by repulsewarrior » Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:20 am
...i'm not the same person i was, since my uncle's bones were found a few months ago with a hole in his hand. I'm not the same since my brother's bones were found with him, and two of the bullets that made the holes in him with what was left of his body.
Yet, there are family members to be found, that still leaves me waiting.
...my cousin, and my aunt, are two of the few on my side of this story; it has torn my family apart. Some of us remember the betrayal, the denial, the revenge, with patience, and many of my family despise the fact that we exist. There is a difference between us that will not fade; those of us who realise that "Turkishness" and "Greekness" are one in the same, and those who hate anything Turkish as though Greeks exist but Cypriots do not.
...my little secret is that Grivas is my great uncle, i take heart that his brother is not at all like him.
JustCypriot, if you allow yourself to be distracted by a few members of this little Forum, if you allow hatred to overcome the sense that Cypriots have Grace, then you betray us, the rest of us who are unlike "them". What will you do now that you have been treated badly? Will you ignore "us"? Where is Cypriot nationalism; in your heart? Against these "Greeks", will you become "Turkish"? Where is the dialog that is needed, the bravery? Have you retired from the first bold attempts you made? I hope not. While Cypriots on both sides of the divide exist, their position is usurped by a false debate. Do you become a part of that debate, or not? If you really want to piss "them" off, stick to facts; stick to the cause you came to discuss: as you say, "Cypriotism".