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Asterix said:
Beating up the village mong doesn't count.
And I'm sure the Palestinians love you too. It's problematic because the Israeli conflict is really the only proper territorial war (in terms of driving tanks into someone's town) we've had since the founding of the UN (apart from the Falklands); there's not a great deal of precedent to go on.
The UN says that taking land is not allowed, but of course if you have a friend on the Security Council they can never stop you. Since we have a seat on the Security Council we are entitled to take whichever side of the argument we want, be it "You started it so we get to keep the Islands" or "We finished it so we get to keep the Islands". Either way, we get to keep the Islands.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Caulkhead said:
Which is exactly why the French do nothing about the Channel Islands. . . . .
Unfortunately the Irish (or at least the violent ones) have not proved to be quite so accomodating about NI.Caulkhead said:
Ozzie Osmond said:
Caulkhead said:
Which is exactly why the French do nothing about the Channel Islands. . . . .
Unfortunately the Irish (or at least the violent ones) have not proved to be quite so accomodating about NI.Caulkhead said:
Really? You'll have to remind me the last time the Irish government made any attempt to invade Northern Ireland.
Which bit of my post did you not bother to read before making your knee-jerk response?But then maybe the British never caused any trouble in Ireland, maybe there was never an IRA, maybe the Conservative Party Conference was never bombed at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, maybe no-one cares that the Union Jack is no longer flown except on special occasions.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Caulkhead said:
Really? You'll have to remind me the last time the Irish government made any attempt to invade Northern Ireland.
Which bit of my post did you not bother to read before making your knee-jerk response?But then maybe the British never caused any trouble in Ireland, maybe there was never an IRA, maybe the Conservative Party Conference was never bombed at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, maybe no-one cares that the Union Jack is no longer flown except on special occasions.
You unfortunately, chose to confuse an illegal terrorist group with the legitimate government of a country which makes your points irrelevant to this discussion.
Oily Nails said:
Fishtigua said:
An open letter has been printed by the English language newspaper of Argentina, The Herald (an off-shoot of the Sun).
Here is that letter.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4725763/...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/120856/wi...
Well no awards for whose offices are next to be targeted for riots in ArgentinaHere is that letter.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4725763/...
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/120856/wi...
davepoth said:
LostBMW said:
But if they wanted to wind her up why did they choose the very most flattering photo of her available?
Someone with photoshop skills could have some fun with this, I think.'The Beast From Buenos Aries', eats islands, or something.
ViperPict said:
davepoth said:
LostBMW said:
But if they wanted to wind her up why did they choose the very most flattering photo of her available?
Someone with photoshop skills could have some fun with this, I think.This is the original.
ViperPict said:
Apart from Scotland's not very close to Japan...
The Falklands are about 310 miles from Argentina, by your logic we (GB, UK, England, Independent Scotland, lol) should claim every territory within a 310 mile radius, even though we have no right to, just because it's nearby.Edited by skinley on Saturday 5th January 00:21
skinley said:
ViperPict said:
Apart from Scotland's not very close to Japan...
The Falklands are about 310 miles from Argentina, by your logic we (GB, UK, England, Independent Scotland, lol) should claim every territory within a 310 mile radius, even though we have no right to, just because it's nearby.Edited by skinley on Saturday 5th January 00:21
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ViperPict said:
I was querying the issue with Japan having a claim on Scotland which is many thousand of miles away. Unlike the Falklands and Argentina. I'm not saying Argentina have a legitimate claim to 'Islas Malvinas', just that your analogy was a bit ste!
Yes it was a bit of a ste! te analogy, I'm just a bit pissed off with all the talk of giving them "back", I'm not saying you have said this but I've read it many times in this thread and also heard it on the totally unbiased BBC news.Why should distance come into the argument anyway?
Edited by skinley on Saturday 5th January 00:50
Ozzie Osmond said:
... maybe no-one cares that the Union Jack is no longer flown except on special occasions.
That only applies to Belfast City Council, and the only people who care are the knuckledragging mouthbreathers who have been setting things on fire and throwing stones and the braindead publicity-we councillors who enacted this ridiculous piece of politicking, who knew exactly what they were doing and who should be pursued for the costs of policing the disturbance and and repairing the damage caused.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff