Harry wrote:Hey Viewpoint, the way you been living in Northern Cyprus for all these years, would you not mind if your kids live like that for the rest of their lives. If you don't mind, then that means your still going on the cut your nose off to spite your face attitude still. We're almost at a breakthrough with the Cyprus peace process and you still claim partition. Very soon they will sit and negotiate what is fare for both sides, don't knock the process.
I've noticed everyone lately giving in a little to help the cause and your still shooting it down.
Quick personal question for you Viewpoint, everytime you have a personal problem with someone do you hold an attitude and a grudge as long as you could or do you try to keep talking about the focal points till you get somewhere. That's what business people do, no matter how much they don't like the other side, it might not be a smooth road till they make a sell but as long as they get the sell that what matters most. Because if they dont get the sell someone will. Wouldn't you rather have it than the next person. What I'm trying to say it never pays to shut that person out because you lose out. So you still crying partition only leaves
you in the situation that your in and not wanting to get out and get a piece of beautiful life the way everyone else is enjoying. Maybe you love being in a miserable environment, I don't know only you do.
Harry have you been to the TRNC? did you see any TCs starving?? the in place for a holiday this year is Italy and and many TCs have been. We are not exactly on the poverty line although this must disappoint many GCs. We go out eat at restaurants, have 2 cars per house, higher educate our children privately both here and abroad, take frequent trips abroad. Who says we are living in a miserable environment, the fact that maybe our streets are not like yours or we dont have hanging baskets in the city centers or large shopping complexes brand names etc does not mean we are living in misery, you only want to believe this for you own benefit. The fact that we are living in peace with no threat of being dominated by GCs is equivilent to masses of economic wealth and the higher utopian "RoC" you feel you live in south of the island. Good luck to you, I dont have a problem with it, you seem to though.
My children are havng a great life here, they are popular and well educated and have chosen to go to University here in the north and in Turkey, with masters in the UK, so they are well adjusted and level headed TCs who originate from the TRNC. Im not saying this to aggrivate anyone its to make a point that we are getting on with our lives and bringing up our children well with all the opportunities that children enjoy all over the world.
So the Cyprus issue not being solved does not really effect normal every day life, we work, eat drink and enjoy our lives in the north. Although I dont doubt many TCs desire a solution,but if we are unable to agree one it is not the end of the world and we have to get on with our lives the same way we have been doing for the 31 years.
Your comment about being at a breakthough with regards to the Cyprus issue, I take it you are joking or else you must be living on Mars. Our 2 leaders cant even meet socially how do you expect them to resolve anything if the dont talk to each other??
The Cyprus issue is not like selling or buying oranges, its more complicated and has many factors which effects the overall decision as we all witnessed during the referendum. We have adopted your philosphy with sicking with the issue but there comes a time when banging your head against a brick wall will give you brain damage so its in your best interests to stop. For me personally the failure of the Annan plan was that indication to stop and concede that Cypriots cannot agree a solution that would suit both sides enough to be committed to making it work. We could be going like this for next 100 years and we would still be arguing.
