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[alexISS]

double standards...i didnt realise how many Ellhnes there were in north london during euro 04!!

Cypriots are Greek when it suits them

Good one!

Greeks also watched Pagdatis's games and cheered for him, only they didn't say Cypriots are not Greeks afterwards

[saravakos]

the Hellenic Fan Club in Australia was his BIGGEST supporter out there and he embraces his Greekness. i'm not tarring every Cypriot with the same brush but i have met many who make me sick reagrding this.

[andri_cy]

You guys really don't have a clue, do you?!?
When I was a university student in Piraeus, out of the 100 students 10 were Cypriots (that had their seats reserved, but that's another issue). Guess how well they interacted with the rest of their class? Wrong, they didn't interact AT ALL. Nobody looked down on them, people tried to be friendly with them. You know what they did? They formed a clique, they wouldn't go near any Greek student and they only spoke to each other in an almost conspirant way. I did't know why they behaved this way, what they were told about Greeks by their family, but they were just RUDE to say the least. I however was able to break the ice with one of them. We became friends, and when the others realized that, they just kicked him out of their clique.
THAT's the impression that Greece Greeks have of you. They don't hate you, they have nothing against you, it's your behaviour that makes others look down on you. Sure, many made fun of their Cypriot accent, but those that did were the same that made fun of Cretan, Macedonian or Rhodian accent too.

AlexISS we went to the same university! And you are right. In my class the Cypriots didn't interact either. Actually my best friend from college was from Crete and the rest of Cypriots shunned me for it. When I would talk to them the answer I would get was "why don't you go hang out with the kalamarades". I have not a problem being Cypriot, I actually love it. But if GCs erase their Greekness and TCs erase their Turkishness we wont be who we are anymore. For us to go forward we need to embrace and accept each other for who we are.

[unique_earthling]

I have spoken to many many Greeks and they say cypriots are Arabs but with their shirt tails tucked in.. sorry not my words but theirs..

[miltiades]

Uniqueearthling , the Cypriot hater has spoken again !!!

"""I have spoken to many many Greeks and they say Cypriots are Arabs but with their shirt tails tucked in.. sorry not my words but theirs.. ""

What a load of b..s , how many Greeks have you spoken to who said the Cypriots are Arabs , that is a new one to me , or was it your Arab boyfreind who said that. You know absolutely nothing about the Cypriots because you detest them and it bloody well shows , just as mucha as my love for England and Cyprus shows.

[alexISS]

I have spoken to many many Greeks and they say cypriots are Arabs but with their shirt tails tucked in.. sorry not my words but theirs..

I have spoken to many more than you, and noone said anything like that. I however had a chat with an englishman who told me he feels embarrased for some of his compatriots that move to southern mediterranean countries and, while bitching about the locals, don't even consider returning to England although, under such circumstances, they should . His words, not mine!

[alexISS]

AlexISS we went to the same university! And you are right. In my class the Cypriots didn't interact either. Actually my best friend from college was from Crete and the rest of Cypriots shunned me for it. When I would talk to them the answer I would get was "why don't you go hang out with the kalamarades". I have not a problem being Cypriot, I actually love it. But if GCs erase their Greekness and TCs erase their Turkishness we wont be who we are anymore. For us to go forward we need to embrace and accept each other for who we are.

Really what was your department? Mine was Computer Science, oh the fun we had...
Bravo for escaping the Cypriot vortex , however a Cretan is the closest thing one can find to a Cypriot, so you didn't really go too far

[Mickleham]

double standards...i didnt realise how many Ellhnes there were in north london during euro 04!!

Cypriots are Greek when it suits them

Good one!

Greeks also watched Pagdatis games and cheered for him, only they didn't say Cypriots are not Greeks afterwards

Fact.

The Greek Embassy in Australia has forbidden Cypriot fans of displaying the Cypriot Flag during a game of the European Champions (Greeks) in Melbourne about a year ago.

But the Greeks were in droves with the Greek flags when the Cypriot-Lebanese Tennis Star was playing in January for the Australian Open

This is a proof the Greeks discriminate against the Cypriots!

[saravakos]

get your facts right...it was NOT the Greek embassy it was the Aussie FA which banned any political flags/banners including the Sun of Vergina Macedonian flag. only the national flags of Greece and Australia were allowed.

min les malakies kai o kosmos se pistevei

[alexISS]

double standards...i didnt realise how many Ellhnes there were in north london during euro 04!!

Cypriots are Greek when it suits them

Good one!

Greeks also watched Pagdatis games and cheered for him, only they didn't say Cypriots are not Greeks afterwards

Fact.

The Greek Embassy in Australia has forbidden Cypriot fans of displaying the Cypriot Flag during a game of the European Champions (Greeks) in Melbourne about a year ago.

But the Greeks were in droves with the Greek flags when the Cypriot-Lebanese Tennis Star was playing in January for the Australian Open

This is a proof the Greeks discriminate against the Cypriots!

This is proof you do what you can to convince people that there is discrimination, including truth distortion as saravakos pointed out