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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2008.01.10 01:29:00 -
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Edited by: Isiskhan on 10/01/2008 01:28:57
Regarding the title of the thread, I'm Spanish and I do know people whose blood would boil at it. Personally, I couldn't care less about these sort of territorial pissings.
What I do find funny, is when the same people that claim the UK should return Gibraltar to Spain, go on to vehemently defend Spain keeping a couple of isolated territories in Northern Africa (Ceuta and Melilla) in the face of similar claims by Morocco - territories that are now under Spanish sovereignty for pretty much the same historical reasons why Gibraltar is under British rule.
Nationalisms... ugh...
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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2008.01.10 01:41:00 -
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It's not much more than a frigging rock hanging at the tail end of Cadiz. It's become nevertheless a traditional friction point between some Spaniards and the UK. So much ado about nothing...
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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2008.01.10 01:46:00 -
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Because they are idiots.
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Isiskhan
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Posted - 2008.01.10 01:48:00 -
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And if they weren't, they would realize if they took Gibraltar, they would have no legitimate reasons for keeping Ceuta and Melilla.
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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2008.01.10 01:53:00 -
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When nationalism enters your brain, blind idiocy is not far behind.
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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2008.01.10 11:30:00 -
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 Originally by: Kirjava
Gibralter was ceeded centuries ago, the people that live there are several generations down the line Brits who want to remain British and have a right to self detrimention (sp?) and had a refferendum to keep Gibralter a British Dependancy my an overwhelming majority.
That realy should settle it in most books.
Exactly. Same situation with Ceuta and Melilla. Or even the Basque Country.
Some, while indulging in their patriotic onanism and historical flights of fancy, apparently forget or neglect what it is that the people living there actually want. "For the people, but without the people".
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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2008.01.11 16:46:00 -
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Originally by: Brokk Su
Is Mexico in Spain?
True story: I was once in the US with my sister when someone asked her where she was from.
Sister: "Spain"
Person: "Ah, cool! My grandma is from Spain"
Sister: "Oh yeah? What part?"
Person: "Puerto Rico"
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