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[Oceanside50]

Of course most Cypriots are of Greek background,...

You mean a Greek implanted background as a result of a Cypriot education system hijacking by a foreign country!

And what exactly does this “Greek background” involve?

Does it mean you were conceived through anal sex?

Does it mean you listen to the bouzouki?

Does it mean you like to eat dolmadakia?

Does it mean you’re a follower of Greek soccer?

If all of the above and more… that’s not a background of any kind!

None of the above no soccer no bouzouki etc... What am I?

[Get Real!]

Of course most Cypriots are of Greek background,...

You mean a Greek implanted background as a result of a Cypriot education system hijacking by a foreign country!

And what exactly does this “Greek background” involve?

Does it mean you were conceived through anal sex?

Does it mean you listen to the bouzouki?

Does it mean you like to eat dolmadakia?

Does it mean you’re a follower of Greek soccer?

If all of the above and more… that’s not a background of any kind!

None of the above no soccer no bouzouki etc... What am I?

A newbie who plays the banjo?

I don't know mate, I don't know you!

[Piratis]

Of course most Cypriots are of Greek background,...

You mean a Greek implanted background as a result of a Cypriot education system hijacking by a foreign country!

And what exactly does this “Greek background” involve?

Does it mean you were conceived through anal sex?

Does it mean you listen to the bouzouki?

Does it mean you like to eat dolmadakia?

Does it mean you’re a follower of Greek soccer?

If all of the above and more… that’s not a background of any kind!

"Background" means your ancestors. Your parents, grandparents etc.

Our education system is Greek because we are Greek. We were Greek long before we had any education system, and if Greeks had the power to "hijack" the education systems of foreign countries then the whole world would have been Greeks, not just Cyprus.

[Piratis]

supporttheunderdog, you continue having very racist views. You are trying to use some very obscure theories about genetics to claim that somehow Cypriots can not be Greek, while a lot of your own countrymen differ between them orders of magnitude more in terms of genetics than the minor differences between people of different Greek territories and islands.

Are we to assume that you define your own nation in terms of genetics, in which case anybody obviously different (e.g. blacks) would automatically be excluded, while everybody else would have to pass a DNA test to prove that they can be part of your nation?

Nations have nothing to do with genetics. Nations are about a common identity of people based on things such as common language, culture, religion etc (but not necessarily all of these).

It is the same for your nation as it is for our nation. Genetics have nothing to do with it, and there is no such thing as "pure blood" nation. But if we were to compare the genetic diversity within nations, your nation would have a far more diversity than mine, from prehistoric Britons, to Celts, Romans, French and Germanic tribes, all the way to Africans and Asians.

So go apply your racist theories of exclusion in your own nation, it would be far easier.

In our nation most of us are of the same race and we differ very little, but at the same time we do not exclude anybody based on genes. Anybody who adopts our language, culture and identity and loves our nation is welcomed to join us, to fight together the enemies of our nation who are desperately trying to divide us in their effort to isolate Cyprus from the rest of our nation, making it easier for themselves to continue to occupy parts of our island and exploit us.

[Oceanside50]

Of course most Cypriots are of Greek background,...

You mean a Greek implanted background as a result of a Cypriot education system hijacking by a foreign country!

And what exactly does this “Greek background” involve?

Does it mean you were conceived through anal sex?

Does it mean you listen to the bouzouki?

Does it mean you like to eat dolmadakia?

Does it mean you’re a follower of Greek soccer?

If all of the above and more… that’s not a background of any kind!

Good neutral answer

None of the above no soccer no bouzouki etc... What am I?

A newbie who plays the banjo?

I don't know mate, I don't know you!

[Oceanside50]

good neutral answer

[DrCyprus]

I want to see Get Real and GreekIslandgirl stranded in a small islet with only a big book on the history of Cyprus and a promise that they will be rescued only when they finish meticulously reading every chapter.

Both express some really ridiculous ideas.

[GreekIslandGirl]

Maybe "Get Real!" and "GIG" don't need to learn about Cyprus from "a big book", like you have done. Maybe some of us know Cyprus for real rather than from the Turkish coastline.

[repulsewarrior]

...as i smell and see therefore:

can i be Cypriot if i am not Greek?

even if i am Greek, can't i be a Cypriot?

blahblahblah, Nation; what about the existence of States?

[Get Real!]

I want to see Get Real and GreekIslandgirl stranded in a small islet with only a big book on the history of Cyprus and a promise that they will be rescued only when they finish meticulously reading every chapter.

Both express some really ridiculous ideas.

My good man, if GIG and I were stranded on an island we wouldn’t be worrying about Cyprus at all… we’d just be having sex all day and eating casabas!