Viewpoint wrote:Piratis
And what exactly was our "diabolical track record of cohabiting with the TCs" that shaped the constitution? The track record was 307 years of Ottoman oppression (as you always remind us) where the Turks murdered 10s of thousands of Cypriots and treated GCs as second category people, while just 80 years after the end of the Ottoman rule you again attacked us and started an intercommunal conflict in order to yet again "disallow" (as you admitted) the Cypriot people from democratically choosing the destiny of their own island. Therefore it is your record which is "diabolical" and not ours.
Your so called "democratic right" to give away Cyprus was against our rights to live freely in our own country and not under Greek rule. On the one hand you oppose the Ottoman era but in the same hypocritical breath you demand what we saw as our demise and annihilation. If your fight was to build unity and one country where everyone was equal then you would have received 100% support from the TCs but your main goal was to force union with Greece against the wishes of a large part of your population of course this brought about great fear and a revolt, a fight for survival. Of course we could never oppose you alone and needed to side with a force that could defeat your enosis dream and save us, this brought into play the British and Turks, the rest is history. So your track record of unity and democratic application is tarnished and never to trusted therefore guarantees and security measures are vital to ensure you do not have a free hand to do as you wish which would be to the detriment of the TCs.
So is this right not to live "under Greek rule" one that only your minority has? The Ottomans occupied mainland Greece and all Greek islands, and on many of them Muslim minorities were formed. Did this mean that each island and each Greek territory that had a Muslim minority could not be part of a united Greek state because supposedly it is a "right" of the Turks not to live "under Greek rule"? And what about Greeks having the right not to live under Turkish rule? Why is western Asia Minor part of Turkey then? No VP, you had no right to attack us, collaborate with foreign Imperialists and impose on Cyprus your terms by undemocratic means. This was yet another crime in the long list of crimes you committed and continue to commit against Cyprus.
And when have you been in favor of "one country where everyone was equal"? The answer is
never. During Ottoman rule you had all the power to do that but instead you choose to have GCs as second category people with no say. And in the 50s it was us that proposed independence. Independence never even crossed your mind and when independence was agreed you made everything you could to ensure that we would
not have "one country where everyone was equal", but instead a country where you would have privileges and gains on the expense of every other Cypriot, just like you did during Ottoman rule.
We have many other minorities in Cyprus and they are equal Cypriots without any problems. That is how it would be for the TCs if they acted as every other minority did. But TCs never accepted to be equal Cypriots like everybody else. They always demanded privileges and gains on the expense of every other Cypriot and this is what you continue to demand today. With such racist, unfair and undemocratic demands there is nothing we can do to satisfy you. If there will be a change that change should come from you, by realizing how wrong such kind of demands are. But personally I don't see this ever happening and therefore a change in the balance of power is the only thing that can solve the Cyprus Problem.
We are not just another minority and never will be, this is where you go wrong we are equal partners and its about time you realized this and trained your mind to understand that you have to consult us at every turn if you desire a solution. The referendum was proof of what i am stating, without our 50% weight you cannot agree a solution. that makes us equal partners as the last round of talks prove where we sit across the table to you.
With 37% of the island under our control and an agreement that gives us internationally rubber stamped rights to demand measure that will force you to behave and not give you a free hand to take control of the whole island declaring yourself as the sole owners and rulers of this island.
As for the power swing thing let me out it this way not in your or my life time mate.
The fact that you are 18% of the population and still you say "We are not just another minority" is the reason why we still have a Cyprus Problem. If minorities in other countries, backed by foreign Imperialists, said the same, then I guarantee you that those other countries would have conflicts and problems as well.
You are just another minority, albeit one that collaborates with a foreign country to cause harm to every other Cypriot. You can hope that the balance of power will not change during your life time, but in fact it could change. Even if it doesn't change in our lifetime it will change in some other time. We are on this island for thousands of years and many foreign invaders have come and gone.
