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Falkland Islands issue special stamp to commemorate the Royal Wedding
The Falkland Islands Post Office issued a special stamp to commemorate the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. Read full article
The Falkland Islands Post Office issued a special stamp to commemorate the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesIt's official, the Falkland Islands are not part of South America -
May 06th, 2011 - 03:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0“ ... The newlyweds will be separated for two-and-a-half months if the Royal Air Force posts Prince William in the Falkland Islands, off the coast of Africa, next year.....”
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prince-william-kate-middleton-visit-185757
:-)
Americans and geography - and hate-and-hate relationship.
May 06th, 2011 - 03:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0* a hate-and-hate...
May 06th, 2011 - 03:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0Americans and Rotted can't find their own country on a map!
May 06th, 2011 - 05:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Going back to the article, what a “charming” British colonial picture.
It would've look nicer the famous island sheep in the middle of those two instead of Westminster Abbey.
And then you still claim to be a distinct “people” different from the colonial power! My God, what a bundle of 2000 and sth genuflexing subjects of the British “clown”!
May 06th, 2011 - 05:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0They can be what they want to be ..... and there is nothing that Argentina can do !
May 06th, 2011 - 06:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Americans and Rotted can't find their own country on a map!”
May 06th, 2011 - 09:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0He was being scarcastic you idiot, lol.
“off the coast of Africa”
Lmao.
These stamps are self-adhesive, so there will be no question of licking the backsides
May 06th, 2011 - 11:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0for all i know the stamps are sticked by spit !
May 06th, 2011 - 01:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 07 Zethee, you idiot, Rotted doesn't believe that Malvinas are in South America, lol.
May 06th, 2011 - 02:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0MoreCrap ... you need to learn English :-)
May 06th, 2011 - 02:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://xkcd.com/850/
May 06th, 2011 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“7 Zethee, you idiot, Rotted doesn't believe that Malvinas are in South America, lol.”
May 06th, 2011 - 03:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's clear to anyone who isn't a complete window licker he was joking.
Ask him, It's clear to anyone who isn't a complete royal boots and stamps licker that he wasn't totally joking.
May 06th, 2011 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yup! Islanders claim to be a “people”??? Stamp lickers to say the least are not entitled to self determine!!! Who from?
May 06th, 2011 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 015 Sheeps maybe? :-))
May 06th, 2011 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 014 Marcos:
May 06th, 2011 - 04:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The sad part is i think you really believe yourself.
A new addition to Fido's collection of 'invectives' - “Stamp-lickers” :-)
May 06th, 2011 - 06:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@15
May 06th, 2011 - 07:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hang on, what's that language you Argies speak?....unless I'm much mistaken it's Spanish...therefore you there is no distinction between your country and Spain....
You gotta love Argie logic.
;-)
seeems like Scotland has tired of this UK monarchy rather quickly.Are we now 2-3 years from the beginning of the end for the United(soon to be divided)Kingdom
May 06th, 2011 - 09:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ugly brits with bad teeth don't know how to make jokes and simply aren't educated. The reality is, they're as dumb f**ck stupid as their cousins in Hollywood(though they are fatter, uglier but have better teeth).
May 06th, 2011 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Racists are funny.
May 06th, 2011 - 10:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0MoreCrap - you need to learn about British humour ..... idiot boy!
May 06th, 2011 - 11:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0O'Gaga - The Scots are not actually dumb enough to leave the UK, for the SNP's rhetoric.
Fido - that's a dogs name isn't it?
21 Fido, Very good description of englishman Redhoyt.
May 07th, 2011 - 12:07 am - Link - Report abuse 020 O gara
“ Stunning SNP election victory throws spotlight on Scottish independence”
Alex Salmond wins overall majority at Holyrood and promises to hold referendum on break from United Kingdom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/06/snp-election-victory-scottish-independence
Zethee, I guess you are refering to Fido @ #21.
May 07th, 2011 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0Our friend Fido Dido identifies with the cartoon ‘Fido Dido’ because he likes his trusting innocence and his need to have no enemies; his relying on the world’s serendipity to take him safely through life’s problems.
Our Fido certainly has had great hopes for life. Somewhere along the line he became disaffected with the mismatch between the way he wanted life to be and what life presented him with.
At heart, he is basically an optimistic, friendly person. He just likes to present parodies and stereotypes when presenting argument – not really a real racist.
Ugly brits with bad teeth don't know how to make jokes
May 07th, 2011 - 12:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRfluaMKoOY
A spotlight MoreCrap ... nothing more. The Independent newspaper suggests that the SNP will spend the next year getting the Bill for a referendum through the Scottish Parliament, and then another 3 years trying to convince their countrymen to go for it.
