AlanwithoneL wrote:Interesting topic. Good of you to bring it up Bananiot.
I'm a TC married to an English lady who loves Cyprus as much as I do. We have on many occasions discussed moving there but each time we came to the conclusion that Cyprus (north) is not a very pleasant place to be living in at the present time and perhaps sometime in the future.
For me that will only ever come when there is a solution that both sides embrace and there is something like a truth and reconciliation commission that will get the 2 communities to accept the rights and wrongs of the past and then hopefully getting the TC's and GC's to live in peace and harmony.
I would like add, I have read many posts of all members and have come to the conclusion that I would be happier sharing my country with people like Bananiot and GR. Yes GR, he is certainly not a Turk lover, he is entitled to his opinion and I have no problem with that. What I appreciate with GR is that at least he is not a TC/Turk hater.He is honest and he calls a spade a spade.
More Bananiots please, Cyprus needs them.
It is no wonder that you like Bananiot and you would like more like him. Bananiot is like the wife that offers unconditional love to her husband even if he cheats on her and beats her up whenever he feel like. That type is the perfect kind of wife for some men, and similarly Bananot is the perfect "friend" for those who like to violate the human rights of others.
Unfortunately for you the rest of us are not like Bananiot. If you support the violation of our democratic and human rights you will be hated for this, and rightly so. The Cypriots didn't wake up one day and said "Hey, lets find some nation to hate... what about the Turks". The Turks won our hate with their criminal actions against us that started centuries ago and continue until today almost non-stop.
It is time for the Turks to admit their mistakes of the past. Admit the genocides against the Armenians, the Greeks and all other Christians of Asia Minor and admit their atrocities against Cypriots and Kurds. Most importantly they should stop committing more and more crimes as we speak and show some respect to others. When the Turks do that
then we will forgive the Turks and then I would agree with you that any hate directed against them would not be justified anymore. Until that happens the only people among us who can be your friends are Bananiots with no self-respect.