by repulsewarrior » Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:00 am
...and what is America? Who are Americans? "White"? "German"? "Dutch"?
These were the Founding Fathers; (ask yourselves why they were here, (what "they" were running away from).)
...never mind about the others who came later and why, who made it great (and never mind about Native Americans).
Is that it, "It", who we are, "what" we are? Is that America?
...no accountability, duty bound to an ''ism'' which in affect is hateful toward any change and any difference in "themselves" and thus in themselves.
...is that 'us'?
Think about it, the complex life we live, living our lives with (almost absolute) mobility (e.g. living remotely), beyond the Modern Age at the advent of an Information Age; to what end but our own, (or "our" own)?
...that as a result, anywhere on this planet today based on the expectations this State had on itself the American Dream is possible, fulfilled when from honest work an Individual finds their reward in: Fairness, Equality without further discrimination or distinction, and the Rule of Law. (N.B. like any of "Them", "Americans" question these values.) Indeed, we can be a Person (and as Persons not so easily defined eg. a gay greek atheist, and a New Yorker from Ghana no less), yet we are all Individuals; and that, is the point these founding fathers made (making a state in their own image so to speak): wanting Liberty, as well as to live in Freedom. "You" may not agree but you will defend each others right to their opinion.
This is a BBF; what is America: it was the first.
...like in Cyprus, "It" is not really about "Greekness" and "Turkishness"; it is about "Them", it is about if you are willing to live "that'' way: no more Cypriot, no more Cyprus (maybe not even its name on a map).
"All fascists can go to hell", me too, i don't doubt that Max is any different; let's start there: "Being" Cypriot.
...if 'we' are willing to believe that the horror 'we' witnessed was committed by reasoned men, then why bother with Justice at all; and, their "History" is as meaningless unless you want to believe it.
...you are not far apart; only you are (still) hiding behind the walls ''They'' built (which keeps them quite secure, not 'us').
Indeed, to be clear, I don't want a "new" Cyprus that "They" will define for Cypriots (as though Cypriots do not already exist), and i suggest 'we' can take back Cyprus from "Them" by demonstrating this will.