May 07th, 2011 - 01:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0Personally I don't think the majority of the Scots really want independence. They'd just be another Eire or an Iceland .... or maybe a Greece !
Could you do me a favor “falklanders”?
May 07th, 2011 - 02:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0Send a letter to the UN Decolonization Committee saying “We swear we're not a colony!” and put this stamp on the envelope.
Would you? ;-)
@19: Argie logics? Sure, we dont issue stamps of somebody else's monarchs, that's for sure. Language has nothing to do with dignity and you still speak your Clown's language, your monarch btw. No decent excuses at hand perhaps??? If I were you... Poor bundle of colonial subjectof the UK Clown (beware of Camilla!)
May 07th, 2011 - 02:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0Are you thick Martian?
May 07th, 2011 - 03:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Falkland Islands WERE a colony which is why they are on the Decolonisation Committee's list.
Now take a careful look at that title 'DECOLONISATION” - bit of a hint there.
Decolonisation can take a number of forms. It can mean independence ..... or it can mean the population using their right of SELF DETERMINATION to be whatever they want to be.
Currently they wish to be a British Overseas Territory.
Now I know that this is confusing for you, but the Decolonisation (remember that word) Committee is there to assist in 'decolonisation' (there it is again!) NOT in RECOLONISATION which is what would happen if the islands were taken over by Argentina.
Stupid boy!
DickoMartinez - the islanders have issued stamps for their own Monarch .... are you thick too?
@30: many mistakes which tell us all a lot about you:
May 07th, 2011 - 04:35 am - Link - Report abuse 01. Who's the monarch over the islands if not the UK Clown whlse “governor” looks after your “internal” affairs in situ? Non elected and powerful though, dven if you claim to have been granted a “constitution” which would state otherwise.
2. Decolonise is guided by 2 principles and sel determination is ONE of them and as long as therecus A people. You dont amount to that as subjects of the Clown who so recognise by genuflexing to issue stamps of Camilla's step son and her wife (fir the time being)
3. Decolonisation, stupid boy, that's why the UN acknowledged that the Malvinas are a “special” case different from the classic model: there's not a Peopke there but citizens of the ocuppying power!!!
l think that Fido put his clogs on the wrong feet this morning.
May 07th, 2011 - 04:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Why bother trying to explain things to these half wits, Red. They are just being nasty because they finally realise that the Falklands are ours and will never be theirs.
@28 M_F, as l told you before, silly boy, we will have whatever form of government that we like & its got nothing to do with your laughable country.
Dicko -
May 07th, 2011 - 05:29 am - Link - Report abuse 01. The people of the Falklands are being given an increasing amount of responsibility for their own affairs. When they are ready for independence then the UK will assist them with that should they wish it. Nothing to do with Argentina.
2. Self determination is THE guiding principle. I assume you think that 'territorial integrity' is the other? However, as Argentina has never had any territorial integrity which covers the Falkland islands, that is irrelevant. The Kosovo case has in any case rendered 'territorial integrity' beneath 'self-determination'.
3. - The UN HAS NOT recognised the Falklands as a 'special case'. Show me a UNGA or Security Council Resolution which mentions that the islands are a special case.
The UK is not occupying the Falkland islands ... the Falkland Islanders are :-)
Get used to it .... nothing Argentina can do except be a nuisance !
“they finally realise that the Falklands are ours and will never be theirs.”
May 07th, 2011 - 06:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0Isolde, beauty queen with bad teeth. The Falklands does not belong to “you”. It belongs to your German masters, “The Hanovers”..I meant the Windsor, sounds more British if you don't have teeth at all, and funny, that is sponsored by brain dead peasants like you.
British if you don't have teeth at all
May 07th, 2011 - 07:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Welcome Dutchy, to the Brit world of Teeth :-))
All is not well with the state of Dutch children's teeth. Half of all six-year olds already have cavities that need to be filled by dentists. Children in low income groups are worst affected. Despite fluoride in drinking water and warnings on sweet advertisements, children's teeth are again in as bad a condition as they were thirty years ago.
http://www.rnw.nl/english/video/dirty-dutch-teeth-distress-dentists
25 GeoffWard:
May 07th, 2011 - 07:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, he seems such a fun loving person
@34 Fido,l don't know why you keep going on about bad teeth. maybe you're jealous and don't have any teeth. What hapened, Belanda, did a naughty Briton knock your teeth out? ls that why you don't like the British? Or perhaps its because we withdrew from our empire while you got chased out of yours(by“peasants”, no less!).
