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    Default Re: Falklands

    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post

    Why the brits feel they can own a piece of land on the other side of the globe is beyond me, really. It's closest to Argentina, and as such it's appropriate for the islands to belong to Argentina.
    you might not care about the westphalian system of sovereign nation states, but i've yet to see any evidence that your view-point is in the majority, there is not even an accepted legal position on co-sovereignty that could replace the former.
    Quote Originally Posted by Psychonaut View Post
    Except 70% of the population are British. The remaining 29% are Kelpers, who are ethnic Islanders with British citizenship. In fact less than 1% are Argie. The Spanish speakers on the Island are Chilean, mostly immigrants from San Helena. Additionally the Argies never owned it for a meaningful period of time.

    I feel the same way about this as I do with Gibraltar. Keep it British for as long as the population feels they are British.
    Gibralter has no been in British possession longer than it has Spanish.
    Last edited by Furunculus; 02-23-2010 at 12:35.
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