitless peace talks.

This message will be heard loud and clear and will put front and centre before influencers as to the real issue blocking the unification of Cyprus.

When I read comments such as Bill's etc. it continues to make clear the direction is flawed. The argument of living side by side as countryfolk is nonsense. These efforts do more to cement the partition than anything else.

Bill goes on about the language on J-Lo's FB, yet consider most people are commenting for the first time and are emotional, that bears nothing in comparison to a number of contributors whose hate messages and insults are a daily occurrence on CF.

[Oracle]

She made a mistake and rectified it. The Turk-TCs made a mistake and now the world waits for them to rectify it.

[Acikgoz]

O really I don't care what you have to say. You are foul and offer no value except hate therefore I don't respect your views nor what that says about you as a person.

[Oracle]

Just take your Human Rights violating friends and relatives out of Cyprus and don't worry about formulating an opinion on me. I already know what Turks think of GCs ....

[Get Real!]

This message will be heard loud and clear and will put front and centre before influencers as to the real issue blocking the unification of Cyprus.

You've stopped short of revealing it to us... not much of a thread!

[zan]

LOS ANGELES: Jennifer Lopez called off a controversial birthday show in the breakaway north of Cyprus, provoking celebrations on Friday by Greek Cypriots while Turkish Cypriots denounced the move.

The furore over a luxury hotel inauguration showed how easily bitter rivalry can flare up between Cypriots across the ethnic divide, even as the two sides are locked in fruitless peace talks.

This message will be heard loud and clear and will put front and centre before influencers as to the real issue blocking the unification of Cyprus.

When I read comments such as Bill's etc. it continues to make clear the direction is flawed. The argument of living side by side as countryfolk is nonsense. These efforts do more to cement the partition than anything else.

Bill goes on about the language on J-Lo's FB, yet consider most people are commenting for the first time and are emotional, that bears nothing in comparison to a number of contributors whose hate messages and insults are a daily occurrence on CF.

Don't worry Acikgoz. Apparently the EU have a secret weapon. After "Unification, the whole island is to be sprayed with a specially formulated gas that has us only tuning into "Cypriot" culture and television. We will then go back to supplying the world with earthenware pots and copper pans.......Roll on the good times ey!

[Acikgoz]

This message will be heard loud and clear and will put front and centre before influencers as to the real issue blocking the unification of Cyprus.

You've stopped short of revealing it to us... not much of a thread!

I thought it was implicit, but perhaps not.
If the people of the north and south hate each other and are willing to make each other suffer, then unification is not the pragmatic solution that had been argued for decades. Such a solution bears risks for the long term where an issue can flare up again very quickly.
The risk of intercommunal violence is a factor that needs to carry a heavier weight in deciding on the choice of solution type than was assumed before.

Zan, if anything this will wake up more of the EU to realise the risks in a solution insisted upon by the RoC. I have often been concerned as to the attitude of the extreme lobbyist classes of the GC as they undermine all practicalities of achieving a healthy unification in the long run.

[zan]

This message will be heard loud and clear and will put front and centre before influencers as to the real issue blocking the unification of Cyprus.

You've stopped short of revealing it to us... not much of a thread!

I thought it was implicit, but perhaps not.
If the people of the north and south hate each other and are willing to make each other suffer, then unification is not the pragmatic solution that had been argued for decades. Such a solution bears risks for the long term where an issue can flare up again very quickly.
The risk of intercommunal violence is a factor that needs to carry a heavier weight in deciding on the choice of solution type than was assumed before.

Zan, if anything this will wake up more of the EU to realise the risks in a solution insisted upon by the RoC. I have often been concerned as to the attitude of the extreme lobbyist classes of the GC as they undermine all practicalities of achieving a healthy unification in the long run.

If they cant even see the simple problem I posed on this site about the statues of Ataturk and Makarios causing a problem then they have no chance of ever seeing anything. What about the volume of your television as the Turkish spills out into the streets in the middle of summer.....

Perhaps we can ask our GC friends what we would have to do for these intrusions to be palatable for them.....Is there such a thing???

[Get Real!]

...then unification is not the pragmatic solution that had been argued for decades.

Problem is, neither is partition because you owned jack-shit. Unless of course you think it’s a good idea to hang onto what isn’t yours for as long as possible and pay the consequences later.

And pay you will because nothing lasts forever.

[SKI-preo]

If the people of the north and south hate each other and are willing to make each other suffer, then unification is not the pragmatic solution

Here is your problem right here,You can't use language like people of the North and South. I am a person of "the North",85% of the people of "the North" are Greek Cypriot.The people of the "north" you are talking about incorrectly are from anatolia,central asia or outer Mongolia or where ever. I have never lived in the "South" and have no connection to it. Why does "being pragmatic" in your opinion involve war crimes like breaches of the 4th Geneva Convention?