May 07th, 2011 - 08:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0However you are even more wrong. The Falklands DO belong to us. You obviously have no idea how our government works. Funny, l thought the Netherlands had a constitutional monarchy also. But no matter.
& finally dahling fido(here boy!)the last Hanover was Queen Victoria who died in 1901. The Windsors original name was Saxe-Coburg.
Please get your facts right before you post, theres a good chap.
31 Alejomartinez
May 07th, 2011 - 12:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I know you're too thick to understand this,but here goes anyway:
The queen is head of state to many countries and I doubt very much we are the only ones to issue a stamp for the royal wedding.
We might not be a people particularly distinct from the UK, but we are very much distinct from Argentina. Therefore our right to self determination trumps anything you might have to say about territorial integrity. Sorry, but it does.
We are not Argentine and we don't want to be. If you ever got your hands on the place, and you wont, we'd petition the UN for independence and get it. Through the Decolonisation Committee in fact.
Monty “we might not be a people” is about as accurate a line as you ever have written.I am well aware you dont want to be Argentine of course not you are “PLANTERS” nothing more nothing less.do you really imagine the World that is unfolding with China and India as the dominat powers will have the slightest bit of sympathy for anyone who upsets the country who will supply most of these superpowers food.i hardly think it lightly.If you guys had an ounce or lets educate you a milligram of sense you would be on the way to Buenos Aires to learn Español as thats the future baby.Even the US for Gods sake will soon be Spanish speaking.
May 07th, 2011 - 02:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Aqui estamos amigo mejor aprender en paz antes de aprender a pura fuerza
“is about as accurate a line as you ever have written”
May 07th, 2011 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And yet you managed to quote it accurately.
The rest, like the last is garbage sprouted by an idiot.
In*accurately
May 07th, 2011 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Kelpers not only produce colonial stamps. :-)
May 07th, 2011 - 03:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0To celebrate the engagement of Prince William of Wales to Ms. Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, the British colony in Malvinas Argentinas has commissioned a unique heritage edition Royal Wedding Souvenir .
Every pack comes complete with a limited edition Royal Wedding souvenir portrait .
http://blog.provokateur.com/2011/01/27/a-royal-wedding-souvenir-to-remember/
Zethee I have to admire your debateing skills.You argue your point of view with an uncanny use of the “English language”
May 07th, 2011 - 03:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I dread to think what would happen if you had to try and learn Español.Poor Cervantes perish the thought
“ The Windsors original name was Saxe-Coburg.”
May 07th, 2011 - 05:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Isolde, queen of bad teeth. The Windsor's original name was Saxe-Coburg Gothe, then they changed it to Hanovers, and then changed it again to Windsor, because it sounds more British (Bogus Anti German when it went to war against Germany)
Isolde, keep believing that the Falklands belongs to you. Only kool aid drinkers (retards) believe that fairy tale and have no clue how the Royal Family is the true boss in your country (Same in Holland). Please, do yourself a favour and get the real facts of how your government and queen really works, because you're making a complete fool out of yourself by believe that “you” own the Falklands and other commonwealth areas.
Your ugly queen once said: I, the queen, represent a systen before capitalism and socialism.
She's damn right, she represent feudalism, with brain dead peasants like you.
@ Dutchy
May 07th, 2011 - 06:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And you keep believing that Aruba belongs to DOG SHIT CENTRAL
Aruba, which has no administrative subdivisions, is one of the four constituent countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, together with the Netherlands, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten which citizens share a single nationality: Dutch citizen. Unlike much of the Caribbean region, Aruba has a dry climate and an arid, cactus-strewn landscape. This climate has helped tourism as visitors to the island can reliably expect warm, sunny weather. It has a land area of 180 square kilometres (69 sq mi) and is densely populated with its estimated 103,000 people. It lies outside the hurricane belt.
“I dread to think what would happen if you had to try and learn Español”
May 07th, 2011 - 06:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I know English, no need to learn such inferior languages. :-)
The present British Dynasty came forward 1917/17 July which is from
May 07th, 2011 - 07:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Dynasty has German origin...King V.George
changed his name to Winsdor..one of the princess Elizabeth II seems that
the head of Dynasty...but the real head of Dynasty is unknown man who
is called Andreas..... (68)/lumberman nowadays lives in Germany....
42 Marcos Alejandro
May 07th, 2011 - 07:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://royalweddingstamps.net/
Since you're such a fan of royal wedding memorabilia, a list of other countries that have produced commemorative stamp issues.
They include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, St Helena.......
