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Where is the source for the TRNC-coat of arms and which license is given?--Danyalov 11:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

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If you disagree with Cyberjunkie's assessment that an isolated defacement to a paintaing of the flag in a country town is not notable nor encyclopædic, would you mind explaining why on the talk page? cheers, pfctdayelise 00:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

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Ian Smith

Exaptkiwi. You have inserted the following text in the main article :

QUOTE Smith feared that Gibbs - acting on orders from London - would not reappoint him and his government, and that the positions, and therefore the government, would be given to the Black Nationalists UNQUOTE

What is your source for this?. Wilson gave his word that majority rule would be phased in over a fixed period of time, and that was an era in which a man's word was his bond. I do not recall Smithy making any suggestion that Wilson would "do the dirty" on anyone and I cannot find any such claim in Smithy's autobigraphy. Sorry if I am overlooking something obvious.

If you go to the curous Rhodesian website page specified on the discussion page, you will find the following text concerning the Fearless talks :

QUOTE What particularly stuck in the Rhodesian gizzard was a British requirement regarding possible amendments to the entrenched clauses of the Constitution - that if such an amendment were found by the Constitutional Council to be unjustly discriminatory between the races, the Council could refer it to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which would have the final say. UNQUOTE

The thrust of this was that Wilson wanted an absolutely concrete guarantee that majority rule would be phased in over a fixed period of time and Smith would not concede this.

best wishes.Bob.BScar23625 16:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Re : your response. Fair enough. It's a while since I looked at that book. The general point being that Smithy wanted to carry on "business as usual" for as long as possible with lots of get-out clauses over possible future change. The reason given at the time for rejecting Tiger/Fearless was that the Rhodesians didn't want constitutional blocks introduced which would guarantee majority rule at some definite future date. Even Smithy didn't suggest that the British government would immediately renege on its undertakings - the statement to that effect in his book is probably a recent thing. He was always a "leader of the gang" type, very much the playground bully. Bob BScar23625 20:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Damon

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QUOTEBut Smith was right about one thing: Other former British colonies hastilly granted independence all went downhill (one-part states, fracticide, coruption, etc.), so I don't think Smith was being entirely unreasonable about wanting to stop Rhodesia from going the same wayUNQUOTE

The biggest British colony "hastily granted independence" was India - and that seems to have managed OK. Independence was inevitable and it was just a case of managing the process. Rhodesia was quite a well developed country and things could have worked out much better than they have done. Believe me, Smithy and his cronies didn't help at all. That said, I remain optimistic for the long term future of Zimbabwe. Bob BScar23625 21:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Damon

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QUOTE the states that went downhill were in Africa. India kept its democratic tradition alive (though not Pakistan)UNQUOTE

In the era of decolonisation, many of the new states that emerged ran into trouble for two principal reasons :

(1) They were artificial nations which lacked any sense of unity or civil society. For example, Pakistan (Punjab-Assam-Kashmir-Indus stan)was just a collection of administrative provinces and its only unifying thing was the army.

(2) They lacked any real economic basis to function as independent nations. Witness most of the French colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Vietnam, Algeria and Zimbabwe are slightly different cases. Here, the colonial power left only after putting up a real fight (by proxy in the case of Zimbabwe). That fight often damaged civil society in the countries concerned and resulted in power being handed over to radical elements. This often takes years to recover from.

QUOTE Ian Smith is more of a man than Mugabe will ever be. UNQUOTE

That is an emotional statement. Personally, I think the two of them came pretty much from the same mould. Have a think about it.

best wishes, Bob BScar23625 08:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Damon

Sure. Our discussion has been entirely friendly and I wouldn't have it any other way. It just puzzles me that you attach hero status to an individual who is so utterly discredited. What did UDI achieve?. Most people who were around at the time now agree that it bought a few more years of prosperity and privelege for Rhodesian whites - but at an awful long-term cost for everyone in the country, black and white. Your view of Smithy seems to be of the Wilbur Smith novel type!.

Let's leave it there. Thankyou for replying to my notes.

Bob BScar23625 17:06, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Rhodesia

I have been reading articles relating to Ian Smith and Rhodesia of late, and you seem to be a major contributor to these articles. I thank you for doing such an excellent job with them and share your admiration of Ian Smith, the UDI and a destroyed nation. Cheers, - G 14:30, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

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Thank you for your justice,truth and ethics...

-Inanna-

Award

A really earned award.Congratulations!

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Actually, i dont have any information about somaliland.I just know Turkey sent her troops to keep peace there and accept some somalian immigrants.I will more research about it...Thanks-Inanna-

I have no information about sealand at the moment.I will investigate about it also.Thanks-Inanna-

I have added. Thank you very much. :)-Inanna-

Hello, could you use your vote here? -->]...Thanks

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A supporter of the Republic of Cyprus

I am heartened by the Republic of Cyprus moving to include Turkish-Cypriots and their candidates in the ballots for the House of Representatives as it should be according to the 1960 Constitution. It is a welcome change for the future of Cyprus as a reunified country. Eventually there will be a Turkish-Cypriot Vice-President again to take the post. Perhaps Talat should seriously consider.(UNFanatic)

Outsiders, like you if I might re-iterate, characterize Cyprus as ununifiable and being one of the world's most intractable problems. That may be so from the viewpoint of outside subverters of Cypriot affairs or of someone unable to believe that Greeks and Turks are capable of constructive re-integration. The sovereign rights of the Cypriot people deserve to be defended against outside interference, but instead London and Washington and Athens and Ankara have all pursued interventionist policies that combined to result in violence and division. The only solution is the stoppage of all such interventionist policies that have promoted the division in the first place.(UNFanatic)

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I would like to add that you and I do have some common interests. Flags being one of them. Being a Kiwi, do you like Rugby? Anyway, bravo for the effort, but I'll let the two sides fight it out on their own with N.I. Let's just say I'm for Peace in Northern Ireland and for unity in Ulster.

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TNRC is s**t

you contradict your own statement (Freedom is an inalienable right) by supporting the TRNC and also how is Cyprus a threat to peace. Bigkev long live the true New Zealand flag

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Hi

Hey man, did you write a childrens book or something called An Unexpected Visitor?

Yeah, I did. Though it wasn't a children's book. It was an adult fantasy story.

Did you go to the University of Kentucky?

No. I'm doing university (online) at the moment though.

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I notice you have branded Mugabe a "murderer" on your page. Just whom did he murder? Why not add that info to Robert Mugabe? Wanyonyi 13:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

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