I will march with her tomorrow in Montreal. Like her or not, millions have already done the same. If Humanity has learned anything from its recent past, it is that there are real enemies to fight and to bring to bear, our Hate. It is not each other, Lest we Forget, but Hunger, Disease, and Ignorance.
Indeed it must be hard to choose only one representative a year, for Peace, to Honour with the Nobel Prize. I am rooting for Sevgul Uludag, myself, a journalist in Cyprus. But Ms. Greta certainly deserves the esteem and the recognition she has gained, the respect she is given.
She has awoken the whole world, to the possibility of a way of living with a conscience, in such a short time. Like Malala, she is a Hero to those who seek an evolution of our thinking, as one, Human, race. And I am hopeful, it is possible, this revolution that is called for, (witness the Occupy Movement) by these "children", because it may save us and this planet from plunder.
Action, not words are needed, if a Tribute is to be given to her. Let it be results that are easy, for her to see, elders she can follow, a greater joy, like oceans thriving, the air cleaner, and something more than simple exploitation when it comes to sustaining our lifestyles.
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Greta_Thunberg_miracle_climate_saviour_or_puppet_999.html
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Thursday, November 29, 2018
We should think of small pebbles when we remember the war
https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/11/11/we-should-think-of-small-pebbles-when-we-remember-the-war/
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Lest we Forget. Real enemies exist. They are not each other. Those who gave their lives in this Great War, the war to end all wars, would say, that war, any war, like this is Nobility without Grace.
Hatred too can be lovingly directed, men and resources applied with such contempt. Heroes made, or at least exposed to the circumstances that make heroes when they are confronted with what seems to be insurmountable odds, there is Glory. What of Hunger, Ignorance, and Disease?
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Lest we Forget. Real enemies exist. They are not each other. Those who gave their lives in this Great War, the war to end all wars, would say, that war, any war, like this is Nobility without Grace.
Hatred too can be lovingly directed, men and resources applied with such contempt. Heroes made, or at least exposed to the circumstances that make heroes when they are confronted with what seems to be insurmountable odds, there is Glory. What of Hunger, Ignorance, and Disease?
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Cleaning the stable of Augeas
https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/06/03/cleaning-the-stable-of-augeas/
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...it is always important to remember who they were, the killers, and the murdered and made to disappear. Easy enough, the murderers were "Greeks" and "Turks". But what of their victims, not "Them", Greek and Turkish? We who remain betray them if with the same intolerance we divide ourselves against each other; if Cypriots still exist. They are forgotten as such if we decide by ignoring them as Cypriots, that "Greekness" or/and "Turkishness" matter more.
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...it is always important to remember who they were, the killers, and the murdered and made to disappear. Easy enough, the murderers were "Greeks" and "Turks". But what of their victims, not "Them", Greek and Turkish? We who remain betray them if with the same intolerance we divide ourselves against each other; if Cypriots still exist. They are forgotten as such if we decide by ignoring them as Cypriots, that "Greekness" or/and "Turkishness" matter more.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Statement by the Greek Turkish Forum
http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/05/01/statement-by-the-greek-turkish-forum/
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Indeed, the Flag of Cyprus, provocative to both the "Turks", and the "Greeks", as neither consider it more than a rag.
...let's remember those who died at the hands of these cowardly extremists, they were never busy killing each other, but those not like "them". Cypriots, for "being" Cypriots, were for the most part their victims. This is something to think about, what the Flag of Cyprus represents to those whose blood was spilled to erase its existence, what this Flag should represent to us, those of us remaining, Greek and Turkish, Cypriot, not "Greek", and not "Turkish".
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Indeed, the Flag of Cyprus, provocative to both the "Turks", and the "Greeks", as neither consider it more than a rag.
...let's remember those who died at the hands of these cowardly extremists, they were never busy killing each other, but those not like "them". Cypriots, for "being" Cypriots, were for the most part their victims. This is something to think about, what the Flag of Cyprus represents to those whose blood was spilled to erase its existence, what this Flag should represent to us, those of us remaining, Greek and Turkish, Cypriot, not "Greek", and not "Turkish".
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
UN calls for Turkey to end state of emergency
http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/03/20/un-calls-turkey-end-state-emergency/
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...what is Turkey is changing before our eyes. There will be a time where Turks will have to decide what that means. "Turkishness" as it is defined by "Turks" is not Turkish, witness those not "Turkish" how they suffer, without Peace.