I think you and o'gara the plastic Irishman and fido the dog should stop this line of argument before you make yourselves look any more idiotic.
We are in no way ashamed of the Queen and the royal family, we are proud to be part of the Commonwealth, we know exactly who we are and how our country works. And quite honestly, none of it is any of your business.
You seem to think you are getting at us by saying we are British!! WTF are you on about? Yes we are British and proud of it. Every time I hear one of you half- wits ranting on it makes me more glad than ever that I am British.
The only thing that would ever stop us being British would be if it came to a choice between being Argentine and becoming independent.
@43
May 07th, 2011 - 07:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0if you admire debating skills then pick the bones out of this one:
Fuck off you Irish cunt.
Zethee Que Boludo Sos.One is able to speak a language you know places.If after a lifetime of trying to speak a language brings you this far I am afraid the subjunctive in español would be rather too much for you to take in.i suspect the same applies to our last contributor who is obviously overjoyed at the Scotish National party taking power in Scotland.Sinn Fein and the SDLP are getting ever closer in the North of Ireland.Pretty soon the English will have to fight their wars on their own.They wont be going to far then with the DK
May 07th, 2011 - 08:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sinn Fein and the SDLP are getting ever closer in the North of Ireland.Pretty soon the English will have to fight their wars on their own.
May 07th, 2011 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The I RAN AWAY still have a bit of catching up to do
All 108 Northern Ireland Assembly seats have been filled following a two-day election count.
The DUP and Sinn Fein won the most seats with 38 and 29 respectively.
The Ulster Unionists won 16, the SDLP 14, Alliance eight, the Greens one and TUV one. David McClarty was the sole independent elected.
Got some bad news for you O'Gaga - it would appear that less than a third of Scots actually fancy the idea of independence, which is of course why there won't be a referendum for at least another 4 years. The SNP have a lot of work to do to convince their population that they'd be better off alone. And of course, typically this election was less about support for the winners than disenchantment with the losers. In this case the Lib Dems.
May 08th, 2011 - 12:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0As for Northern Ireland, it will never leave the UK ....... sadly!
50 O gara: You're assuming i don't speak more than one language. :-)
May 08th, 2011 - 12:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0“English will have to fight their wars on their own.”
You're irish aren't you? your nations entire defence strategy depends on the UK. Remember in WW2 when you asked for our help? You forces are designed to stop a force untill the Uk forces arrive.
@49 Westi, stop making me laugh like that. My sides are aching.!
May 08th, 2011 - 11:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0@44Fido, l'm not a queen & l have perfect teeth. What about you? We know that your teeth must be rotten as you seem to be jealous of people with good teeth. The question is....are you a queen? Maybe even a drag queen, ja? You also seem to know a lot about the Royal Family(note the capitals, pleb). Maybe you're a secret royalist as well as being a complete idiot. Do you hate your own queen too? l think you are a mean little piece of nastiness somewhat similar to that prize idiot, Martin_Fierro. lf not for the British & Canadians you may well be still under the nazi jackboot. Actually that is where you should still be with your attitude.
Finally, what have the Falkland lslands got to do with you, belanda? Keep your nose out of our business & attend to your own.
Fido Dido, & Martin.
May 08th, 2011 - 12:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Morgana the tuath (O. Ir.) better describes our Isolde than Morgana le Fey (tuath: north, left, sinister, wicked).
The eldest and most potent of the Arturian magical sisters; all plying their healing and their potions - and, when called upon to do so, facing down evil with the greater power.
Fido, Martin;
do not mess with her, especially about the magic isle.
She *will* damage your brain cells.
The power is strong in this one.
Geoff. of Monmouth
lf not for the British & Canadians you may well be still under the nazi jackboot.
May 08th, 2011 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Fido is just a prick,shouldnt think the same of most Dutch people
flowers in the wind” memorial. This marks the beautiful annual ceremony where Dutch local children lay flowers on each grave.
Some 7,000 men were lost from 1st Airborne Division during the battle; either killed, wounded or missing. Just over 1,700 men are buried here, at the main cemetery off Van Limburg stirumweg on the north east side of Oosterbeek. After the war the dead were gathered in from all their field burial sites on the battlefield and re-interred at this cemetery. On the approach to the gate is the “flowers in the wind” memorial. This marks the beautiful annual ceremony where Dutch local children lay flowers on each grave. There are 1,314 UK Army casualties, plus 243 unknowns. There are also 78 RAF and 81 Non Commonwealth Foreign Nationals. Among them are 3 Victoria Cross winners:
48 Monty69, “Yes we are British and proud of it”
May 08th, 2011 - 05:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0GB is a dead kingdom. It is insolvend. Bankrupted North America sanitary vase. England is a little island that want mantain a status of kingdom by forcing people to accept a witch as Queen. It is over, finished, only englishones dream they have any power in the world.
