by repulsewarrior » Sun Jul 09, 2017 4:47 am
...i ask, again, after this meeting, what is Mr. Akinci, beside the representative of "Turkishness"?
...who elected these men? I suggest, not "Greeks", and not "Turks", (they have their own candidates).
...i am still rooting for Mr. Anastasiades, he at least is wearing two hats, and i will add not a "Greek" hat.
One Cyprus, One Turkey, why should it be any different? A Cyprus divided, is a Turkey divided.
As Individuals there is this choice, to defend each other without further distinction or discrimination, because in Freedom we are equal. There are no "deals" on Universal Principals, Lest we Forget.
...new thinking includes the courage to say it like it is. Cyprus exists. Those who died as Cypriots, their betrayal concerns me. Think about it. I remember. They did not die for being "Greek", they did not die for being "Turkish"; those, the "Greeks" and "Turks" who busied themselves' killing found their victims in those not "them". This is the Cyprus Problem: "this" must stop.
Liberty, that which is involved with our respect for each other as Persons, if there is Freedom, is based on trust. This is the crux of the Problem, what with "their" influence on the Agenda, for Cyprus. What is the Flag of Cyprus but a rag, to "Greeks" and "Turks"; the other half as i call them; where is the Justice in a solution for "them", a "new" Flag for Cyprus? There can exist Cypriot Constituencies, it is the great compromise from a Unitary State if you will, to a BBF; not unlike America, or Canada, or Australia, all BBFs and successful for example; in Cyprus' reform, and in Turkey's , it is the intentions which count.
Turkey is not "Turkish", it is Turkish. Cyprus, for the same reasons leaves Cypriots in the same misery.
Erdogan is the "but one", it is his Legacy, one way or the other which will come to pass, for "Turkishness", the way he sees it, or for Turks, the Citizens of this State, one Country, diverse as they are willing to defend each other: a Constitution reformed (or a "new" Turkey).
In Cyprus, two men can lead: as Cypriots. Anastasiades has played his cards well enough to be the representative of Cypriots, and what is called the "Greek Community" (read: that which is not the "Turkish Community"). At this historic moment, it is Akinci with all the power in his hands, with the choices he has. And at this moment in History it is the depth of his courage which will save us (those of us not "Turkish, or "Greek"), if he loves us as a People, if he loves this island, if he is neither a "Turk" or a "Greek", but Turkish and Cypriot, if he is a Citizen of the world, instead of the "Turkish" representative.
As a Cypriot, in joining with his counterpart, representing, not "Greeks", not "Turks", but Cypriots who appreciate their diversity as Persons, he may also provide in Turkey hope for its Turks. Akinci at this moment cannot look to Erdogan's Turkey for guidance, and i believe it is the other way around. He may inspire a template for Turkey's own reform, something where they (the President, and the Constituent's Representative) may provide an answer where Erdogan agrees because it is his way in resolving what is his own Problem, in Turkey. A State, undivided, a BBF, where there is self-representation, as Individuals, as equals without further distinction or discrimination, a voice for these People where there is Justice seen, (especially toward those who were murdered to prevent that). And beyond this governance, at another level of Government, a set of constituent states where as Persons an electorate may sustain these identities with respect and recognition of their minorities, acting themselves' as majorities with Grace. What is wrong with that, within one Cyprus, or one Turkey, or perhaps one Syria, or Iraq?
Next week, war; eh? Not "Greeks", not "Turks", but Cypriots deserve better.
blahblah, why bother making it easy to read.
