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Tribute at sea at site of the Battle of the Falklands to honor British and German sailors
Descendants of the three Admirals who led the Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy at the Battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914 have paid tribute at sea. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI find it positive that European nations seem to have learned after 3000 years of subhuman behavior and have strived to at least feign a different path.
Dec 13th, 2014 - 04:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Don't expect Argentina to follow suit, be it with the UK or anyone else. We neither ever forgive, nor forget.
Indeed. We try to be a beacon of peace, while your country, as you so truthfully put it, “neither ever forgive, nor forget”.
Dec 13th, 2014 - 05:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0But I can't but help notice that when your Whacky Leadership feigns animosity towards the UK, it just becomes pathetic when you consider that your ships and planes can't go anywhere for lack of spare parts...
I used to think that the Argentine people post-Junta were actually peaceful.
Then I saw the clips from the Top Gear film crew and the so-called “Malvinas Veterans” throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails.
It made me realize that Argentina is not peaceful at all.
You are just too broke and lazy to re-up your military...
Let's not forget the Belgrano and that iceberg. Or was it the Bismark?
Dec 13th, 2014 - 08:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Heartening to read from some of these blogs that the seeds of war are alive and well.
Dec 13th, 2014 - 09:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0As for my Great Uncle who died at the Battle of Coronel , and over which site I sailed in the RN, Peace to him and everyone (including Germans)
Meanwhile carry on with your Marvel Comics conceptions of war, and try to imagine what it would be like for you not in your armchair but with your life and others in your hands.
resuilts
#1
Dec 13th, 2014 - 10:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0When you come down out of the trees and join the human race, maybe we will listen to you.
We don't expect ANYTHING useful from Argentina. Still stuck in a self - pitying mode somewhere in the 19th century.
@1. You just can't help exaggeration, can you? 3,000 years! What a shame that one of our plans didn't work too well. Opening up the Americas was supposed to result in all southern european 'people' leaving. Unfortunately, too many didn't have the bottle. And they haven't changed. Still the same in southern europe and south america.
Dec 13th, 2014 - 11:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0And we don't forgive or forget either!
We don't mind quite so much about the 255 British servicemen killed, although it shouldn't have happened. But at least they signed up for combat and died fighting. But the argie war crimes perpetrated on defenceless civilians is something completely different.
Oh yes, those brutal argie war crimes against the Falklanders, which have shocked and horrified the world. Hahaha, pathetic whinging, and while no mistreatment of Falklanders should have ever happened, in the grand scheme of conflicts they had it VERY VERY easy. It's not an attempt at minimizing suffering, but its true.
Dec 13th, 2014 - 03:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@2
As I have been trying to tell you, the hatred of Europeans in Argentina has exploded. You people said I was lying , or making it up. I hear it all the time. Eventually, and unfortunately, Europeans will really get hurt in Argentina or even outside.
It is the Europeans fault though for showing absolutely no respect towards Argentines as a people for 200 years.
@7
Dec 13th, 2014 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And you really think we give a shit for Argentina, it can and will implode within 5 years the way you lot are going. Good luck to you.
@8
Dec 13th, 2014 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don't give a shit if you all give a shit, but you must respect us as human beings at least on the one-to-one level. You never did, and now we are treating you like you deserve at the same level.
I don't give a shit if you all give a shit, but you must respect us as human beings
Dec 13th, 2014 - 08:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0When you act, like human beings,
and treat the islanders like human beings,
you can refer yourselves as civilised,
until then,
shit is a normal function of human beings,
on the other hand, the use of toilet paper is not....lol
1 Giorgio C. Tsoukalos
Dec 13th, 2014 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“I find it positive that European nations seem to have learned after 3000 years of subhuman behavior and have strived to at least feign a different path.”
Learning Tobi!!! That's the ticket!!! Learning!! It's what sets us apart from the animals and helps us better ourselves and our lives!!!
We learn!! argentina on the other hand, has learnt nothing, is learning nothing now and chances are, will learn nothing in future either........
You have well and truely f**ked yourselves
#7
Dec 13th, 2014 - 11:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Why should we “respect” people like you. You pontificate about the dastardly evils inflicted on Argentina in 1800 and something.
What specifically has Britain done to Argentina in the last 50 years presumably before you were even born.
You lot attacked us in 1982 and got off lightly in the following conflict.
We even initiated the downfall of your dictators.
Is hate the only thing that keeps you going ? Is your life SO blighted that you must have someone to blame for ALL the problems in your country ?
You boast that you are a scholar, which is apparent, as you can only regurgitate what you have read or seen on TV. Get out of your cosy cave and visit some other countries such as, Brazil then you can speak from experience instead of rehashing other peoples experiences and prejudices.
@7. They had it 'easy', did they? Herded into a village hall with nothing to eat or drink except bar snacks for days? No protection despite the requirements of the Hague and Geneva Conventions? The scum of argieland siting artillery pieces between civilian homes? Again in contravention of the Conventions. Painting ICRC symbols on military installations and vessels? And THREE Islanders killed! That's easy?