Scotland wants to get rid of this fake empire, congratulations to them.
“THE UK Government last night gave the green light to a referendum on Scottish independence, conceding Alex Salmond has “the majority and the authority” to ask whether to break up Britain”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/westminster-vows-not-to-block-snp-independence-vote-1.1100205
Scotland wants to get rid of this fake empire, congratulations to them
May 08th, 2011 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Jees,Marcos the Argie speaks for the Scottish Nation
''England is a little island that want mantain a status of kingdom by forcing people to accept a witch as Queen.''
May 08th, 2011 - 08:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's official; you are actually a loony.
Whatever happened to you Marcos? Were you gang-raped by a bunch of English tourists?
For one thing you are wrong; Britain has one of the most important financial centres in the world, a world class reputation in the arts, hugely respected armed forces, healthcare and education that are the envy of most other countries.( And don't even think about coming back with a load of spurious links about how someone's granny had a nurse that wasn't very nice.)
And even if all this were not true, I would still be proud to be British. For one thing, it makes me genetically incapable of writing anything remotely like most of the drivel you lot write on here, and for that I'm profoundly grateful.
What you think about Britain is your own business, but it has no relevance to me and no relevance to anything on this site. You are welcome to an opinion, but it doesn't count for anything.
Marcos, you still cannot see that every time you open your mouth your arse falls out through it can you. So the Br Monarchy and Queen etc are feudal? - Then please xplain to me and others here WHY do Independent nations such as Australia,Cananad and New Zealand have the Queen as their Head of State and the same type of law making and judicial system as does Britain itself?
May 08th, 2011 - 09:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In UK elected Paliament makes decisions and Laws - these are signed off into Law by the Queen, in the other nations I mentioned , their alected parliaments make the laws - which are signed off into Law by their respective “Governor General,s” - who are the Queens repesentatives in those nations.
In the Falklands our elected parliament (legislative assembly we call it here) makes Laws - they are signed off into Law here by the Governor here - who is the Quenn,s “repesentative”
I see elected democracy at work in all these places - where is the feudalism?
Independence for Scotalnd - very unlikley as Independence with a big I - yes as a small i with more selfgovernment and financial powers etc - but you never can read beyond a newspaper headline can you? The local elections in Scotland were an anti Liberal vote, if those electors had ever felt SNP would go for full Independence then now way would they have voted for them- nor would many normal SNP voters either! If you want to comment so strongly on internal UK politics - then for christs sake - learn a bit about it all first - then you wont look such an arse every time!
Stamps- arse again- the monarchs head or the signE.R. is on EVERY Falkland stamp - and has been ever since the first ones in the 1800s! Hell we even featured an Argie passenger plane on one once I recall! We produce quality - are not in the top-ten of collectors countries worldwide for nothing - where does Arg figure in that list?
Marcos #57
May 08th, 2011 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“GB is a dead kingdom.
It is insolvend.
Bankrupted
North America sanitary vase.
England is a little island that want mantain a status of kingdom by forcing people to accept a witch as Queen.
It is over,
finished,
only englishones dream they have any power in the world.
Scotland wants to get rid of this fake empire, congratulations to them.”
Marcos,
the best English wordsmiths use the English language with subtlety, elegance, flair and sophistication.
There is beauty in words used well. CS Lewis’s Narnia tales will show you the way (with your witch allusion), and his That Hideous Strength is such a tale for adults.
This is the pinnacle; and every pinnacle has a base – here, at the base, you must feel flattened by the feet of every writer that risen above the guttural and has tried elegance in this great language.
im curious how one country can call themselfs as free when their flags have the “union flag”, the only one who doesnt has as head of state is United state and they dont have the union jack, i really dont know if there are others like them but...
May 09th, 2011 - 12:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0i mean argentina was from spain and we have a very close relation with them but we would never have a spain flag “inside” our flag, im not saying they are not free but for a country like australia ETC, if they are proud of uk MY GOD poor of they because uk kill a lot of people in there. and its like they are differents but they are the same, but that doesnt matter if we think about it because if they want to be a part of a country that kill a lot of them then is their problem
It's because they are proud of their origins !
May 09th, 2011 - 12:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0And because they are free to choose.
Argentina killed a lot of its countrymen ...... but I suppose that is your problem !
62 Searinox
May 09th, 2011 - 02:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0It's only a flag! And whether you are free or not doesn't depend either on the kind of flag you have or if you have the Queen as head of state.
