TheStonerOne
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People say that Turkey shouldn't be in the EU because 97% of its land mass isn't in Europe. Despite the fact 15% of its population is in Thrace. But whatever, that seems to be a valid argument. Until you realise that 0% of Cyprus and 0% of Malta are in Europe.
If you have eyes, you can see that Cyprus is underneath Anatolia and by the Levant; it IS the Levant!
Whereas Malta is a quick flight from Tripoli.
The location argument doesn't work.
Genetic and cultural arguments won't work either. Malta was infected by British colonialism so any ties to it are recent and rather imposed. In reality, Malta has had an Eastern Mediterranean and specifically Semitic heritage for ~3000 years. The Maltese have roughly the same ancestry as North African Jews. I don't need to get into why that doesn't align with a typical Northern European.
And the less I say about Cypriot genomes, the better. If you like glorified Greek speaking Syrians, go ahead. Cypriots aren't (mostly) Greek. They speak Greek due to Hellenisation. Is a Syrian who speaks Greek "Greek"? Cypriots are glorified Syrians. Enough said.
If you have eyes, you can see that Cyprus is underneath Anatolia and by the Levant; it IS the Levant!
Whereas Malta is a quick flight from Tripoli.
The location argument doesn't work.
Genetic and cultural arguments won't work either. Malta was infected by British colonialism so any ties to it are recent and rather imposed. In reality, Malta has had an Eastern Mediterranean and specifically Semitic heritage for ~3000 years. The Maltese have roughly the same ancestry as North African Jews. I don't need to get into why that doesn't align with a typical Northern European.
And the less I say about Cypriot genomes, the better. If you like glorified Greek speaking Syrians, go ahead. Cypriots aren't (mostly) Greek. They speak Greek due to Hellenisation. Is a Syrian who speaks Greek "Greek"? Cypriots are glorified Syrians. Enough said.
