repulsewarrior wrote:GreekIslandGirl wrote:Political equality regulations are already in place. One man one vote democracy. What more do they want?
there is a big difference between the meaning of the word Freedom, when compared to Liberty.
a Unitary State can be Bicommunal if at another level of Government there is representation of Individuals, as Persons.
it is not complicated, and since the very beginning, the debate being so easily framed by its "Greekness"/"Turkishness", Cyprus as a Sovereign State, has been left dysfunctional. Cyprus needs the representation of Greeks as a Constituency, so that other Cypriot Constituencies can have an equal chance to sustain their distinctiveness and identity. Cypriots need a Republic to demonstrate their commitment to Universal Principals, as Human Beings (Individuals), Cypriots want to be Nationalists (Persons), although in Cyprus (having a very rich Cultural Heritance) many Nations nurture living relics.
...indeed, one has to be proud to stand for such an ideal. Cypriot is what other, if it is not, by hatred, to be torn in two.
claret, would you kindly comment on my manifesto thingy, it may be a great help to vp, who has had great difficulty understanding the (what i thought were simple) concepts in it...
...perhaps you can give your yea or nea point form for vp's benefit, as well. as you can see (the two sides) "we" are not that far apart.
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus31695.html
...i might add Kikapu has a plan, Bicommunal, as well, which is interesting reading.
I have drawn my conclusions on VP's views having researched hundreds of his posts, one such conclusion is that he is much more a Turk than Turkish Cypriot, I doubt whether he would ever allow anybody to influence his preconceived views, I also understand that he was born in the UK of T/C parents, returning to Cyprus some years back. If all T/Cs shared his views, thankfully not, there would be very little hope, if any, of a united Cyprus sometime in the future.
He has a restrictive perception of what constitutes a nation, attaching great importance on " ethnicity" origins and considers any opposing views to his, as in the case of a fellow T/C kIKAPU, fundamentally flawed, unpatriotic and treasonous to his cause which clearly is the annexation of the occupied parts by Turkey, his beloved motherland.
You sir, are a genius, I know you live in Canada and you come across as a highly intelligent individual with one only setback. You are not fully aware of how wise you are, and how civil in all of your posts, something I can not say for some on this forum with thousands of posts to their names.
I stated earlier that my 100th post will be my last, I hope I will be privileged to read some more of your excellent, if not forcefully, presented posts. Your manifesto could only have been formulated by someone with your acumen, political knowledge and may I say experience.
I salute you sir.