I don't question your attachment to your country because your ancestors killed millions of people. I think you should be moving on and looking to the future and not beating yourselves up about your own past dodgy history, or criticising us about ours. We have plenty to be proud of and I'm sure you do to.
59 Monty69, No dear, you must be talking about your fantasies.
May 09th, 2011 - 04:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Hey Brits Dont Miss The Opportunity!
“Win a 'mystery' hat by Philip Treacy inspired by Princess Beatrice”
http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/hilary-alexander/TMG8496100/Win-a-mystery-hat-by-Philip-Treacy-inspired-by-Princess-Beatrice.html
Win a 'mystery' hat by Philip Treacy inspired by Princess Beatrice”
May 09th, 2011 - 06:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Still got that hat Fetish then Marcos?
57 - Is there no discrepancy between these two statements?
May 09th, 2011 - 02:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“England is a little island that want mantain a status of kingdom by forcing people to accept a witch as Queen”
““THE UK Government last night gave the green light to a referendum on Scottish independence”
67. Not really. Do they have another choice? What else can they do, send troops to Glasgow or Edhimburg ?
May 09th, 2011 - 04:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well, that would certainly be one way of 'forcing people to accept a witch as Queen.' Another would be denying them a referendum.
May 09th, 2011 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Green lighting a referendum doesn't seem overly foreceful.
I personally hope they don't vote for independence, because England would be doomed to perpetual Conservative governments, I don't think they would either, but they should certainly get a referendum and independence if it's what the majority wants.
TWIMC
May 09th, 2011 - 05:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0From an egotistic Argentinean point of view; it would be nice to see a dissolution of the United Kingdom, an independent Scotland and a England ruled for the next 50 years by a coalition of Tories and the Bnp………
Would it not be potentially problematic to Argentina, regarding the Falklands?
May 09th, 2011 - 05:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not only would the concept of self-determination be re-enforced, but any additional claim to the islands would surely make things more difficult for the Argentine claim...
Not in my opinion.............................
May 09th, 2011 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Do you think Scottish independence would affect the Falklands situation? If so, in what way?
May 09th, 2011 - 06:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm not going to speculate so much about such a possibility............. but, of course, the dissolution of the United Kingdom would affect the situation of all the territories occupied, contested or claimed by a dissolved United Kingdom................
May 09th, 2011 - 08:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No it wouldn't.
May 09th, 2011 - 08:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No more Mrs.69 for me!
May 09th, 2011 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not after reading about what you fancy to do to those poor sweet little innocent lambs with your bare teeth………………....................................
No more Mrs.69 for me :-)
Seriously, Think,
May 09th, 2011 - 09:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I believe you would prefer her very tight little red rubber rings.
They're only discomforting for a while, then you just forget they're there, while your 'parts' gently wither and die.
It saves our womenfolk wearing their teeth down when they may be needed for RIPPING OUT THROATS.
:-)
lol
May 09th, 2011 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If Scotland became Independent, I'd probably end up emigrating there, because I could not live under a Tory Government forever.
May 10th, 2011 - 12:13 am - Link - Report abuse 030 RedHOT,
May 10th, 2011 - 01:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0“The Falkland Islands WERE a colony which is why they are on the Decolonisation Committee's list.”
They still are you imbecile... otherwise they would no longer be on the list.
Unbelievable...
You're actually not the first person that I've heard say that today.......
May 10th, 2011 - 01:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0That was directed at 79....obviously
May 10th, 2011 - 01:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Frase, I think you will have more company in Cordoba in the near future, #79 is ready to go :-)
May 10th, 2011 - 03:00 am - Link - Report abuse 080 Martin_Fierro
May 10th, 2011 - 03:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0“They still are you imbecile... otherwise they would no longer be on the list.”
http://www.un-documents.net/a25r2625.htm
1) The establishment of a sovereign and independent State, 2)the free association or 3)integration with an independent State or 4)the emergence into any other political status freely determined by a people constitute modes of implementing the right of self-determination by that people.
See number 4. They are still on the list because the Decolonisation Committee doesn't do its job. All of them should have been removed long ago.
“...the Decolonisation Committee doesn't do its job”
May 10th, 2011 - 07:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Uh, obviously... otherwise Malvinas would be listed as Argentine territory and no longer a British colony.
What's this 1. 2. 3. crap? Malvinas Islands are on the UN Decolonization Committee's list.
That's it, there is no argument here... go bang your head against the wall stupid.
