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After spending the last year reading about constant warmongering and provocations against my country, with military units on combat alert even on holidays, I on
by planetis 6y ago
After spending the last year reading about constant warmongering and provocations against my country, with military units on combat alert even on holidays, I only have to say democracy should be reinstated in Turkey and I hope the circumstances can not detriment the friendship and common heritage of Turkish and Greek people.
- planetis 6y agoAnd also someone should care about the Syrian refugees, these people are being used as a pawn to make demands and their rights are violated.
- krastanov 6y agoI appreciate you saying that. I am from the Balkans but from neither of these two countries and I was wondering whether you would say most of the people around you share your view. It is heartwarming to see humanist messages like yours, but I have the impression that much bigger part of the Balkans expresses more jingoistic nationalistic and xenophobic views.
- planetis 6y agoBalkans are a war torn region, I honestly don't share some of my compatriots, idiotic opinions about naming other countries. Although they haven't lived though let's say Sarajevo in the 90s, I hope we all realize, that war isn't the solution to disputes. To answer your question, I try to surround my self with educated people, not dogmatic morons.
- RealityVoid 6y agoI understand your sentiment, but, the flip side is that a strong military is a good safeguard for peace. I have this... Hard to formulate opinion that you should be prepared to prevail in violence but at the same time avoid it as much as possible.
- maxwell 6y agoSi vis pacem, para bellum
- csunbird 6y agoIn times of peace, prepare for war.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoNot quite. It means 'If you want peace, prepare for war.'
- disown 6y ago> common heritage of Turkish and Greek people. What common heritage are you speaking of? Edit: Who knew such benign question would trigger so many. I guess foreigners have a different understanding of what heritage means. Heritage doesn't mean being conquered and/or exchanging words, food, building, etc. Heritage implies "descent". Just because you eat sushi doesn't mean you and a japanese person have a common heritage. Just because native american buildings like the hogan are in the US doesn't mean we share the same common heritage as native americans. https://study.com/academy/lesson/native-american-houses-facts-types.html https://study.com/academy/lesson/native-american-houses-fact... We specifically say they are native american homes, not "american" homes because even though the natives were conquered, their heritage is different from ours.
- hcho 6y agoThey lived in close proximity for a good part of a millennium. Do you think they haven't influenced each other?
- bzb6 6y agoMaybe so but they are entirely different countries currently in the things that matter.
- kingofpandora 6y agoDifferent countries ... with a common heritage.
- bzb6 6y agoGreeks are Christians, Turks are Muslims. For starters.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThat is both a difference and a similarity. Both are way closer to each other than any two random religions on average.