Birkibrisli
Arguments/fights/discussions like these,where people stop arguing the point and attack and label the person,always take a heavy emotional toll on me.
Some might like it hard to believe but I truly hate crossing swords with my fellow TCs all the time. I have a long lost cousin who lives in London.We were like brothers when we were growing up in Cyprus.We were first cousins on both sides,you know,children of a brother and sister who married another sister and brother,in the great Cypriot tradition...
I have not heard from him since 1981,and for all I know Mrfromng could be him!I have hundreds of cousins I don't even know (my mother had 9 siblings,my father 5,all with plenty of children,and children's children,and in some cases children's children's children)some of whom still live in Cyprus. Viewpoint and Shahmaran could easily be two of those cousins. Most of my cousins from my father's side live in London,and Zan could be one of them for all I know...
The point is why would I want to put the future of my own family in danger by insisting on reunification?
I have gone blue in the face arguing this point:The times have changed and most GCs have moved on from the dream of Enosis. They now know it was a folly which cost them and Cyprus dearly.There are no more EOKA fighters running around killing those who disagreed with their aims.There are no more TMT fighters doing the same on the other side.
This is all true so you should be far more sensitive and understanding towards our concerns and arguments, you are telling us to assimilate into GCs rather than Turks.
We are not afraid of Enosis as this has indirectly been achieved through the EU but the new fear and the GC stance just re-enforces everyday is osmosis, assimilation, the "RoC" no moves towards restart or negotiations, what do you have to say about these and what do you suggest we do to counter our concerns what safety guards do you want for your brother who eat drink and breath Cyprus everyday?
RoC is a prosperous European country run democratically(more or less).
You to have you doubts but good luck to the GC community they have worked hard and deserve what they get in return but having international recognition is a greatly contributing factor, which they continue to deny us unless we succumb to their demands.
On the other hand,given the certainty that the TRNC will never be recognised by the UN as a legitimate state
This you cannot know another referendum rejection by the south would seal recognition and imo that's why Tassos will not return to the table and will delay as long as possible.
and the certain loss of TC national identity if the status quo remains for another couple of decades,I am finding it extremely difficult to understand the position of those advocating partition.
This again you cannot know for sure and I suggest you read back all our posts to understand why we are advocating partition as the only viable solution because nothing else is on the table and the only solution put to the people was rejected by the GCs. Both sides do not have the ability to come together and make it work (we cant even agree a crossing) the desire or the drive is not there and even you must be able to see this.
The only reason can be the persistence of a pathological fear and anxiety caused by the traumas of the 50s and 60s...In other words persistence of a collective Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which has turned those TCs still living in the TRNC into paranoid psychological weaklings unable to imagine standing on their own two feet on a level playing field...A sad and tragic situation.
This is totally wrong we have survived under the direst of situations facing discrimination and even annihilation, we have moved forward and built a functioning state which you wish to dissolve without even a second thought. Where is the level playing field, allow us the same advantages as the south and them you will see progress in the north, that is what the GCs are afraid of and will do everything within their power to stop.
One that I could not bear to watch from either side of the divide for longer than one week at a time...Hence I am condemned to live and die in exile,but hey,there must be worse things in life than that prospect,though I am finding it difficult to think of one at the moment...
You could always come live with your GC brothers, you are closer to their mentality than you are ours so you don't have to visit the TRNC you hate so much.