...in Cyprus, Turkish people have an opportunity to express their sentiment, "Turks", or something more than that, as Human beings. One Cyprus, like one Turkey is not so hard to understand, both States based on Universal Principals, both more than just "being", "Turkish" or "Greek". Cyprus, is, a National issue for Turkey, the Turkish people need this help from Cypriots ending the Problem.
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...what is Turkey is changing before our eyes. There will be a time where Turks will have to decide what that means. "Turkishness" as it is defined by "Turks" is not Turkish, witness those not "Turkish" how they suffer, without Peace.
...in Cyprus, Turkish people have an opportunity to express their sentiment, "Turks", or something more than that, as Human beings. One Cyprus, like one Turkey is not so hard to understand, both States based on Universal Principals, both more than just "being", "Turkish" or "Greek". Cyprus, is, a National issue for Turkey, the Turkish people need this help from Cypriots ending the Problem.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Eastern Mediterranean starting to resemble disputed South China Sea
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/03/turkey-mediterranean-resembling-south-china-sea.html#comment-3805626414
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...what "Greeks" do in my mind is not Greek, nor is it, the way. It is not unlike the "Turks", and how they treat those not "Turkish".
I learned respect and trust in my village, although as you say, it was the British which identified it as "mixed", it did not matter to us.
Greek and Turkish, we are Cypriot, that is true today where once a year this village meets in Larnaca as it was then, as some of the most socialised people on this planet. There is no shame in saying it, Cypriots exist, I am Cypriot. And i do not forget that those who died, murdered and made to disappear, victims of thugs and troops without discipline, were not "Greeks" or "Turks", they did not fight for "Them", but at their hands for "being" Cypriot..
"This" must stop. It is what i think. You may be right about what was natural, then. Cyprus is Greek, by population overwhelmingly, a Turkish minority whose needs are recognised as Citizens of Greece would have been perhaps more useful to Mankind's efforts in becoming Human. I will not disagree with you.Today "Turkishness" is tearing Turkey apart, as it did in Cyprus decades ago.
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...what "Greeks" do in my mind is not Greek, nor is it, the way. It is not unlike the "Turks", and how they treat those not "Turkish".
I learned respect and trust in my village, although as you say, it was the British which identified it as "mixed", it did not matter to us.
Greek and Turkish, we are Cypriot, that is true today where once a year this village meets in Larnaca as it was then, as some of the most socialised people on this planet. There is no shame in saying it, Cypriots exist, I am Cypriot. And i do not forget that those who died, murdered and made to disappear, victims of thugs and troops without discipline, were not "Greeks" or "Turks", they did not fight for "Them", but at their hands for "being" Cypriot..
"This" must stop. It is what i think. You may be right about what was natural, then. Cyprus is Greek, by population overwhelmingly, a Turkish minority whose needs are recognised as Citizens of Greece would have been perhaps more useful to Mankind's efforts in becoming Human. I will not disagree with you.Today "Turkishness" is tearing Turkey apart, as it did in Cyprus decades ago.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Re: In Praise of the Dead
https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus43395-30.html#p865267
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...how few among the dead, died as "Greeks" and "Turks" fighting each other.
Who died, stayed. In effect because they are Cypriots, they were murdered.
...in a "mixed" village like Komi Kebir, it is (still) possible to find neighbours who are as eager to see their neighbour's return.
...recall in your own lives, those you fear, those you like, those you love, you share with, those you hate, and why.
Indeed, there are doors that are closed, that were closed, in this village, those likely through greed who fear.
...who live hateful lives, where their love is a possession that is their's, not an infinite power with which they may serve?
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...how few among the dead, died as "Greeks" and "Turks" fighting each other.
Who died, stayed. In effect because they are Cypriots, they were murdered.
...in a "mixed" village like Komi Kebir, it is (still) possible to find neighbours who are as eager to see their neighbour's return.
...recall in your own lives, those you fear, those you like, those you love, you share with, those you hate, and why.
Indeed, there are doors that are closed, that were closed, in this village, those likely through greed who fear.
...who live hateful lives, where their love is a possession that is their's, not an infinite power with which they may serve?
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