Viewpoint wrote:We TCs have to see the real face of GCs like Piratis who represents the majority of GCs, they continue to see and believe that the whole of Cyprus as Greek island and we are just another minority. In the face to such bigotry we have to appreciate how lucky we are to be out of the clutches of such people, our position is far better than our forefathers who were forced to live in the poorest of conditions when "sharing" the island with so called democratic GCs whos alience was to turn Cyprus into Greece.
We need to work hard with Turkey to move the TRNC slowly but firmly move towards recognition, ending this GCs fiasco of wanting a solution but only on their terms. We need to support and fight for our right to have our own recognized country, this is the future.
...vp, my impression is that you are feeling very sorry for yourself. for over three hundred years Cyprus was, as you say, "yours", and it became a backwater where everyone was poor. Cypriots, all alike sustained themselves for the most part in rural settings where their cooperation meant a better quality of living, and which developed a very rich heritance as a Socialisation. you choose to imagine that all "Greeks" are the same, you generalise and stretch what is said in one posting by one member of this forum so that somehow it will evoke pity for your plight, a truth which cannot be denied, a picture which seems real, as though the wealth that Cyprus has produced dispite the horrible consequences of the proxy war which continues has not had the same affects on all dwellers. if you live better than your forefathers, this is natural, although the hatred you express for what were your neighbours and friends before being torn apart is not.
vp, let me put it this way, imagine a deli counter, i am proposing that a store can be built where within it you enjoy the delicate meats from many origins each with their own fridge, each specialty provided in a manner where all the patrons enjoy a plentitude in their choices. you are proposing that two stores be built to provide food from sources strictly controlled to provide one flavour each. your store is small and broken because the sole supplier of your goods who built it, is in essence concerned with their profits and not your livelihood; the other store thrives because it is capable of serving many different clients while enjoying the benefits of a larger population which is not hostage to their trading partners. what results is the chaos we have today because the land you built "your" store on is not yours, although in a time that is long ago you say that all of it belonged to the sponsor who you've chosen to be subject to.
I am not a "Greek", never was, although i am Greek. it is not easy being Cypriot under these conditions, where "Turks" express such animosity, like their counterparts, against Turks. the issue which keeps us at this impasse and torn apart is Intolerance; the debate is flawed because these two beligerents have maintained an agenda as the center of attention, where the rest of us, and all of Mankind, have been dismissed out of their equation, so too the Universal Principals which as one Race we are fighting for to defend.
...nobody "owns" Cyprus but the Cypriots. there may be a Turkish Constituency, there may be a Republic, but where is the Greek Constituency, this is the question i expect from someone as able as yourself; (as well as one which can represent as Persons the Maronites, Armenians, (and even the Romes)). truly vp, if you believe that the BBF means sharing, you would find my manifesto a valuable basis from which you can apply pressure against "Greeks" (and "Turks") to likewise free themselves from the fear they use to divide.
