Posts from Rice in thread „Falklands/Malvinas propaganda“

That’s so true, Carlos . It would be like the USA and Canada going to war. Both situations are unthinkable.

Usurped? By Argentina? GlasgowJohn , do you mean in the Boundary Treaty of 1881?

PART of the province of Tierra del Fuego??

Surely there will be no illusions of a replay.

I don’t want to paint an entire population with the same brush ….

Do you think Pou’s objective was to show contempt for Argentina? I didn’t get that (or much else) from this poorly-written article, and would like to be educated by other forum members -

Please catch us up?

Quote from bebopalula

To be honest, I didn't know that they are eligible for workers' benefits. Are they?

Anyway, I was thinking of the benefits of everyday living in Argentina that we sometimes forget about when we are grumbling about so much else. Just imagine, a low-cost flight into Buenos Aires for a spot of shopping; a fairly-reasonably-priced air connection to just about anywhere else in the world; shops, the arts, the culture and to top it all, warm, friendly people (they are not all politicians, after all). Etc. Etc. I reckon that having all that freely available on your doorstep, the two societies might naturally draw more closely together within a couple of generations.

I like the Bebop Peace Plan. You are so right: time and more contact would inevitably lead to friendships and other relationships. Even marriages and shared grandchildren.

I didn’t know that Falkland Islanders weren’t eligible for Argentine workers’ benefits, bebopalula .

Quote from Splinter

The Argentine foreign office is most upset with the British Embassy for the competition it's running for a student to visit the islands, spouting the same old 1833 and illegal colonisation bullshit.

Am I naïve in thinking that exposing Falkland Islanders to visitors would be mutually beneficial?

We are living in an age of alternate realities and true believers. Just say something loud enough and often enough, and if you have followers, they will fervently believe you.

“Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?”

They never miss an opportunity to spread their propaganda, do they.

I’m wondering why we haven’t yet seen any paintings of Cristina as a mirror image of Evita.

Cute.

Quote from Splinter

Precisely...

I have a Union Jack patch on my motorbike jacket and believe me, I've had one or two very accusing looks.

But I thought the accusing looks were just because you were robbing Banco Central?

Yes, I think that's the logical conclusion. Like the profusion of t-shirts on the streets of BsAs with the Union Jack. What's with that?

Evidence that the Stones are citizens of the world, or a simple wardrobe malfunction?