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[stylianos2]

Hermes wrote "I don't recall a Cyprus Mail piece being written with so much anger and self-righteousness about any aspect of the Cyprus problem. But the Sarris case has really annoyed them and they have thrown their liberal disgust at the occupation regime for it.

It is often frustrating reading articles about the cyprus problem in CM when it talks of the "Turkish speaking north Cyprus and other such polite acronyms so it is nice to see that there is a limit to CM tolerance. As other here have already said, it's a shame that the CM see the treatment of one homosexual act as a greater evil than the occupation of a country.

It was refreshing to see an article in the Israeli press that actually calls the occupation what it is, quote;
"In response to Turkey’s continued calls on Israel to apologize for last year’s flotilla incident, Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in a piece posted on the leading Israeli newspaper Haaretz Web site on Friday, says that Turkey should acknowledge the Armenian Genocide.

“Turkey continues to practice state-sanctioned genocide denial and prosecutes those who dare challenge it. Isn’t it time, 90-something years after the Ottoman Empire eliminated as many as 1.5 million Armenians that Mr. Erdogan’s ‘mildly Islamist’ party, as The Economist leniently defines it, acknowledges Turkey’s dark past and apologizes on behalf of its country’s crimes?” asks Ottolenghi.

“Not to belabor the point, but the list of things Turkey should apologize for is long. It continues to illegally occupy Northern Cyprus, the territory of a European Union member, after having conquered the land through an act of aggression that ended in ethnic cleansing and illegal settlements. No apology there so far – in fact, Turkey has just threatened to freeze ties with the EU if Cyprus receives the Union’s rotating presidency next year, as it is supposed to. Meanwhile, Mr. Erdogan is directing his gunboat diplomacy threats at Cyprus as well – as if occupation, ethnic cleansing and the creation of a fictitiously independent republic in the northern part of the island were not enough,” adds Ottolenghi.

“Moral of the story: If you behave like a bull, you should not live in a china shop. And if you live in a glass house, think twice before you throw stones at your neighbors. Mr. Erdogan wants an apology? How about starting with one?” concludes the author.

Reading this made my day

[kurupetos]

Isn’t the fact that this politician has Turkish lovers, a conflict of interests and a matter of national security to have him “negotiating” aspects of the CyProb?

any cypriot who's got the balls to go over and give the turks a bloody good rodgering up the arse is hardly gay, mate...

That's based on your assumption that he is not on the receiving end!

u mean people pay to be on the receiving end? man the world's f*cked up...

You're some sort of a homophobe.

[ZoC]

Isn’t the fact that this politician has Turkish lovers, a conflict of interests and a matter of national security to have him “negotiating” aspects of the CyProb?

any cypriot who's got the balls to go over and give the turks a bloody good rodgering up the arse is hardly gay, mate...

That's based on your assumption that he is not on the receiving end!

u mean people pay to be on the receiving end? man the world's f*cked up...

You're some sort of a homophobe.

forgive me for not being up to speed with the 'ins and outs' of the gay prostitution scene, the way u and gr appear to be...