Re: Ukrainian Issue

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47975-10280.html#p934009 

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...context, who remembers Bosnia? Chomsky revisited, his own bias exposed.

The History is valuable to our considerations on this topic, because here too the problem is the Problem; Hate to divide 'us' is a powerful tool in the hands of Persons who define themselves apart.

...Genocide, "Cleansing", "population exchange", "revenge"; "This" must stop. Cyprus is not the first country where such incidences occurred, it is where they should have stopped.

The Problem it seems has been long forgotten, to become problems of political will, our Human condition ignored. Indeed, the Problem was linked to Cyprus, and for a while it was the Cyprus Problem but not at the moment.

...it is easy to pick sides, to be a contrarian in that regard; men like Chomsky fail themselves if they cannot see the Problem inherent in these problems.

(the world is in danger without the Problem solved)

Re: Ukrainian Issue

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47975-10250.html#p933952

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...what is the Helsinki Accord. (something to think about)

Organisationally, the Citizen's Individual Rights secured as people, and as People self-representation as well.

The Problem (i'm not joking,) is the problem; (intentions count,) what is a BBF?

...NATO (too), as i am suggesting, their Mission refined may include Russia; the "Russians" of course must decide if they are inclined to defend Europe as Europeans defending the Basic Human Rights (as Individuals), Universal Principles afford.

...is it pure coincidence that Putin has dismissed the Helsinki Accord's significance, just as Erdogan has "tossed out the window" the Treaty of Lausanne?

...is it pure coincidence that Russians and Ukrainians have been divided as Ukrainians, as in Cyprus where decades "Turkishness" successfully divides us, by usurping the Cypriot identity of Turcophones, and by defining all Greeks as "Greeks"?

(Only counter-intuitively can i be hopeful, it seems; fame rather than infamy their Legacy by finding change in themselves.)

...are 'we' to go beyond "winning" (is also something to think about).

Re: Ukrainian Issue

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47975-10210.html#p933808

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...i may be "ambivalent", because i believe most of all that 'we' need facts to make our own judgments; i believe in a better outcome frankly, than one "side" losing/winning, like Ukrainians who are not "Ukrainians", more than that.

...ask the all in "Russians" (here) what they think of me: none consider my views supporting their own; but they can take comfort that "Americans", "Ukrainians", "Greeks", and "Turks", are treated in that regard equally by me.

...i am Cypriot (and Canadian), and, of "Them" i know (read: suffered) quite a lot. Being Greek does not make me "Greek", and being Greek i know i am Turkish and Russian, etc.: a member of one Family called Man.

That's the Problem, in Cyprus, and as it is evolving in the Ukraine: a Person you may be; for the security such a notion offers, as an Individual are you willing to give up your Basic Human Rights?

...i think the reason why i write is pretty clear, i am an activist; most of all to educate, and to keep people up-to-date.

As to my opinions, when i am openly expressing them, they are clear (perhaps not yet understood); does it matter that so few openly support them by their comments (or if i am liked by one "side" against another), i don't think so.

...be helpful: if you are a writer and you want to blahblahblah onward open a topic, and vent.

(Think of all the topics where it is nothing (almost) but my stream, although i certainly do not want you to do to them what you do to Lordo's.), wot?

...be happy: it is your duty as a Brit, or a Cypriot, or devoted to God, as a Human being; Lovingly serving is the way. (You seem so miserable, London.)

Slava Ukraini

Biggest election losers? Cyprus’ largest parties

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/14/biggest-election-losers-cyprus-largest-parties/

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Mr. Christodoulides is beholding to no one in this election win but the people who voted for him.

...this bodes well, for the People.

One hopes the Ministers he chooses will be the best qualified for the job as a result.

...i was hopeful when AKEL succeeded in having elected a Turkish Cypriot as a Cypriot MEP; failing to expand upon the effort, nothing was done to demonstrate this same solidarity for people as a working class across Cyprus before and during the elections for a President of Cyprus: something to think about.

Parties will have to work harder to draw back the public's confidence lost; leadership will change, but more importantly their Missions must also change to become better representatives of Cypriots without further discrimination or distinction: whether it is only the "Greek Constituency" who are the voters or not.

...as Cypriots, enosis is a word 'we' must take back from the extremists who are still living among us by giving it a Cypriot definition, beyond Party lines most certainly, beyond the artificial ethnic divide absolutely.

...(DISY fails 'us' for the same reason.)

Mavroyiannis concedes defeat

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/12/mavroyiannis-concedes-defeat/

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...no overwhelming majority of voters for the President, and a good voter turnout.

