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The inhabitants of the Falklands are British settlers. It is quite easy to let people choose when you know that the choice they will make matches what you want.
by mytailorisrich 2y ago
The inhabitants of the Falklands are British settlers. It is quite easy to let people choose when you know that the choice they will make matches what you want.
That being said, if Argentina had not invaded then no-one in Britain would care one way or the other (government could have handed the Islands to Argentina in whatever deal and most people in the UK would just have shrugged it off). It has become a point of principle and pride since the invasion to tell "the Argies" that they can stuff it.
- GJim 2y ago[flagged]
- mytailorisrich 2y ago[flagged]
- jajko 2y agowaving around with guidelines while insulting entire nations... some people really have their own universe in their minds
- mytailorisrich 2y ago[flagged]
- Symbiote 2y agoScotland has a referendum which didn't have a certain result before it was announced.
- renewiltord 2y agoThat and the fact that we can’t have Argentina colonizing a place while the indigenous people are still on it.