i cant understand, r u a greek-cypriot or a turkish????
if u r greek shame to you...
Archipelago, although your question wasn't addressed to me, I'd like to add my 2 cents for what they're worth.
Three quarters of my roots are in Greece and the other quarter is in Cyprus. Although I was neither born nor raised in either of those countries, I was raised with an emphasis on my Greek heritage as opposed to my Cypriot heritage. In fact, very little was said, told, or taught to me that ever lead me to distinguish Cypriot culture from Greek culture, of course because we are ethnically Greek, and to my family, this was all that mattered.
I was raised to believe that being Greek was the "cat's meow," like being one of the chosen few to be ordained with such a privilege -- "Se gnorisw apo thn kopsi" (First words of the Greek National Anthem) ... "Tourki! Tourki! Kriftite! Pate mesa sta pigadia!" (Turks! Turks! Hide! Go into the wells!" - words from a Greek School skit on the undergound schools during Ottoman Occupation), etc.
What was missing from the Greek education of my youth was how little Greece did for the benefit of her Greek Cypriot counterparts and worse her role in excacerbating existing tensions on the island. What a rude awakening I had when, as a young adult, in my self-induced venture to learn about my Cypriot heritage, I discovered this.
Suddenly, I had to reconcile my Greek pride.
So I ask, with all due respect, who are you to be shaming?
