Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Didn’t Paul McCartney sing ‘Give the Falklands back to the penguins’?
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Plastic Paddy
That's still very light on detail. Point being they weren't "taken over" and most of the world was being claimed at that point by the Brits, French, Portugese, Dutch, Spanish, etc. It's not about whether that was good or bad but rather whether Argentina (a nation that didn't exist when they were first settled, and itself built on conquest and genocide) had/has a greater claim over them then the Brits or French.
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brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
When will people accept that the British Empire was a land grabbing shower of cunts?
There actually were Spanish speaking people on the Falklands in the 16tg and 17th century who had been living there. They were from "Argentina"
They were "moved"... as is always the case when Empires invade.
Typically it was the British empire taking over an island for purely strategic military reasons ...
It's typical of the British Empire. Sure.
They were miserable cunts.
The fact that some people living there are British doesn't take from the fact that the island was basically comandeered by the Brits and ..the Spanish and French. And the Brits kicked the French and Spanish out.
The islands are linked to issues related to Antarctica. So its really strategic for the British who will probably never give it back to Argentina.
There actually were Spanish speaking people on the Falklands in the 16tg and 17th century who had been living there. They were from "Argentina"
They were "moved"... as is always the case when Empires invade.
Typically it was the British empire taking over an island for purely strategic military reasons ...
It's typical of the British Empire. Sure.
They were miserable cunts.
The fact that some people living there are British doesn't take from the fact that the island was basically comandeered by the Brits and ..the Spanish and French. And the Brits kicked the French and Spanish out.
The islands are linked to issues related to Antarctica. So its really strategic for the British who will probably never give it back to Argentina.
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Plastic Paddy
This is also inaccurate.
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
If you think not being OK with shooting teenage conscripts is the same as praising the dictator in the country they hail from then surely your logic would be considered regressive by the standards of many English conscripts back in 1914.
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Plastic Paddy
Inaccurate.
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
How? Elaborate
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Plastic Paddy
Well read it. Who said anything about praise?
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
I hope you don't mean me
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
OK well "not condemning" then
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Plastic Paddy
Pretty sure he didn't!
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
I never know with that dude he's all over the place tbh
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
A lot of people accept that the British Empire was tyranny in action. But I can't change that. I can be appalled by it, but I can't change history.
The British did a lot of damage to Ireland.
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
I'll try again Spy. You called the conscripts "invaders" but surely this isn't the case, they are conscripts. Fighting a war they didn't choose to be involved in.
The rest of my paragraph re 1914 obvs remains the same.
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Plastic Paddy
So do you'd sooner blame the defending/liberating forces for their deaths than the fascist regime that sent them there for their own political aims in the first place? Is that wise?
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
No that's not what I'm saying at all. But you know that right? I'm sure you do.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
He knows.
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Plastic Paddy
About what?
The "conscripts" thing is a red herring. Should a conscripted army be allowed to commit genocide, for example?
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
I seen your edit and I raise.it with " i can't be arsed"
Goodnight Spy and goodnight all!
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Goodnight dude.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I genuinely thought he was referring to Thatcher, not Galtieri
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i'm blaming thatcher for sending them there in the first place just to boost her popularity
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
tbh, it wasn't just for that; it was also to make good for the tory diplomatic failure that precipitated the Argentinian invasion. As the tories tend to do, they turned a threat into an 'opportunity'.
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Plastic Paddy
That was a reaction to a land grab by the other fascist. Why blame her and not him?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The irony of your position is that had you lived under Galtieri’s regime you would have been in the first cohort to show off your high diving skills in to the River Plate.
By all means slag off Thatcher but don’t do it at the expense of sparing murderous cunt dictators.
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Plastic Paddy
The diplomatic failings went back through successive governments, probably into the 50s.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
who said i was? can you not read?
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