“otherwise Malvinas would be listed as Argentine territory”
May 10th, 2011 - 07:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0Erm, that's not the only outcome as dab pointed out above. There are four possible outcomes. It's not 1,2,3 crap. It's international law. UN Resolutions make it clear. The Falklands becoming Argentine is not a given and nowhere in any UN resolution does it say that is the only outcome.
And yes, the C24 has failed in every respect when it comes to the Falklands, mainly because Argentine and her allies block anything which they don't like. Even so, it's funny how every resolution the C24 proposes never makes it through to the General Assembly. That talks volumes.
Oh, and btw. How does it feel to be “implanted” in the US? What was wrong with Argentina anyway?
“mainly because Argentine and her allies block anything which they don't like”
May 10th, 2011 - 08:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Of course we don't like Malvinas to be regarded as a British colony, are you crazy?
“How does it feel to be “implanted” in the US?”
Argentina does not claim the US, your analogy is absurd.
And Malvinas are still on the UN Decolonization Committee, you can't change the subject. ;-)
30 RedHOT thought that Malvinas WERE regarded as a colony, they still are, a COLONY awaiting decolonization.
FACT.
Everything else is speculation and I'm not speculating.
“Of course we don't like Malvinas to be regarded as a British colony, are you crazy?”
May 10th, 2011 - 09:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yea, but you won't allow the Falklands to be independent either. Argentine or nothing is your position...
How do you define “implanted” then? As far as I can see the claim makes no difference.
”And Malvinas are still on the UN Decolonization Committee, you can't change the subject. ;-)“
List or no list, it doesn't change the fact that the C24 Committee long ago became discredited.
Oh and if you are so into your facts you'll should really know that the correct term for the the Falkland Islands is ”a non self-governing territory” and NOT a COLONY.
If they are a 'colony' Martian, then they are entitled to independence, or whatever future they wish. That's self-determination. Glad you agree :-)
May 10th, 2011 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse 085 Martin_Fierro
May 10th, 2011 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“What's this 1. 2. 3. crap? Malvinas Islands are on the UN Decolonization Committee's list.”
Now, if you had bothered to read the link I posted, you would have seen that it is a UNGA Resolution, and on that resolution it says that territories on the decolonisation list can exercise self-determination any of 4 ways:
1) The establishment of a sovereign and independent State,
2) The free association with an independent state
3) Integration with an independent State
4) The emergence into any other political status freely determined by a people
constitute modes of implementing the right of self-determination by that people.
Option 4 applies to British territories, so all they should have been removed from the list long ago.
Of course you don't bother to read links because you know they prove you wrong
88 J.A. Roberts
“Oh and if you are so into your facts you'll should really know that the correct term for the the Falkland Islands is ”a non self-governing territory” and NOT a COLONY.”
”a non self-governing territory” is the term the UN uses, but it is inaccurate because they are all self-governing, except Western Sahara because it's partly occupied by Morocco, not just the British ones.
Dab, since Martin Fierro (notice the implanted Catalan surname, it's certainly not Mapuche!) is seemingly so pedantic about facts I thought I'd point out the official UN nomenclature. If the Falklands were a colony, I'm sure the UN would call them a colony...
May 10th, 2011 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 090-David and the name origin obsessed John(91)
May 10th, 2011 - 07:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Malvinas and a dozen other small remnants of the British Empire around the world, were called Crown Colony, and later, in a terminological manoevre to deal with the fact that the tide of world opinion had turned against colonialism, the British Crown Colonies were re-named by an act of Parliament as the British Dependent Territories; and they were subsequently re-named AGAIN as the British Overseas Territories.
You can change the name all you want but keep in mind that you are not fooling anyone.
FACT: The islanders are not seeking independence, they wish to maintain their allegiance with the colonial power as an overseas territory.
May 10th, 2011 - 09:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That is the only fact that matters as far as the UN Decolonization Committee is concerned.
And if Malvinas are still on the DECOLONIZATION list is because they are a COLONY. Hence the DE-CO-LO-NI-ZA-TION part.
Brutish
Call them whatever you wish, they're not independent and more importantly they don't want to be independent.
Call it what you like Marcos, but it's a fact that they are overseas territories.
May 10th, 2011 - 10:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh, and Martin “Catalan” Fierro. It is an undeniable FACT that the Falklands are referred to as a non self governing territory by the UN and NOT a colony. They might not be independent, but they are certainly NOT a colony. And if they don't want to be independent, THAT is their RIGHT.
Yeah, it's their right to be stupid. If 'd be better off claiming independence, then the UN would see that it's not just the UK pulling the strings from above.
May 10th, 2011 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Be stupid.
