https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47285-120.html#p893222
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...very interesting and educational thoughts from the both of you; harder to read than my stuff but that's another story.
in a nutshell; Cyprus, its constitution needs reform.
Cypriots exist. The "Greeks" and "Turks" that live among them exist too. The future for Cypriots, one hopes is neither their assimilation or subjugation by either. And yet, it seems that in the negotiation of the Problem, it is as though such a notion as Cypriot will be created; with no chair for a Cypriot between "them", and no chance for a Cypriot (but at an election box) to even have their say.
...indeed, it is an issue of identity, and as "Greeks" and "Turks" agitate for their Agenda with more finality, i surmise, under the circumstances, so too those Cypriot (about half the population) will be compelled no longer to remain silent. In acts and demonstrations, they will signal their unity against "them" with a simple choice, under the Flag of Cyprus, because it is a powerful symbol which as yet has not been used specifically to expose those not Cypriot. (i shutter thinking, in Cyprus, how that could turn out; talking about Flags, and extremists' feelings about their own: but violence is not the only outcome.)
...what do Cypriots want, i ask; never mind the "Greeks"and the "Turks".
And if in a BBF Cypriots, as Individuals, (also an identity) represent themselves as Cypriots, what is wrong with Cypriot Constituencies representing them as Persons?
...intentions count; what as persons they do to demonstrate in a majority their Goodwill toward the minorities among them.
(how lucky i feel living in a BBF like Canada, how much i enjoy the same hope for Cypriots)
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