CopperLine wrote:I thought that I'd just check up on Cyprus Forum after a couple of years (?) absence and what do I find first topic, first click, first page, but that old lag Piratis saying exactly, I mean EXACTLY what he's repeated over and over again for years ... the Turks invaded in 1570 then, then, then and all the same. The reason that the Cyprus 'problem' will never be resolved is because of the political autism of people like Piratis. Very depressing. The world out there is changing but you'd never know from Piratis' comments, it's a permanent 1570. Groundhog day.
I bet if I were to drop into the Forum in 2, 5, or 10 years time, I'd see exactly the same.
Historical facts don't change. So when we talk about the history and the roots of the Cyprus problem it will be always the same. Did you really expect me to change what I say about history? That is what the Turks are doing every time they are caught lying, not me.
What happened in 1570, in 1821, in 1958, in 1963, in 1974 and yesterday (and every period in between) can not change. The unfortunate fact is that since the Turks set their foot on our island they have caused and continue causing a lot of suffering and many problems to the native population.
What can change is the future. Unfortunately for the Turks it is a permanent 1570. They insist on the same kind of racist discriminations and undemocratic systems that they were imposed on Cyprus in the past and have caused so many problems and suffering.
When the Turks finally accept that Cyprus should be free, democratic and without any racist discriminations and forced segregation, then Cyprus will be allowed to move on and exist as a modern democracy. If this doesn't happen then in 2, 5, or 10 years time it will be exactly the same. If you hopped that we will just get tired of fighting for our rights and our lands you are mistaken.