Oh and J.A., 'Martin Fierro' is a book.
93 Martin_Fierro
May 10th, 2011 - 11:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The following territories have all kept some kind of link with their metropolitan state and have been removed from the list.
Integration
Integrated into French Republic
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Martinique, Réunion, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna
Integrated into Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Integrated into the Kingdom of Denmark
Greenland
Integrated as a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
Integrated into the US
Alaska
Hawaii
________
Commonwealth:
Commonwealth of the US
Puerto Rico
Northern Mariana Islands
________
Free association
Sovereign state in free association with New Zealand
Cook Islands
Niue Island
Sovereign state in free association with the US
Marshall Islands
Palau
Federated States of Micronesia
Keeping a link with the metropolitan state is no impediment to being removed from the list.
I like that word... “metropolitan” state, colonial state you mean? ;-)
May 10th, 2011 - 11:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Were any of these “metropolitan state”-linked territories claimed by anyone else?
I know you don't care, but the UN does.
“ ... Call them whatever you wish, they're not independent and more importantly they don't want to be independent ....”
May 10th, 2011 - 11:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Correct, they don't have to be. The point is, IT IS UP TO THEM !
@97
May 11th, 2011 - 12:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0So when is the UN going to sort it all out for you Martin? Will I have time to get my coat?
Your head's up your own arse if you think the UN'll lift a finger for you.
Uh, no, it's not.
May 11th, 2011 - 12:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0Except in their Narnia fantasies.
97 Martin_Fierro
May 11th, 2011 - 12:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0''Were any of these “metropolitan state”-linked territories claimed by anyone else?
I know you don't care, but the UN does'' ????
So now you claim to know what the UN thinks?
That's even worse than thinking that a colony's right to determine its own future only applies if no-one else wants it!
So if say the Canadians decided they wanted Greenland then that would wipe out the rights of the Greenlanders?
Get a grip man.
You're the one thinking the UK “Falklands” is not a colony, you get a grip.
May 11th, 2011 - 01:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0If the UN thought the issue of Malvinas was easy to sort out the islands would no longer be on the UN Decolonization Committee's list.
Note that word again, idiot child ..... DE-COLONISATION.
May 11th, 2011 - 03:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not RE-COLONISATION .........so whatever sorting out uis required it will not involve allowing Argentina to colonise the islands.
Nothing Argentina can do !
That's right... DE-COLONIZATION
May 11th, 2011 - 04:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0Get the hell out, UK.
“Yeah, it's their right to be stupid.”
May 11th, 2011 - 07:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Exactly. Their right. Not an Argentine right to be stupid on their behalf.
“Get the hell out, UK.”
As has already been pointed out several times, the UK can stay and decolonisation can occur. It has already occurred according to the Falkland Islanders. These two situations are not mutually incompatible. It all depends on what the FALKLAND ISLANDERS want.
And we like the status quo, Martino, so YOU get your nose out & mind your own business. What we do & what we say has got absolutely NOTHING to do with you or your silly country. So get the hell out, Argentina(oh & you too Martin_Fierro)
May 11th, 2011 - 08:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0“As has already been pointed out several times, the UK can stay and decolonisation can occur...”
May 11th, 2011 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0And, this decolonization would occur while you maintain your allegiance with the colonial power, I presume?
Wow, that is really convenient... what can I say? You guys are geniuses. You're also demented, but I guess both things can occur... by following your line of reasoning... ;-)
Marian - you really are Thick ... you really have no grasp of the situationa at all.
May 11th, 2011 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Let me attempt to help with your education - the islander's can CHOOSE ... and if they CHOOSE to be British, then that is OK. It is up to them !!!
Idiota !!!
Redhot is getting hotter by the minute...
May 11th, 2011 - 12:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm just trying to understand this “decolonization” theory of yours, sounds more like an upgrade to an existing colonization to me.
“And, this decolonization would occur while you maintain your allegiance with the colonial power, I presume?”
May 11th, 2011 - 05:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No Martin. It would be a free association. Which it already is anyway.
Please educate yourself and read UN GA resolution 1541 (XV), especially Principle VI (b)
http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/153/15/IMG/NR015315.pdf?OpenElement
Well to be truthful, the Falkland’s are free to British, just as you are free to be Spanish [again] if you so choose,
May 12th, 2011 - 11:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ah, but you don’t want to be Spanish do you.
And the Falkland’s don’t want to be Argentinian,
And you choose to be free and independent, and stand by that right,
The Falkland’s may wish to be independent, so why does Argentina deny the Falkland’s, what Argentina cherishes so much, [the freedom to choose].
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