It is good news. Mr. Christodoulides too, will take this into account; one thing is certain, Cypriots are united on the issues where they want change. And, to have a lasting Legacy he must make changes in himself, to be a (better) Cypriot, if he wants to deliver on his promises. Much can be said of the Turkish Cypriot, at the vanguard against "Turkishness" in that regard. It is hopeful that during his campaign he visited such leaders in the occupied territories. I will be watching how these relationships grow, as i will be watching for the comprehensive changes in our Institutions that will free them from any self-serving purpose favoring one Person over another. Indeed, neither "Greek" or "Turkish" must he "be", but beyond that a Cypriot. Young as he is he does not remember the time before this unnatural divide. Yet, i expect him to appreciate how much Cypriots need him to be their representative as Individuals, (being their President), whether it is as a Constituency that he was elected or not.

Thank-You Mr. Mavroyiannis for your excellent campaign. It was worth it. Your cause is 'our' cause; Cypriots made that clear by getting you to the second round, and by leaving the new President a lot to think about, winning as he did without a landslide. In any case, the Problem remains; as a Patriot i imagine you will continue your fight against it.

Cyprus on the brink: Why a solution is more urgent than ever

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/10/cyprus-on-the-brink-why-a-solution-is-more-urgent-than-ever/

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...it is not Cyprus on the brink, but the world.

What is the Problem? Is it a problem known as the Cyprus problem (read:Problem)?

...this is the problem.

Being older, i remember the origins of the word with the capital "P". And the dream which still seems only possible.

...what is Liberty/Freedom, Nation/State, Person/Individual; a BBF? (...one can look to the USA: the very first.)

Cypriots crushed the Junta (they did not join them); they are not "Greeks" but Greek: let's not forget that.

Turkish Cypriots are at the vanguard against Cyprus' biggest adversary, "Turkishness"; they should not be fighting alone.

...like the rest of the planet on the brink Cyprus is in peril. (...just look at how the Ukraine is evolving.)

Enosis i say, Lest we Forget, Ignorance like Disease and Hunger are bigger enemies; we should not be fighting each other.

...'We' must take back the word from "Them", as Cypriots and Citizens of the World.

Presidential elections 2023: The Turkish Cypriot view (video)

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/03/presidential-elections-2023-the-turkish-cypriot-view-video/

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...and here it is, the most inconvenient truth; the shameful truth: Cypriots as Individuals do not have political representation, it having been usurped from them by the "Greeks" and "Turks" among them who have far less interest in such Basic Human Rights based on Universal Principles.

While Cypriots can be identified as Persons with their own distinct identities, they are no different in their desire for Freedom, and for Liberty; torn apart as they are has provided neither.

...indeed, with such "Leadership", the People in effect must speak for themselves. As it appears, such leadership that we have only want power, and as it is they have only to win "their" constituency for that.

Enosis, dare i say it: what Cypriots need; to take back that word from "them" and to give it a Cypriot meaning.

...under the flag "they" treat as a rag, the Flag of Cyprus, it is not hard for me to imagine Cypriots, Greek and Turkish, gathered together peacefully, on their beaches and on their streets.

What Ukrainians think about Zelenskyy now?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb7LQ2xRKV0&lc=UgwWiwi8JP5i9FT9aJp4AaABAg.9ldOBggjfBA9lejQrvkFkL

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I ask because i speak neither Russian or Ukrainian. I ask because the Ukraine is not made up of "Ukrainians". Just like Russia, all Russians are not "Russian".

The question becomes, who is fighting this war, who supports it and why. 

Russians fighting "Russians", most certainly; (the Ukraine is a harbinger for the things to come in Russia itself if Putin cannot keep the trains in his country running on time). (And in the Ukraine who elected Zelenskyy, not those "Ukrainian"; they failed.)

...it made me happy to confirm that Russians fight in the Ukraine against Putin's mythic dreams: for Freedom, and i hope for the Liberty such a State can offer Persons.

 (Is their a Ukrainian Battalion of 'Russians', e.g.?) 

What is a BBF? Ask yourself. There lies the Problem (a problem for many Peoples divided by their distinctions, and thus usurped of their Basic Human Rights). Intentions count.

...do Russians and Ukrainians as Persons have the same respect and trust for each other: as Individuals, Citizens of Ukraine; of course they do. That's the point. 

Slava Ukraini, i say. (a Canadian feeling homeless living here, 'his' country divided as "Greeks" and "Turks" in Cyprus watching the same hateful dogmas spread around the world.)

...what is, "ignorent Z westener", just curious.