We cannot ignore history

Sir,
Yes, romantic fools indeed. In my opinion, in order to live together, we
have to be accountable for our mistakes. We all know about the Armenian
massacre, or do we? How about the murders of the two young men in 1996? The Turks have one of the worst records in history. The English, well they’re just acting in everybody’s best interest like they keep telling us, and so we thank you from the bottom of our hearts (by the way we would like our ancient statues back) . We finally
come to the Greeks in this romantic novel, we still can’t figure out if the fighters of the 50s, 60s and 70s are freedom fighters or terrorists. If history is any indication of the future we’d better leave things alone, or let’s all be accountable for our mistakes, take your pick. But please let’s leave the romantics to the authors, for if we continue to ignore reality it will haunt us, and bloodshed will once again come to the island of Cyprus.

Peter Exarhouleas, Astoria, New York

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.