Quote Originally Posted by ajaxfetish
Constantinople was the capital of the 'Greek Empire.' If the French conquered London and held it for some time, and then someone suggested giving London back to the English, would that mean that France should annex the rest of England?

I'm not advocating any modern connection between Constantinople/Istanbul and Greece. That would be purely ridiculous. It's a Turkish city now and should remain so. But Azi's comment about it being given back to Greece is not as misinformed as you suggested. The city was once a Greek city, and the most important one in the world. Anyhow, we're derailing a thread with a tangent that has no bearing on the issue at hand, so let's step aside and let the proper discussion continue.

Ajax
Quite so.

With no disrespect to LEN, although I confess to know little about Turkish history and less about their Armenian population I must be forgiven for not holding the protestations of a self-confessed nationalist in very high regard. Especially when those protestations take the form of "yeah my lot did bad, but look so did the other lot". That kind of tit-for-tat gets no one anywhere.