my manifesto #2

[repulsewarrior]

[repulsewarrior]

...there are some things which are universal. language is one of these "things" which survive when they are being used. here it was that in France there were Germans who spoke French. and in this view Napolean III defined a State by its glory, not by a Race; this is the Birth of Nationalism.

...thus it was for the great Ataturk who lead the Nations of Turkey into a State that was Turcophone, a Nationalist of equal stature, who I believe remains betrayed, in essence by the Kemalists who remained, because they failed to find their Unity in the diversity of Turkey as a Political Geography; representing Universal Values. Instead starving any identity other than Turkish, they serve the notion that the State is one Nation.

...what does this have to do with Cyprus you might ask? It is the Modern Ideas of these men understood: we are as Individuals equal in one State, while as Persons we are free to sustain our own distinct Identities. These ideas are the root of their efforts, to define and give meaning to these Principals, ironically Bicommunal.

...our leaders failed us after the First World War. They failed us by ignoring what a whole generation of young men gave their lives for: an end to war amongst Men, a recognition of the powerful emotion of Hate, and a direction more toward real enemies such as Hunger, Ignorance, and Disease.

If we as People allow ourselves to be manipulated, it will be this National interest, our Language, from it our differences will be used to divide us. ...as is done between the Jews and the Arabs, without an ethno sphere we become less Human.

...this will be our choice, if by silence we allow the agenda to be set by others, here on this island. i ask all its citizens to give of their Grace so that if it is to be divided, it is not quite simply to tear it in two. our Problem is not "Greek" vs. "Turk", it is the Right for these dwellers as Cypriots, to remain the Stewards of this land, Sovereign in Representing its interest. there are many voices to be heard, of what remains of our living Patrimony, there are Maronites and Armenians, as well as Romes. And what of the living Patrimony to come? (the population of Cyprus is around 12 million) The issues are for more complex, Tolerance, and a demonstration of this Will are the need; for all Mankind. On a much bigger scale, we must become prepared to confront the forces of Nature (with ocean acidification and global warming) in a global network of regions, where in ours Israel and Turkey with us, communicate allied toward this and other larger goals.

...a dreamer, i think
not. just a social scientific research and
analysis.

[repulsewarrior]

why all this "Greek" "Turk" debate?
The Problem is a matter of Principal and the dignity we call Basic Human Rights. beyond these; efforts for exclusivity, there is "us" as this island's dwellers, as its Steward.

Since we, as Cypriots, have committed ourselves to a Bicommunal Bizonal Federation, where have we demonstrated a commitment to defining this in a manner which can be emulated for all of Mankind's benefit?

…"The partnership will comprise a Federal Government with a single international personality, along with a Turkish Cypriot Constituent State and a Greek Cypriot Constituent State, which will be of equal status."

Therefore, Bicommunal does not mean two governing bodies. in fact it cannot mean, “two” governments.

...count them, three.

we will live in a State where there will also exist National Assemblies; there in, Citizens will act as Persons having a majority, respecting and recognising the minorities living amongst this electorate because as Individuals, as Cypriots, within these Jurisdictional territories, we serve together higher and Universal values.

Similarly, Bizonal cannot mean tearing the island into two mutually exclusive pieces.

...adding "enclaves" to the island's geography as it is divided today makes good sense because it allows for Justice to be seen, a means for all of us to redress the suffering of the displaced by recognising their loss, '63 and '74.

if these "spots" of various sizes were to be added to the whole landscape, for some at least, there will be a return as they were forced to leave, as communities. (even more boldly, the settlers (and those that will be displaced) can be given homes; not houses). Thus, the "Green line", with "enclaves’" inclusion, ends as a border to be guarded; one mono-clonal society isolated from the other mono-clonal society no more.

two constituents (at least) will have an obligation to serve an electorate that is island wide. as Cypriots with Free Movement, Free Association, and Free Expression, we will gain the greatest number of choices on this island as ethnospheres sustaining diversity, wherein we are Persons, and as well the complexity of a Cypriot movement, the People as one State, united toward our demonstration of Universal Principals, their defense and their betterment. National Assemblies, whether there is a "motherland" or not will have to serve this diversity, for us and from us, the "distinctiveness" of Persons who have a representation as a Country as well.

we will have in this personal identity as Cypriots, a deep attachment, whatever colour or creed, to each other, and (as well) to the living identities we can communally sustain.

...am i linking territory with property clear enough? what's the alternative, but a Heritance older than Greek or Turkish lost. so too this civility, the respect which made Cypriots as villagers, and as a People, some of the greatest cooperators in the world.

Cheers!