Viewpoint wrote:Birkibrisli
Is that not profiting from the spoils of the "peace operation"? How safe would you say the TCs feel in their homes knowing that their state has become a heaven for drug pushers,gamblers,prostitutes and the money laundrerers? Not to mention knife wielding petty thieves,muggers, child molesters,traffic terrorists,and other desperadoes?
Don't you think that building a state on other peoples misery,pain ,and suffering will only lead to more of the same down the track?
Are you happy for the TRNC to be known as the immoral,corrupt, pariah state of the Mediterranean Sea? Is that the gift you want to leave your children? And for what? So that you can satisfy your twisted Turkish nationalism?
You are out of order
the same could be said for the south, why do you not say the same crap to the GCs? Have you lived in the TRNC over the last 20 years? you really do need to come and experience what goes on here and the life we lead and then talk about what we wanna leave to our children. Compare south with north and the crap we hear coming out of the "country" built on our misery,....you to hit a brick GC wall with piratis he is just the tip of the iceberg of people you want to live with from god knows how many thousands of miles away.
Well done.
I am sorry my words have upset you,Viewpoint.
But I have to be true to myself.I strongly believe that we must break the cycle of bitterness and hatred now,and not to leave our mess to the future generations. I know it is not easy,but we owe it to our country to try to built the best "possible" nation out of what we have.
I don't have to live in the TRNC to know what is going on there.
You might be happy to bury your head in the sand,and pretend that all is well. But some people are sick of living in a military open prison where their elected President cannot even visit Marash(Varosia) without permission from the Military. They are sick of seeing their elected representatives totally impotent in front of the Turkish embassador who is the de facto dictator of their state.They are sick of feeling helpless in the face of an influx of people from Turkey who have no hope of ever integrating socially or culturally with TCs. They are sick of watching their social fabric deterioting because of the criminal element which controls the drug trade and the casinos and the gambling shops and the banks that are used to make a handful of influencial people very rich. Their voices are getting louder and louder,and thanks to the internet it reaches even us in the diaspora.These people are crying out for selfdetermination,yes,but of the real kind,not one imposed by Turkey to suit her needs.These people believe that their own culture and identity are under grave threat,and unless they embrace their "Cypriotness" they will disappear from the face of the earth. The GCs will be fine;despite everything they are surviving and prospering in the South. Turks in Turkey will be fine;they will eventually get into the EU or find a better alternative to guarantee their future. But tell me: where will the TCs be in 50 years time unless they can embrace their Cypriotness???