by miltiades » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:39 am
Pantheman , the UK was the nation that the vast majority of emigrating Cypriots went to for mainly the chance to get a better life for themselves and their families , the UK has provided a standard of living and varying opportunities for our community to prosper and in many ways also provided to those of us who fully appreciate the most precious gift that man can have , the right to express our views without fear of persecution. The clerk who addressed your auntie"""question her about how she came to have a UK passport."" was entirely out of order and certainly not at all representative of the British administrative work force.
Not everything in the UK is good , indeed I have on many occasions expressed my views on a variety of subjects and at no time any English / British FORUM MEMBERS took me to task. I know the English as well if not better than the English know them selves, for the simple reason that I can be on the outside looking in where my wife for instance who is English does not have this " advantage "
As far the Brits buying property in the occupied part of Cyprus they fall into one and only one category.
They buy in the North mainly because the prices are much lower than in the ROC , they dont give a shit about the political consequences of their actions because this breed of Brits , working class mostly , are out for only one thing , the sun , the sea, a good piss up and provided they can get hold of the Sun newspaper they are as happy as can be. Amongst the Brits who have bought property in the occupied part you will not encounter sophisticated , educated , thinkers , or people with high levels of political conscience coupled with accentuated moralistic values. The prime reason as stated above is one of finding a "bargain" and grabbing it. The Orams are not criminals , they fall into the above breed of people and I'm sure they are regretting their thoughtless act right now.
The important thing is for us Cypriots to focus on finding a solution to our problem without resorting to "fatwas " against individuals. International opinions do matter a great deal and we do not want the wrong images portrayed since you know well enough that the vast majority of Cypriots are by nature peace loving people.
Many of us in the UK are involved in a variety of events , constructive towards "Cyprus awareness" and the need to keep the Cyprus issue as high up as possible. Negative and destructive comments do not help at all since our aim is to , just as the Turkish Cypriot Imam said , "live together with our Cypriot brothers as we did before the SHEITAN arrived.