by Piratis » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:52 pm
What we see in Cyprus today is not new.
For example during the Ottoman rule many Cypriot defeatists had changed religion and become Muslims in order to pay less taxes and be treated better.
Fortunately those people have always been and they continue to be the minority among Cypriots, which is why we still exist on this island for 3500+ years despite the fact that numerous invadors have enslaved our island for centuries.
Compared to our long history on this island and compared to the centuries long occupations we had to survive through several times in our past, the 33 years of occupation that we have today is nothing, and it is sad that some Cypriots are willing to sell off their homeland so easily.
Some ignorant people say that if there is no solution in the next few years that partition will be supposedly "cemented". This is nonsense. The Turks today are trying to illegally wipe out 3500 years of history in northern Cyprus, and you are telling me that when the right time comes we will not be able to reverse 40 or 50 years of illegalities when we will have every right to do so??
I said it many times and I will say it again: Our people have a history that goes back many millennia on this island. It is absolutely stupid to sign away our land just because at this specific era the balance of power favors the Turks.
Yes, we are small and weak. And this is one more reason why we have to keep fighting for what is ours. Nobody else is going to fight for us. If we start signing away our lands to the foreign invadors, then within a few centuries we would have signed off our whole island.
So stop looking only at the short term and see what is better for our island in the long term. And even if you have some personal interests in closing the Cyprus Problem as fast as possible, remember that above all is Cyprus, and that putting your own personal interests above our island amounts to treason.
