Oracle wrote:As a long-term resident of the asylum,
, I have seen many atmospheric peaks and troughs signalling the departure of numerous (reluctant) casualties and the arrival of lots of good, some bad and a few ugly, newbies.
This recent decline I put down to relentless trolling and dishonest, anti-Cypriot campaigning by the likes of Gasfart and Milo. They are totally devoid of humour and drag others down to their miserable, low-life levels.
We usually have a sustained stream of anti-Cypriot threads, fueling debating battles. But, most Brits have a spark of logic and/or humour with which one can gain anchorage. Not so, the followers and disciples of "Conor the Blahbarian".
The quality is not helped by the out and out racism of some -
Cyprus could be paradise - got forbid it it should be little Britain in the Sun, Now fair enough, we have corrupt and racist politicians . polcemen, etc in the UK - the Cypriot expat community based there is welcome to complain about them,and yes there are some appaling Brit immigrants out here who spend all of their time on the pop, and who whinge without good reason, but there are problems with Cyprus that all in Cyprus should feel free to address, without being subject to a barrage of racist abuse, or being told that if you do not like it, to leave: the property mis-selling issue is one.
Now if some of you don't like the message, dont shoot the messenger, but look objectively at the grounds for complaint.
If for example you don't like the bitching about the property mortgage scam issue, take it up with the Builders, the lawyers, the banks, etc., and get them to clean up their act.
In that regard, as I was hoping to say before the Topic was locked, possibly due to the level to which Get Real had descended, I think that O' Dwyers' alleged defamatory comment was quite reasonable: at the minimum anyone thinking of buying in Cyprus should be aware of Karynannis and now proven criminal behaviour, and also of what, if what Mr O'Dwyer says is true, appears to me to be the appaling way the authorities failed to take any action to investiagate the asult until Mr O Dwyer resorted to publicity with his website and protest outside of the high commision in London.
Now if you want some really cool music to chill out to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSGdw0KZoOk