AlanwithoneL wrote:Piratis wrote:Bananiot wrote:And, why should Greece and Turkey, Turks and Greeks, forever be at each others throat? Haven't the nationalists, from both sides, quenched their thirst for blood all these years? Can we not now, with the apparent blessing of mother nature, make a new start and forge an eastern Mediterranean of peace and prosperity for all? Problems can be solved with mutual concessions, understanding and good faith. Is this too much to ask? Once we shed the mistrust that exists and friendship sinks in, then the sky is the limit.
To make a new start it will require from Turkey to end her illegalities and crimes against us and respect our human and democratic rights and the sovergnity of Cyprus and Greece. When she does this we will have no objection to a new start. Many foreign rulers past from Cyprus and when they gave up all their claims over our island our relationship was normalized and we are now on friendly terms. The same can happen with Turkey, but it is up to the Turks, not up to us.
I am not sure what you mean by "mutual concessions" but we can concede that we will not occupy any part of Turkey.
This is probably one of the few posts that I would consider reasonable from Piratis. Please continue this Piratis as your typical posts with nothing but insults and hatred for TC'Turks are just unpleasant reading.
Alan, here I write true facts and I express my true feelings. My aim has never been to write what would sound pleasing to you (that is what Bananiot is for). As Hermes said, the great insult here is the Turkish occupation of 1/3rd of Cyprus, the ethnic cleansing, the human rights violations and the unjust demands of the Turkish side.
Would you love somebody who supports the violation of your most basic human rights? Personally I am neither a masochist nor Jesus, and I naturally hate those who show such disrespect to me. Unfortunately the leaderships of both Turkey and TCs, which are elected by the majority of voters, have shown a great disrespect to us and this is why they are rightfully hated. They are not hated because of their ethnicity, but because of what they support. Similarly if a British, Russian, Greek, French, Brazilian etc etc supports the violation of our rights he will also be hated just as much as any Turk/TC with the same beliefs would.
There are some Turks and TCs (unfortunately a tiny minority) who do not support the crimes against us. Kikapu is a great example of such a person. For these people I have nothing but respect, and I admire them for being able to see what is just and fair even though it goes against the official line of the Turkish side.
So it is up to you personally if you will be hated by GCs or not. We will judge you based on your position. If you respect us and our rights then you will receive respect from us as well. If you support things that do not respect us and are in violation of our human and democratic rights, then you will not receive any respect from us either.