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RudeGal
Joined: 05 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:55 am Post subject: |
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The Cypriot Quote: Comments on Embargoed!...
Thanks for taking time out to evaluate and comment. I can see why this campaign is not going to connect too well with Greek Cypriots! :lol: But dialogue and exchange is good. Aim is to be balanced, not necessarily to please all (couldn't even if you tried :wink: )
I will forward your comments to E! committee. I'm sure some will resonate, but to apply all you say would undermine whole purpose of it - end embargoes on Turkish Cypriots. It is they, and only they, on whole island whose entire lives are f****d by the international isolation unless they capitulate to Greek Cypriot run Republic of Cyprus. And if we were going to do that, we could have done it in Dec 63 to present. We passed cos we are equal to Greek Cypriots and until that happens, the "Them & Us" of it all will continue...
more another time under another thread... |
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RudeGal
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:59 am Post subject: |
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cannedmoose wrote: Can I be your koumbaros Dhav? Dhavlos wrote: lol...i was waiting for that response :roll:
I'll beat Dummy to this one as well then...
Dhav and Rudey sitting in a tree... K I S S... I N G... :lol: :wink: Quote: What is koumbaros? Is it a chaperone?
As for 'Kishing', I just finished with my toy boy - they just don't know how to please us older gals :wink: so Dhav, we'll stick to Cyprus and politics! RGx |
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pg
Joined: 17 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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RudeGal wrote: What is koumbaros?
It is the best man at the wedding - or possibly the husband of the bridesmaid... |
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The Cypriot
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Some further thoughts on Embargoed! and human rights generally, formed in consultation with my colleagues at the Cypriot Academy:
Cypriots from all communities have suffered, especially those in and from the north of the island.
No right-minded person can condone this suffering, whether it is from violence, persecution, military occupation, ethnic cleansing, denial of freedoms, expropriation of property, enclaving or isolation.
The ultimate causes of this suffering are self-destructive animosity between the two principal communities of Cypriots, exacerbated by divisive and manipulative intervention by outsiders.
The world has done nothing for Cypriots who have suffered. It has done nothing for Cypriots who were ousted from their ancestral homes in the north and it will do nothing for Cypriots now economically isolated in the north.
Being a majority gave the upper hand to one community at first. Outside military force swung the balance the other way for a while. Legal realities now seem to be in the ascendancy.
Tit for tat. Seeking to right a wrong with another wrong. Game theoretical posturing - who has more to gain by not budging?
We expect the world to understand our pain while refusing to understand that of our compatriots.
So the world will continue to do nothing. Until the Cypriots realise that the only ones who can do something, the only ones who care, are the Cypriots themselves. By coming together and showing the world that they are one people with one homeland and one destiny.
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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pg wrote: RudeGal wrote: What is koumbaros?
It is the best man at the wedding - or possibly the husband of the bridesmaid...
Already married re... so it makes me best man... ;) |
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pg
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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cannedmoose wrote: pg wrote: RudeGal wrote: What is koumbaros?
It is the best man at the wedding - or possibly the husband of the bridesmaid...
Already married re... so it makes me best man... ;)
Unless your wife ends up being RudGal's bridesmaid... |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 12:30 am Post subject: |
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pg wrote: Unless your wife ends up being RudGal's bridesmaid...
All these permutations... :shock: |
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