Dec 14th, 2014 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9. When are you planning to think, feel, act like human beings? You are demonstrably sub-human. Not satisfied with the “Conquest of the Desert” genocides (there were two that we know of), the genocide continues today. Or perhaps to ignore what your police get up to! Read up about indigenous children knocked down by police vehicles, beaten and left for dead. Or, in a number of cases, actually dead. Don't even think about claiming to be human. Even the words that you and your confederates type on here prove that you're not! And, at your present rate of 'progress', never will be. Do you also claim to be Catholic? More sub-human scum. Preying on children. Degenerate, sub-human, argie scum cowards! Respect? Who ran? In their hundreds.
@9
Dec 14th, 2014 - 07:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And all of a sudden, you have nothing to say,
Guilty or What...
@Clyde (12)
Dec 15th, 2014 - 11:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yep, you have nailed it. Argentines cannot survive or go on without a deep (misplaced) feeling of injustice. It what makes them get out of bed in the morning. Think 1982, the Falklands in general, World Cup 2014, Government default, etc., etc.
If you read or listen to Argentines, nothing is their fault and they always lay the blame at someone else keeping them down. Argentina as a country has a huge chip on its shoulder. This will never change until they move on and try and make a brighter future for themselves and their country. Until they stop looking back, they will never look forward.
Thank goodness we leave the negiotions to politicans, I am amazed at the venom distributed on the comments bit of this site. This News outlet I follow with great interest, as most is not reported eleswhere. The comments on this site are mindless , racist, and not the opinions of the majority from either side of the fence. It is a fact after all conflicts you negiotate, you listen and respond and eventually you reason and you compremise. No doubt on here we have entrenched opinions, which are not shared by the majority of the readers its a sad reflection of how humans can behave. It will take a few years yet before a conclusion is reached. How you warrent such venom connected to this article is beyond belief, A tribute to sailors from both sides of a past conflict whose counties flags now fly side by side, in friendship and coporation, as it will for our two countires.
Dec 15th, 2014 - 11:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0@16 Moody Brook
Dec 15th, 2014 - 01:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“hear, hear!”
I only browse over the comments section occasionally anymore, as the monotony of the same-old degenerative insult-trading has become just over-whelming for me; and don't get me started about staying-on-topic. The mindless repetitiveness of it all is staggering; I don't know how they do it.
If it wasn't for the likes of a few true hidden gems (eg Anglotino, where are you?), there'd be no reason to scroll the comments section at all.
We always found the guys on here to be pleasant to each other,
Dec 15th, 2014 - 07:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0to some it is personal banter, to others its retro time,
but yes some argies do get a bit drunk and go over the top,
but by and large its a very nice site,
after all if it was not, it would be abandoned and deserted, yet it is becoming more popular...lol
just a thought..
“”“Don't expect Argentina to follow suit, be it with the UK or anyone else. We neither ever forgive, nor forget.”“”
Dec 16th, 2014 - 01:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0(except about colonising the land where you live by the genocide of the indigenous peoples... THAT you forget about all the time... )
US, UK Navies Sign Framework for Future Cooperation
Dec 16th, 2014 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0RN sailors also train aboard USN aircraft carriers as the Royal Navy constructs aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the lead ship of her class. The United Kingdom currently has 15 pilots training in U.S. Navy units. The two navies also work closely on countering piracy, supporting disaster relief efforts, and fighting terrorism globally.
http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=84898
Does this mean we can send American carriers to the Falklands?
And send CFK completely loopy.lol
Chuckle.
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@17 DerkeBlake
Dec 16th, 2014 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hi Derke!
Nice to see you again.
re: Anglotino.
Anglotino changed his screen-name to Skip. He is still here, but travelling, so not logging-in so often. . It is my understanding that certain 'trolls' believed that they could use his Australian heritage in an insulting manner by calling him 'Skip'. Little did they realise that this is often a term of familiarity, possibly endearment by Brits, Canadians etc.
Being the absolute Legend that he is, Anglotino/Skip turned their supposed derogatory 'name' on its head and came right back at them by changing his screen-name to 'Skip'.
Loving it!
Made them look the fools that they are.
I agree that the “mindless repetitiveness of it all is staggering”, so I check in a bit less now myself.
There are very few commentators from Lat Am that have anything to say these days, the few left are mosttly psychotic, which says a lot in itself....
Hope you are well, always like to read your comments.
@21 ilsen
Dec 17th, 2014 - 03:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0Cheers, thanks for the update.
Just got back from Costa Rica & Germany/CzechRep myself, so hopefully will check-in a little more often. My wife and I actually made great friends with four wonderful kids from Argentina living in Santa Teresa for the dry season. Reaffirmed (once again) that Tobi, despite always speaking in the collective, represents absolutely no one from Argentina, nor his generation. Not a modicum of irrational hatred among the bunch of them; happy in every sense, just biding time outside the country until “the crazy one” is out of power.
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